The group play portion of the tournament will consist of four games -- one against each of the other four teams across each group -- that will take place on seven dates throughout November. This year, those dates will be Nov. 3, 10, 14, 17, 21, 24 and 28 -- a combination of four Fridays and three Tuesdays.
From there, the winner of each group will advance to the knockout round, along with the highest-finishing team that didn't win a group in each conference. Those teams will then play quarterfinal games on Dec. 4 and Dec. 5 at the higher-seeded teams, with the four teams that win those games advancing to the semifinals on Dec. 7 at T-Mobile Arena, followed by the championship game on Dec. 9.