A trio of 2016 NCAA teams, each of whom could make a return trip in 2016, along with likely Horizon and Mountain West contenders, will look to follow in 2015 champ—and 2016 Big Dance sensation—Middle Tennessee's footsteps by winning three games in Anchorage.
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What Is It?
When Did This Event Begin?
From last season's primer...
The year your humble author was born, 1978. In other words, it's ancient (for this category of events at least, though still younger than the Rainbow Classic).