One new tournament, the Players Era Festival, is trying to change that, with co-founder Seth Berger telling ESPN he thinks "college basketball needs a great event in November." The tournament ...

Tennessee will play in the Players Era Festival for the next three seasons. The Vols have won a pair of holiday tournaments ...

In the first annual Players Era Festival in 2024, $9 million dollars in Name, Image, Likeness or NIL payments was split up between all the tournament participants, including the Oregon Ducks.

Rutgers made history this week by competing in the Players Era Festival, the first tournament in college sports history that will pay the athletes on the court. The three-day event gave each of ...

Tennessee basketball will participate in the Players Era Festival next season, which offers NIL opportunities for players during Thanksgiving week in Las Vegas. Tennessee basketball will ...

Alabama basketball denied itself a chance at the 2025 SEC regular season championship fumbling a lead in the last 30 seconds ...

Here's more info via the Players Era tournament website: The Players Era Festival is a week-long celebration of college basketball, taking place Thanksgiving week in Las Vegas, featuring elite ...

The infusion of $1.1 million last November from the Players Era Festival, a nonconference tournament in Las Vegas with guaranteed seven-figure NIL payouts, has bumped the budget for 2025-26 to ...

so the Players Era website notes the compensation is made possible by teams "engaging in ancillary events separate and distinct from the team's participation in the Festival games." "We're fired ...

at 3 p.m. CT. Nov. 26: Houston − Players Era Festival (W 85-80) Nov. 27: Rutgers − Players Era Festival (W 95-90) Nov. 30: Oregon − Players Era Festival final (L 83-81) Mar. 8: at Auburn ...