Jerry Colangelo’s stamp on Grand Canyon University has helped open the doors to its arena for the expansion of the Springfield, Mass.-based Hoophall Classic.
On Dec. 13-14, five national high-school boys basketball powers — Oak Hill Academy (Virginia), Yates (Texas), Mater Dei (California), Bishop Gorman (Nevada) and Orange Lutheran (California) — will be playing at GCU Arena as part of the first Hoophall West, the West Coast version of the annual Hoophall Classic that receives national exposure and last season featured ESPN’s top 10 nationally ranked teams. It was created by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
Hoophall West will follow the Springfield model.
The announcement came during a news conference Tuesday at GCU.
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