Rady Children's Invitational 2026 — NCAA Basketball at USD
The week of Thanksgiving in San Diego smells like the ocean even when you are indoors. And inside the Jenny Craig Pavilion on the University of San Diego campus, four teams that have no business being in a gym this small are about to play basketball that matters.
Texas. UCLA. Georgetown. Saint Mary's. The Rady Children's Invitational brings teams with decades of NCAA tournament heritage to a venue intimate enough that you can hear the sneakers. This is not a neutral-site afterthought — it is a legitimate early-season test where every team is trying to prove something before conference play starts. UCLA fans in San Diego do not need an excuse to show up. Texas fans in town for Thanksgiving now have a reason to stay an extra day.
Two days. Four games. Championship and third-place games on FOX. For every ticket sold, five dollars goes to Rady Children's Hospital San Diego — the hospital that keeps the city's kids healthy.
November 26-27, 2026. Jenny Craig Pavilion, University of San Diego. Two-day passes from $95. Games on FS1 and FOX.
The week of Thanksgiving in San Diego smells like the ocean even when you are indoors. And inside the Jenny Craig Pavilion on the University of San Diego campus, four teams that have no business being in a gym this small are about to play basketball that matters.
Texas. UCLA. Georgetown. Saint Mary's. The Rady Children's Invitational brings teams with decades of NCAA tournament heritage to a venue intimate enough that you can hear the sneakers. This is not a neutral-site afterthought — it is a legitimate early-season test where every team is trying to prove something before conference play starts. UCLA fans in San Diego do not need an excuse to show up. Texas fans in town for Thanksgiving now have a reason to stay an extra day.
Two days. Four games. Championship and third-place games on FOX. For every ticket sold, five dollars goes to Rady Children's Hospital San Diego — the hospital that keeps the city's kids healthy.
November 26-27, 2026. Jenny Craig Pavilion, University of San Diego. Two-day passes from $95. Games on FS1 and FOX.
The week of Thanksgiving in San Diego smells like the ocean even when you are indoors. And inside the Jenny Craig Pavilion on the University of San Diego campus, four teams that have no business being in a gym this small are about to play basketball that matters.
Texas. UCLA. Georgetown. Saint Mary's. The Rady Children's Invitational brings teams with decades of NCAA tournament heritage to a venue intimate enough that you can hear the sneakers. This is not a neutral-site afterthought — it is a legitimate early-season test where every team is trying to prove something before conference play starts. UCLA fans in San Diego do not need an excuse to show up. Texas fans in town for Thanksgiving now have a reason to stay an extra day.
Two days. Four games. Championship and third-place games on FOX. For every ticket sold, five dollars goes to Rady Children's Hospital San Diego — the hospital that keeps the city's kids healthy.
November 26-27, 2026. Jenny Craig Pavilion, University of San Diego. Two-day passes from $95. Games on FS1 and FOX.