Men's Basketball to Play in 2026 Rady Children's Invitational
November 06, 2025 | Men's Basketball
LOS ANGELES โ The UCLA men's basketball team will be one of four college programs competing next season at the 2026 Rady Children's Invitational on the campus of the University of San Diego.
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UCLA joins a prestigious field of teams, alongside Georgetown, Texas and Saint Mary's. The two-day college basketball tournament will tip-off on Thanksgiving Day next season and is scheduled for Nov. 26-27, 2026, at USD's Jenny Craig Pavilion.
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Each day will feature two games, with the championship and third-place matchups scheduled for Friday, Nov. 27. Tip-off times and broadcast details will be announced at a later date.
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This season's Rady Children's Invitational takes place Nov. 27-28 and features Florida, Providence, TCU and Wisconsin. Previous tournament winners have included Oklahoma in 2023 and Purdue in 2024.
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Looking at next season's field of four teams, the Bruins have gone 3-1 in the all-time series with Georgetown, 3-3 against Texas, and 11-2 versus Saint Mary's.
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UCLA has not faced Georgetown since the fourth game of the 2012-13 season, at the Legends Classic in Brooklyn (Barclays Center). Georgetown won that showdown, 78-70. Later that season, the Bruins faced Texas at Reliant Stadium in Houston โ the Bruins defeated the Longhorns, 65-63, in the most recent meeting between the two programs.
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The Bruins last played Saint Mary's in the 2022 NCAA Tournament, earning a 72-56 victory in the Round of 32 contest, played in Portland, Ore.
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