As the college basketball offseason—and summer—drags on, scheduling news provides fans with a little taste of what's to come between November and March. In this series, Blogging the Bracket's Chris Dobbertean examines this season's exempt tournaments, providing facts that will probably only be interesting to him. Up today is the first exempt tournament I actually got to take in live and in color, if only because I used to live less than an hour away from its home.
To catch up on all of the posts in this series, visit the 2015-16 Early Season Events hub.