Cancun Challenge 2013: Teams, Schedule, Live Stream, Bracket, TV Info

The 2013 Cancun Challenge tips off Thursday, Nov. 21, and promises to be one of this year's most exciting early-season tournaments in men's college basketball.

Eight solid teams will compete for a chance to make the tourney playoffs, which will be hosted in The Glistening City in the second half of this tournament. Eight games will be played in the United States before the action shifts to Mexico for the final eight.

Wisconsin is the highest-ranked team for this year's Cancun Challenge and has the inside track to a tourney title, but there is certainly a chance for the Badgers to be upset.

Let’s take a look at the other squads involved, highlight where you can catch all the games and predict a winner of this tourney down in Cancun.

Riviera Division	Mayan Division
Old Dominion	Bowling Green
Saint Louis	Georgia Southern
West Virginia	Oral Roberts
Wisconsin	Presbyterian

Away Team	Home Team	Time (ET)
Thursday, Nov. 21 (Campus)
Saturday, Nov. 23 (Campus)
Tuesday, Nov. 26 (Cancun)
Wednesday, Nov. 27 (Cancun Playoffs)
Bowling Green	Wisconsin	8 p.m.
Oral Roberts	Saint Louis	8 p.m.
Presbyterian	Old Dominion	7 p.m.
Georgia Southern	West Virginia	7 p.m.
Oral Roberts	Wisconsin	8:30 p.m.
Bowling Green	Saint Louis	8 p.m.
Georgia Southern	Old Dominion	3 p.m.
Presbyterian	West Virginia	1:30 p.m.
Bowling Green	Presbyterian	1:30 p.m.
Oral Roberts	Georgia Southern	3 p.m.
West Virginia	Old Dominion	6 p.m.
Saint Louis	Wisconsin	8:30 p.m.
Mayan Third Place Game		1:30 p.m.
Mayan Championship		4 p.m.
Riviera Third Place		7 p.m.
Riviera Championship		9:30 p.m.

TV Info: CBS Sports Network (Four Riviera Division contests in Mexico to be televised)

Live Stream: CBSSports.com, ULive (Four Mayan Division contests in Mexico to be webcast)

Live Stats: Cancun Challenge website Gametracker

Predicted Championship Game: Wisconsin over Saint Louis

The Badgers are going to be tough to stop either at home or in Mexico. They are ranked No. 12 in the Associated Press poll and No. 15 by voters in the USA Today Coaches Poll after getting off to a 3-0 start.

No other squad in this eight-team field is even ranked, with Saint Louis the only other participant even close. The Billikens have a grand total of four votes in the AP poll and five in USA Today’s rankings.

Wisconsin is simply a proven powerhouse, having already been tested against former-No. 11 Florida. The Badgers worked relentlessly on both ends of the floor to beat the Gators and moved up the rankings after a 59-53 win.

The Badgers were hot from beyond the arc, hitting on 9-of-20 attempts from downtown in the contest. The Badgers held their opponent to just 35.7 percent shooting from deep and it clearly made a difference. This Wisconsin unit knows how to shoot the three, as well as defend it, which will make the Badgers dangerous not only in this tournament, but possibly come March Madness. 

While its game against Florida was relatively close, it is hard to see any of the competitors in this field giving Wisconsin any major troubles. Saint Louis made the tournament last year and won 28 games, but it is going to have issues replicating that success.

Two of last year’s top stars—Kwamain Mitchell and Cody Ellis—are gone for the Billikens, but the rest of their starters are back. Still, this squad is not beating Wisconsin in their Cancun matchups.

Score: Wisconsin 65, Saint Louis 55