South Padre Island Invitational

The South Padre Island Invitational is one of college basketball's elite Thanksgiving tournaments, held in South Padre Island, Texas. The field of eight teams includes Western Carolina, Iowa State, Northern Iowa, Rice, Northern Colorado, Southern University, Florida A&M, and Providence.

Each team will play four games- the first two at campus sites, and the final two rounds at the South Padre Island Convention Center on beautiful South Padre Island, Texas on November 25-26.  Western Carolina will play Iowa State (Nov 20) & Northern Iowa (Nov 22) in first round action, prior to the two rounds at South Padre Island (Nov 25-26).