ESPN Events has announced the brackets for the 2022 Phil Knight Invitational (PKI), one of ESPN's 11 owned and operated college basketball events.
Villanova will meet Iowa State at 3:30 p.m. eastern on Thanksgiving Day at the Moda Center. They would then meet North Carolina or Portland in the second round on Friday, Nov. 25. at either 2:30 or 5 p.m. eastern time.
The PKI multi-team tournament will feature eight men's teams and four women's teams competing during ESPN's annual Feast Week, Thursday, Nov. 24 – Sunday, Nov. 27.
Men's teams competing in PKI include Alabama, Iowa State, Michigan State, North Carolina, Oregon, Portland, UConn and Villanova. The accomplished field has a combined 212 NCAA Tournament appearances, 45 Final Fours and 16 NCAA titles.
Six of the eight teams reached the NCAA Tournament last season, including national runner-up North Carolina and semifinalist Villanova. Five of the teams are ranked in
ESPN.com's Way Too Early Top 25: No. 1 North Carolina, No. 14 Villanova, No. 18 Oregon, No. 19 Alabama and No. 24 UConn.
The women's PKI field features Iowa State, Michigan State, North Carolina and Oregon, which combine for 81 NCAA Tournament appearances, 13 Elite Eights and six Final Fours.
The early season men's and women's college basketball events – born from the successful
PK80 events that helped celebrate the 80th birthday of Phil Knight in 2017 – will once again honor the NIKE, Inc. co-founder and 2012 Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame inductee. PKI will be played at three facilities in Portland, Ore.: Chiles Center on the campus of the University of Portland, the Rose Quarter's Moda Center and Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
Moda Championships Packages are now on sale. Single session tickets will be on sale Friday, July 29 at 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT with ticket information available
here.
Each team in the PKI men's bracket will play its Thursday game at Moda Center and its Friday game at Veterans Memorial Coliseum (VMC), both of which are located on the Rose Quarter campus. On Sunday, the championship game will be at Moda Center, third place game at VMC and fifth and seventh place games at the Chiles Center on the University of Portland campus.
The PKI women's semifinals will be played Thursday at the Chiles Center. On Sunday, the championship game will be played at Moda Center and third place game at VMC.
All 16 PKI games will be televised on ESPN networks, including the men's and women's championship games – live from the Moda Center on Sunday, Nov. 27. To view the brackets and television schedule, click
here.
2022 PKI Schedule – MEN
| Date |
Time (ET) |
Matchup/Event |
Network |
Arena |
| Thu, Nov. 24 |
1 p.m. |
North Carolina vs. Portland |
ESPN |
Moda Center |
|
3:30 p.m. |
Iowa State vs. Villanova |
ESPN2 |
Moda Center |
|
8 p.m. |
UConn vs. Oregon |
ESPN2 |
Moda Center |
|
10:30 p.m. |
Alabama vs. Michigan State |
ESPN |
Moda Center |
| Fri, Nov. 25 |
2:30 p.m. |
Consolation Game #1 |
ESPNU |
Veterans Memorial Coliseum |
|
5 p.m. |
Semifinal #1 |
ESPN |
Veterans Memorial Coliseum |
|
10 p.m. |
Semifinal #2 |
ESPN2 or ESPNU |
Veterans Memorial Coliseum |
| Sat, Nov. 26 |
12:30 a.m. |
Consolation Game #2 |
ESPN or ESPN2 |
Veterans Memorial Coliseum |
| Sun, Nov. 27 |
3:30 p.m. |
Third Place Game |
ESPN |
Veterans Memorial Coliseum |
|
10 p.m. |
Championship Game |
ESPN |
Moda Center |
|
TBD |
Seventh Place Game |
TBD |
Chiles Center |
|
TBD |
Fifth Place Game |
TBD |
Chiles Center |
2022 PKI Schedule – WOMEN
| Date |
Time (ET) |
Matchup/Event |
Network |
Arena |
| Thu, Nov. 24 |
5 p.m. |
North Carolina vs. Oregon |
ESPNU |
Chiles Center |
|
7:30 p.m. |
Iowa State vs. Michigan State |
ESPNU |
Chiles Center |
| Sun, Nov. 27 |
1 p.m. |
Third Place Game |
ESPN2 |
Veterans Memorial Coliseum |
|
7:30 p.m. |
Championship Game |
ESPN2 |
Moda Center |
