Asheville to Host Collegiate Invitational Basketball Event

The Asheville Collegiate Invitational will kick off it's inaugural season in 2011 with a women's division slate of games. UNC Asheville and Radford from the Big South Conference and Appalachian State and Wofford from the Southern Conference are scheduled for a doubleheader that will be played in Kimmel Arena on the campus of UNCA on December 10, 2011.

The Asheville Collegiate Invitational expands in 2012 to include both men's and women's competition. The Asheville Buncombe Regional Sports Commission is working with both the SoCon and Big South conference commissioners, various athletic directors, and coaches to line up both men's and women's teams for 2012.

Asheville's 2012 Collegiate Basketball Invitational is scheduled for November 10th and 11th, the first weekend of the 2012 season. The 2012 men's games are planned to take place in the Asheville Civic Center and the women's games to remain in the Kimmel Arena.