Princeton, NJ (August 2, 2000) – The Gazelle Group is pleased to announce the match-ups for the 2000 Coaches vs. Cancer IKON Classic. National powers – St. John’s, UCLA, Kentucky and Kansas – will face each other on November 9th & 10th, 2000 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Tickets to the Event are now on sale via TicketMaster and the Madison Square Garden Box Office. The match-ups and television coverage are as follows:

Kansas Head Coach Roy Williams, a member of the Coaches vs. Cancer Council, will be appearing in the Coaches vs. Cancer IKON Classic for the first time. “We are very excited to go to New York for our program’s signature event. In just a few short years, this Event has put itself on the map and is now recognized as one of the premier college basketball tournaments in the country. We are thrilled to be involved and hope to raise even more money than last year’s Event.”

The 1999 Event, which featured tournament champion Stanford along with Duke, UConn and Iowa, raised over $500,000 for Coaches vs. Cancer.

Since 1995, Gazelle, producers of the Coaches vs. Cancer IKON Classic and the Coaches vs. Cancer Challenge, have raised over $1.0 million for Coaches vs. Cancer. Coaches vs. Cancer is a collaboration between the American Cancer Society and the National Association of Basketball Coaches, dedicated to supporting Hope, Progress and Answers in the war against cancer.

Tickets are now available through the Madison Square Garden Box Office and TicketMaster at (212)307-7171, (201)507-8900, (631)888-9000 and (914)454-3388.

For more information about the Coaches vs. Cancer IKON Classic, please contact Mike Flanigan at (609)921-1300 or mflanigan@gazellegroup.com.