Arizona State, Colorado To Face Off In '19 Pac-12 China Game

Arizona State and Colorado men's basketball will face off in the Pac-12's fifth annual China Game that "tentatively is scheduled for Nov. 9, 2019," according to Pat Rooney of the Boulder DAILY CAMERA. It will be the "first time the game has featured two programs from the Pac-12, though the contest will be considered a nonconference game." The game also will mark the "first time a CU program from any sport will compete in Asia" (BUFFZONE.com, 11/9). William McCormack of the student newspaper YALE DAILY NEWS notes Yale beat Cal on Saturday 76-59 in the '18 Pac-12 China Game, marking the "first time a Pac-12 team has fallen in its opening China Game." The contest was played in "front of 4,000 Chinese fans" at Baoshan Sports Center in Shanghai and a "national television audience." The annual matchup "remains the only regular-season game played by a U.S. sports league, whether professional or collegiate, in China" (YALEDAILYNEWS.com, 11/12).