PALM DESERT, Calif. — <\/b>Matchups for the UNI men’s basketball team’s 2025-26 Thanksgiving multi-team event (MTE) were announced on Monday, featuring the return of a former Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) opponent to the Panthers’ schedule.<\/p>\n
The Acrisure Holiday Invitational, which will be held Nov. 25-26 at the Acrisure Arena in the Coachella Valley, will include Northern Iowa, along with former MVC rival Loyola-Chicago, as well as Tulsa and San Jose State in the two-day, two-game event in southern California.<\/p>\n
UNI will open the event on Nov. 25 against Loyola-Chicago at 3 p.m. CT before taking on either Tulsa or San Jose State on Nov. 26 at 1 p.m. or 3:30 p.m. CT.\u00a0
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The Acrisure Series, which begins its third year as the largest college basketball MTE in the nation, will feature play from 20 total Division I programs including the following in five different pods:<\/p>\n
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Tickets for the Acrisure Series will go on sale Friday, July 25 at 12 p.m. CT and are available online at ticketmaster.com<\/a>, the official ticketing provider of Acrisure Arena. Tickets will also be available at the Ticketmaster Box Office at Acrisure Arena. Admission includes access to all games on that date.<\/p>\n \u00a0
\n<\/p>\n UNI men’s basketball action can be followed all season long on social media on Facebook (UNI Men’s Basketball<\/a>), X (@UNImbb<\/a>) and on Instagram (@uni_basketball<\/a>). The schedule and roster, along with the latest Panther news and information can be found online at UNIpanthers.com.<\/p>\n