This Thanksgiving, the Michigan women's basketball team will have the option of replacing its traditional turkey and stuffing with tacos and rice.
Michigan heads south for the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico and the hardwood of the Torneo Cancun de Basquetbol in Cancun, Mexico.
The Wolverines have won two in a row, and have started to look as thought they can fill the void left by the graduation of center Pollyanna Johns.
The Wolverines are the favorite to walk away with the tournament championship.
All of the opponents that Michigan could possibly face posted sub-.500 records a season ago.
Under coach Sue Guevara's guidance, Michigan is 8-3 in tournament play dating back to the 1996-97 season. Michigan has played in five regular-season tournaments with Guevara, winning two and finishing second in two more.
The Wolverines open the tournament with a 5:30 p.m. Eastern time tip-off against Coppin State on Friday.
The 7:30 p.m. match-up will feature Alabama-Birmingham and Oklahoma.
The winners of those two games meet in the championship game at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday. The two losing teams will play prior to that at 5:30 p.m.
The tournament is being organized by Sports Tours International, Inc., a Milwaukee-based company. In addition to the Torneo Cancun de Basquetbol, Sports Tours International is conducting an additional three-team tournament in Cancun.
That tournament features Southern Cal, Old Dominion and Southwest Missouri State. All three teams play each other Nov. 27-29.
Michigan has faced one of the three teams that will play in Cancun, having lost to Oklahoma in 1993. The Sooners have been unsuccessful in NCAA play the past two years.
"We have prepared for the upcoming opponents and we are confident that we will be able to play our style successfully," Guevara said.
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