As first reported by human scheduled tweet Jon Rothstein, the West Virginia Mountaineers and the Indiana Hoosiers will square off in the Madison Square Garden as part of the 2018 Jimmy V Classic.
The Jimmy V Classic, which honors the late NC State coach Jim Valvano who’s 1983 squad shocked the nation and won the National Championship. Valvano was diagnosed with metastatic adenocarcinoma, a glanduar cancer that can spread to the bones. He gave his memorable speech at the 1993 ESPN ESPY Awards where he told the crowd “Don’t give up. Don’t ever give up”.