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A new women’s college basketball event will be staged at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World Resort. The 2024 Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Showcase will feature a four-team tournament, Nov. 21-23, along with two other games on Nov. 24. All six games will be played at State Farm Field House at the Disney sports complex.

WBCA Executive Director Danielle Donehew announced the new tournament at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex along with Disney’s Director of Sports Planning and Development Jorge Senior and University of South Florida women’s basketball head coach and WBCA Vice President Jose Fernandez. The announcement marks the beginning of a new relationship between ESPN Wide World of Sports and the WBCA.

“The WBCA Showcase will offer a new way for college basketball and Disney fans to come together to celebrate incredible athletes competing at The Most Magical Place On Earth,” said Jorge Senior. “We are thrilled that women’s college basketball is coming back to ESPN Wide World of Sports.”

Several of the best teams in the country are expected to compete in the event, including the University of Louisville, which has been ranked among the Associated Press Top 20 this season. Louisville will face South Florida in the Nov. 24 game, which will count toward both teams’ regular season records.

“The WBCA Board of Directors is pleased to offer the new WBCA Showcase, a women’s college basketball event that will provide exciting non-conference matchups to our member coaches, their student-athletes and fans of the game,” said WBCA Executive Director Danielle Donehew. “We are proud to work with ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World Resort and Orlando World Center Marriott to offer participating teams a first-class competition venue and hotel experience.”

Georgia, Marshall, Penn State and Tulsa will compete in the inaugural WBCA Showcase at Walt Disney World Resort, the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association announced today. The college women’s basketball event will be held Thursday and Saturday, Nov. 21 and 23, 2024, and will continue on Sunday, Nov. 24, with a doubleheader featuring four different teams — Jacksonville, Louisville, Mississippi State and South Florida.

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Schedule

WBCA Showcase — Thursday, Nov. 21

Tulsa vs. Georgia, 5 p.m. ET

Marshall vs. Penn State, 7:30 p.m. ET

WBCA Showcase — Saturday, Nov. 23

Tulsa vs. Marshall, 1 p.m. ET

Georgia vs. Penn State, 3:30 p.m. ET

WBCA Doubleheader — Sunday, Nov. 24

USF vs. Louisville, 1 p.m. ET

Jacksonville vs. Mississippi State, 3:30 p.m. ET

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ESPN Wide World of Sports

at Walt Disney World in Orlando Florida

All six games will be played in State Farm Field House at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, which has a storied history of hosting elite men’s and women’s college basketball events including the ESPN Events Invitational that has been held there since 2006. ESPN Wide World of Sports also previously hosted the Elite 4 Holiday Classic which featured some of the best programs in women’s college basketball including UConn, Notre Dame, UNC and Penn State.

“The WBCA Showcase will offer a new way for college basketball and Disney fans to come together to celebrate incredible athletes competing at The Most Magical Place On Earth,” said Jorge Senior. “We are thrilled that women’s college basketball is coming back to ESPN Wide World of Sports.”

“Women’s college basketball has a storied history, and the WBCA has put together an impressive field of high-caliber teams that will continue to propel the sport’s growing popularity,’’ said ESPN Wide World of Sports Vice President Adam Ball. “With our world-class facilities and guest service, this tournament is going to be yet another top-notch event at our sports complex that offers fans, coaches and players an experience they can’t get anywhere else.’’

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