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Phil Knight CBB Event Headed Back To Portland's Moda Center

The Phil Knight Invitational college basketball event "will be hosted at the Moda Center each of the next three years." The Rose Quarter, ESPN Events and Rip City Management announced the news today. The event, next held Nov. 12, will "continue to celebrate Knight's contributions to college basketball." Unlike the PK80 Invitational held in '17, it will be a single day and "feature two games: Oklahoma against Oregon State and Oregon against Memphis." All of those schools wear Nike (BIZJOURNALS.com, 3/6). The Phil Knight Invitational was "developed after the success" of the PK80, a 16-team tournament held at Moda Center and Memorial Coliseum in celebration of Knight’s 80th birthday (OREGONLIVE.com, 3/6).

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