Western Kentucky men's basketball will participate in the first-ever Myrtle Beach Invitational during the upcoming 2018-19 season, ESPN Events announced Wednesday.
WKU will be joined in the eight-team event by Cal State Fullerton, Central Florida, Saint Joseph’s, Valparaiso, Wake Forest, West Virginia and a team still to be announced.
“We are excited to launch the Myrtle Beach Invitational,” Pete Derzis, ESPN senior vice president of college sports programming and ESPN Events, said in a news release. “After collaborating with Visit Myrtle Beach and the city of Myrtle Beach to move last year’s Puerto Rico Tip-Off to the area due to the effects of Hurricane Maria, we saw first-hand the community’s outstanding facilities and passion for college basketball.