On Friday, they face Massachusetts in the Tip-Off Classic.

In 1979, the Hall of Fame sponsored the Tip-Off Classic, a pre-season college basketball exhibition.

This Tip-Off Classic has been the start to the college basketball season ever since - and although it does not always take place in Springfield, Massachusetts, generally it returns every few years.

The Pirates opened the season this past weekend at the Tip-Off Classic in Honolulu, winning their first game before dropping the title game to Hawaii, 96-88, Sunday night.

In its original decision, the committee determined that McRae rode with Johnson to and from the 1987 Tip-Off Classic in Springfield, Mass.

The basketball program will open its season Saturday in the Tip-Off Classic in Springfield, Mass.

I mean, the Tip-Off Classic is just another away game on national television.

The violations charge that: *McRae received a ride to and from the 1987 Tip-Off Classic in Springfield, Mass., with Johnson.

On November 9 and 10 Drake competed in the Saint Mary's Tip-Off Classic.

The game was part of the State Farm Women's Tip-Off Classic, a doubleheader involving four ranked teams.