RedHawks to Compete in Cancun Challenge
6/17/2026 11:58:00 AM | Women's Basketball
FORT COLLINS, Colo. – Tournament officials with the Cancun Challenge college basketball event have announced that Miami women's basketball will be participating in the 2026 Tournament during Thanksgiving Week.
Powered by Triple Crown Sports, the 2026 event marks the 21st edition of the women's tournament. Players and fans will once again be just steps from their rooms to the converted ballroom that hosts the competition at the all-inclusive Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya.
The women's event runs Nov. 26-28. Miami is joined by Kansas, Minnesota and Washington State in the tournament field, with two teams yet to be named. Each team will play a pair of contests in Mexico.
Additional team announcements, scheduling details and broadcast information will be released on the event website as the field is finalized: Cancun Challenge
Fan packages are available for those looking to make a week of it — warm weather, world-class resort amenities and high-level college basketball all in one place: Fan Packages – Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya.
About Triple Crown Sports
Based in Fort Collins, CO., Triple Crown Sports has been producing youth, high school and college events for more than 40 years. TCS runs the postseason WNIT basketball event and produces the men's and women's DI Cancun Challenge tournaments in November. Triple Crown's PV College Challenge features more than 10 of the top DI college softball teams in the country each year in Puerto Vallarta, MX. Anchored by the 1,200-team Colorado 4th of July event, TC fastpitch tournaments draw the nation's finest club programs, and hundreds of college coaches attend TCS events for recruiting purposes. TCS produces two of the largest youth baseball events in the world with the 800-team Omaha SlumpBuster during the College World Series and the 800-team Arizona Spring Championships during MLB Spring Training. The Triple Crown Volleyball NIT has become the top-recruited club volleyball event in the country each February when 680 teams compete in Kansas City, MO.
Powered by Triple Crown Sports, the 2026 event marks the 21st edition of the women's tournament. Players and fans will once again be just steps from their rooms to the converted ballroom that hosts the competition at the all-inclusive Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya.
The women's event runs Nov. 26-28. Miami is joined by Kansas, Minnesota and Washington State in the tournament field, with two teams yet to be named. Each team will play a pair of contests in Mexico.
Additional team announcements, scheduling details and broadcast information will be released on the event website as the field is finalized: Cancun Challenge
Fan packages are available for those looking to make a week of it — warm weather, world-class resort amenities and high-level college basketball all in one place: Fan Packages – Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya.
About Triple Crown Sports
Based in Fort Collins, CO., Triple Crown Sports has been producing youth, high school and college events for more than 40 years. TCS runs the postseason WNIT basketball event and produces the men's and women's DI Cancun Challenge tournaments in November. Triple Crown's PV College Challenge features more than 10 of the top DI college softball teams in the country each year in Puerto Vallarta, MX. Anchored by the 1,200-team Colorado 4th of July event, TC fastpitch tournaments draw the nation's finest club programs, and hundreds of college coaches attend TCS events for recruiting purposes. TCS produces two of the largest youth baseball events in the world with the 800-team Omaha SlumpBuster during the College World Series and the 800-team Arizona Spring Championships during MLB Spring Training. The Triple Crown Volleyball NIT has become the top-recruited club volleyball event in the country each February when 680 teams compete in Kansas City, MO.
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