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The DIRECTV Classic is an eight-team, 12-game early-season college basketball tournament that takes place in Anaheim, Calif. The event was previously known as the 76 Classic....

The DIRECTV Classic is an eight-team, 12-game early-season college basketball tournament that takes place in Anaheim, Calif. The event was previously known as the 76 Classic....

Allen Crabbe scored 24 points, Justin Cobbs added 20, and California pulled away in the final 6 minutes to beat Pacific 78-58 on Sunday to win the DirecTV Classic.

Georgia Tech 65, Saint Mary's (Cal) 56

Drexel 55, Rice 47

Xavier 74, Drake 70

Drake 77, Rice 66

Xavier 69, Drexel 65

Georgia Tech 54, Rice 36

Saint Mary's (Cal) 76, Drexel 64

Pacific 70, Xavier 67

One team will come away with the DIRECTV Classic title, but eight players are likely to shine

This is one of the greatest weeks of the season, a week in which tournament games fill our televisions and computer screens nearly all day long. So before preparing that turkey, get yourself prepared for the tourneys that begin on Turkey Day weekend....

Don't be fooled by the name; this is not a new tournament. It is merely a repackaged Anaheim Classic that is no longer leaving naming-rights sponsorship money on the table. This would normally be the part where we criticize soulless corporate sports ...