Vegas 16 selection chairman Jim Livengood said he still believes the postseason basketball tournament will work, but it won’t take place this year.
“We really thought over the last two weeks we still had a good chance,” said Livengood, a former UNLV athletic director. “We felt we needed more confirmation and assurance that teams would be there.”
The Vegas 16 launched last year, but had trouble from the start when organizers invited eight teams. Sparse attendance at Mandalay Bay Events Center marked the debut of the tournament, won by Old Dominion, but organizers believed they had a strong concept that would eventually catch on.