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The greatest college basketball teams set to honor Nike founder Phil Knight at new tourney

on Sep 26, 2016 | 0 comments

By Kyle O'Brien

Thanksgiving week next year will serve up extra helpings of college basketball in Portland, Oregon as the Phil Knight Invitational (PK80) takes over. The tournament will feature some of the biggest names in college hoops, and they’re all coming together to honor the Nike founder for his 80th birthday — thus the PK80 moniker.

Knight won’t actually turn 80 until February 23, 2018 but the tourney needed to be held earlier in the season.

The teams involved are Arkansas, Butler, Connecticut, Duke, Florida, Georgetown, Gonzaga, Michigan State, North Carolina, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Oregon, Portland, Portland State, Stanford and Texas.

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Source: The Drum