Here's everything you need to know about the Players Era Festival, an 18-team men's basketball and four-team women's basketball event in Las Vegas played during Thanksgiving week.

The Iowa State Cyclones' trip to Las Vegas to participate in the Players Era Festival was incredibly successful. They went 3-0, progressively improving their pe

Improving the format with a true bracket and amping up the atmosphere should be priorities for organizers in 2026.

The week of Thanksgiving has long been known as the unofficial start of the college basketball season. Geriatric millennials like myself used to look forward to the Maui Invitational every year. Now,

The Players Era Festival might be getting a new format next season after all. Just a day after he said otherwise, Players Era Festival CEO Seth Berger told ESPN’s Myron Medcalf on Wednesday that they will consider altering the format to the Las Vegas tournament next season when it expands to 32 teams.

After promising to stick to the current format, Players Era Festival CEO Seth Berger told ESPN that the event will consider a new one when next year's field expands to 32 teams.

Tennessee basketball suffered its first loss of the season to Kansas in the third-place game at the Players Era Festival in Las Vegas.

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - NOVEMBER 30: Players run across the court in the game against the Alabama Crimson Tide and against the Oregon Ducks in the first half of the championship game of the Players Era Festival basketball tournament at MGM Grand Garden Arena on November 30, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Ducks defeated the Crimson Tide 83-81.

San Diego State gave up more than 90 points for the second time in three games in the Players Era Festival in Las Vegas, which is a concern for coach Brian Dutc