Basketball: Cayman Islands Classic returns to be broadcast on FloSports

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Basketball: Cayman Islands Classic returns to be broadcast on FloSports


FloHoops Will Broadcast Preseason Tournament From
November 23-25, 2020


Kansas State University, University of Mississippi,
University of Nevada, University of Northern Iowa, Oregon State
University, University of Miami, La Salle University and Western
Kentucky University Scheduled To Compete


AUSTIN, Texas (April 23, 2020)
-FloSports,
the innovator in live sports streaming and original content, and
Caymax Sports Ltd.
announced that the 2020 Cayman
Islands Classic

will once again return to FloSports for the second consecutive year
and third year overall. The highly regarded preseason tournament will
be broadcast on FloHoops
November23-25
and will showcase
all 12-games across the three-day event.

In
its fourth year, the NCAA Men’s Division 1 college basketball
tournament has grown to become one of the most anticipated events of
the basketball preseason. This year’s Cayman Islands Classic will
be headlined by Kansas State, Ole Miss, Nevada, Northern Iowa, Oregon
State, Miami (FL), La Salle and Western Kentucky. The full schedule
for the Cayman Islands Classic will be announced in the coming
months.

The
Cayman Islands Classic field features some of the top coaches from
around the country including Miami's Jim Larranaga, Kansas State's
Bruce Weber and Western Kentucky's Rick Stansbury. Combined, this
year’s participating teams have made 44 NCAA Tournament appearances
since the turn of the century.


Miami’s fortunes will be led by
the return of senior all-Atlantic Coast Conference guard Chris Lykes
(15.4 PPG) alongside a talented recruiting class headlined by
four-star forward Matt Cross. Northern Iowa, a team many expected to
serve as a giant killer in the NCAA Tournament as the calendar turned
to March, is the defending Missouri Valley Conference regular season
champ welcoming back a bevy of talent, including leading scorer AJ
Green (19.7 PPG), a junior guard who was named the 2020 Missouri
Valley Conference Player of the Year.


Western Kentucky returns the bulk
of its starting lineup from what was a 20-win team in 2019-20,
including senior guard Taveion Hollingsworth (16.6 PPG) and junior
center Charles Bassey (15.3 PPG, 9.2 RPG). After posting 19 wins this
past season Nevada is expected to contend for the Mountain West
Conference sparked by the return of senior guard Jalen Harris who led
the league in scoring with a 21.6 average while being named the
league’s newcomer of the year.


Under the guidance of nine-time
conference coach of the year Kermit Davis, Ole Miss will be seeking
its second trip to the NCAA Tournament in the last three years
bolstered by the arrival of highly touted transfers Robert Allen
and Dimencio Vaughn coupled with senior
guard Devontate Shuler.


With the arrival of four-star
point guard Nijel Pack, Weber is looking to lead Kansas
State to its sixth NCAA Tournament appearance during his
nine-year tenure there.


Senior guard David Beatty, La
Salle’s leading scorer, will be key to the team’s fortunes this
season.


“Each year our tournament
continues to gain momentum and reach more college basketball fans
worldwide," said Jill
Turk, Chief Strategy Officer for Caymax Sports, Ltd. "We're
excited to bring these incredibly competitive teams together for what
is going to be a stellar preseason event.  FloSports continues
to help us expand our global reach to a college basketball
audience, making this a great opportunity to showcase our
college teams and event sponsors on a global platform. We are very
excited to partner with them." 


“In our fourth year, the Cayman
Islands Classic has quickly grown into a premier early season event,”
said Joe Wright, CEO Caymax Sports, Ltd. "We continue to attract
top teams, making it a very competitive field loaded with lots of
talent. FloSports has proven to be an effective partner to
deliver our event to a broad audience and we look forward to working
with them again this year.”

“FloSports
is thrilled to once again bring this premier tournament to college
basketball fans in 2020,” said Lindsey Ross, Director, Rights
Acquisition for FloSports. “And this year’s competitive field
will feature some of the best teams in NCAA Division I basketball.
It’s going to be another great event and we’re proud to partner
with Caymax Sports again.”

With
the addition of the 2020 Cayman Islands Classic and the
just-announced comprehensive partnership with the NCAA Division II
Gulf South Conference that will showcase both football and additional
conference championships, FloSports continues to bolster its
collegiate sports offering. Along with the basketball programming on
FloHoops, the company recently launched an all-new vertical sports
platform, FloBaseball, that featured over 700 games on its broadcast
schedule for the 2020 season and its industry-leading platform,
FloSoftball, has become a destination for softball fans across the
country. The
company has demonstrated a consistent ability to build a highly
engaged sports audience through compelling content and delivering
quality broadcast production value to college sports fans.

To
access live and on-demand coverage of all the best collegiate
basketball and other sports competitions,
visit FloSports
to become a subscriber. A monthly or annual subscription unlocks
access to premium content and live events across the entire FloSports
network of 25+ sports categories including football, baseball,
cycling, wrestling, motorsports, bowling and more. Watch the events
across all screens by downloading the FloSports app on Amazon Fire
TV, Roku, Apple TV, the App Store, and Google Play Store.

About
FloSports

Founded
in 2006, FloSports is a venture-backed subscription video streaming
service dedicated to sports, offering live and on-demand access to
hundreds of thousands of competition events across 25+ vertical sport
categories in the US and abroad. FloSports’ mission is to give
underserved sports the love they deserve. With a growing library of
more than 300,000 hours of premium content including news, expert
commentary, films, documentaries and more, FloSports has established
itself as an innovator and leader in sports streaming. Finally, your
sport has a home. For more information, please visit: flosports.tv.

About
Caymax Sports Ltd.

Caymax
Sports Ltd. is the organizer and host of the annual Cayman Islands
Classic. They are an innovative sports consulting organization and
leading provider of competitive basketball tournaments, focusing on
creating exciting and memorable events for the college teams,
students, fans and alumni. To learn more,
visit: caymanislandsclassic.com.

Published April 25, 2020

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