Cardinals to Face Tennessee in 2025 Shark Beauty Women’s Champions Classic
March 12, 2025 | Women's Basketball
The second year of the event will be held on December 20 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn
NEW YORK, N.Y. — The Louisville women's basketball team is heading back to the Big Apple next season as they will be a part of the 2025 Shark Beauty™ Women's Champions Classic. The Cardinals are set to face the Tennessee Lady Vols in next season's event, which will be held on December 20 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
Game time will be announced at a later date but the double-header event will be televised nationally on FOX. Ticket information within the Louisville ticket block will be sent out in the coming weeks.
"We are thrilled to be a part of the Shark Beauty Women's Champions Classic once again this upcoming season," said head coach Jeff Walz. "I thought the event was extremely successful this past year and it was a great opportunity for our team to play in New York City. We look forward to next season's event as it will be a marquee matchup in our non-conference schedule."
"The Shark Beauty™ Women's Champions Classic is a platform that celebrates the dynamic shifts we are seeing in women's sports and enables brands to engage with an expansive, captivated audience growing at an unprecedented pace," said David Levy, co-CEO/founder, Horizon Sports & Experiences. "We are delighted to have these four decorated programs make their emphatic return to the 'Court of Champions' in Brooklyn."
"We are thrilled to advance FOX Sports' longstanding investment in women's sports with the continuation of the Shark Beauty™ Women's Champions Classic," said Jordan Bazant, Executive Vice President, FOX Sports. "We are proud to shine a spotlight on the women's game on television's biggest platform, and following the success of the inaugural event, we can't wait to welcome these storied programs back to Brooklyn in December."
This will be the sixth all-time meeting between the Cardinals and Volunteers in program history. The Cards hold the all-time advantage 3-2 and have won each of the last three meetings between the two teams. Two of those wins have come in the NCAA Tournament, including the last meeting between the schools. At the 2022 NCAA Tournament, the Cardinals defeated Tennessee in the Sweet 16 en route to their fourth Final Four in program history. The first win against the Vols came in the Elite Eight of the 2013 NCAA Tournament as the Cardinals advanced to their second Final Four.
About HS&E
Horizon Sports & Experiences (HS&E) provides a unique and complementary combination of sports, experiential marketing, and media capabilities. HS&E has a core focus on IP creation and monetization, strategic advisory and consulting, media rights, sponsorship, sales, and experiential strategy and activation. HS&E is led by co-CEOs David Levy and Chris Weil.
HS&E's ever-growing roster of sports and entertainment partners now encompasses Proximo Spirits, the NBA, Top Rank Boxing, Paramount+, Cognizant, PayPal, M&T Bank, SentinelOne, and ONE Championship. Additionally, the agency created and manages its Pickleball Slam franchise, and the upcoming Women's Champions Classic, further solidifying HS&E's position as a premier destination for cutting-edge sports and entertainment solutions.
About FOX Sports
FOX Sports is the umbrella entity representing Fox Corporation's wide array of multi-platform US-based sports assets. Built with brands capable of reaching more than 100 million viewers in a single weekend, the business has ownership and interests in linear television networks, digital and mobile programming, broadband platforms, multiple web sites, joint-venture businesses and several licensing relationships. FOX Sports includes the sports television arm of the FOX Network; FS1, FS2, FOX Soccer Plus and FOX Deportes. FOX Sports' digital properties include FOXSports.com and the FOX Sports App, which provides live streaming video of FOX Sports content, instant scores, stats and alerts to iOS and Android devices. Also included in FOX Sports' portfolio are FOX's interests in joint-venture businesses Big Ten Network and the UFL and a licensing agreement that established the FOX Sports Radio Network.
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