Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle.
A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013.
He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.
The Jimmy V matchups are set.
In a doubleheader set for Dec. 17 at Madison Square Garden, Pittsburgh will play Cincinnati in the first game at 7 p.m., and Florida will meet Memphis at 9 p.m.
Pitt and Cincinnati have been longtime Big East rivals, but the Panthers will be a member of the ACC this season, while the Bearcats are in the American Athletic Conference.
Florida, the preseason No. 10 team in the nation according to The Sporting News,will face Memphis and its loaded recruiting class, which incoming forward Kuran Iverson told SNY.tv is better than Kentucky’s.
