It was announced on Monday that tickets for the 2011 State Farm Champions Classic will go on sale Oct. 6, at TicketMaster.com and the Madison Square Garden office. The event will take place on Tuesday, Nov. 15, and will be a doubleheader pitting four of college basketball’s national powerhouses against one another.With the Wildcats, Jayhawks, Blue Devils and Spartans playing in one of basketball’s most hallowed venues, fans will be treated to a pair of games between perennial contenders.  Kentucky and Kansas will face off at 9:00 p.m. ET in New York City, preceded by a matchup at 7:00 p.m. ET between Duke and Michigan State. Each of the games will be televised in primetime on ESPN as part of the network’s annual Tip-Off Marathon.For the next three years, the Champions Classic will feature a pair rare marquee early season matchups. Following this year’s games in Madison Square Garden, games will be played at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Ga., in 2012 and at the United Center in Chicago in 2013.