PALM DESERT, Calif. – Pepperdine men's basketball will take on Fresno State as part of the 2025 Acrisure Series, the largest in-season multi-team college basketball tournament in the nation, announced today.

The Waves will face Fresno State on Wednesday, November 26 at 4:00 p.m. PT inside Acrisure Arena.

Now in its third year, the Acrisure Series brings together over 20 NCAA Division I programs for 18 games over four days of competition in the Coachella Valley. The Waves' matchup against the Bulldogs is part of a pair of solo games featured in the tournament featuring four California programs.

Set during Thanksgiving Week, the Acrisure Series runs November 25–28 and features four group brackets and several standalone games. CBS Sports and TNT Sports will each televise games across the week, with the full broadcast schedule to be announced at a later date.

It will mark the 32^nd all-time meeting between Pepperdine and Fresno State with the most recent coming at the 2021 SoCal Challenge in San Juan Capistrano, the first neutral site fixture in the series. The Bulldogs lead the all-time series 16-15.

The 2025 Acrisure Series Groups
Acrisure Classic (11/25–11/26):
University of Iowa, University of Mississippi, University of Utah, Grand Canyon University
Acrisure Holiday Invitational (11/25–11/26):
San José State University, University of Northern Iowa, University of Tulsa, Loyola University Chicago
Acrisure Holiday Classic (11/27–11/28):
University of Washington, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Nevada Reno, University of San Francisco
Acrisure Invitational (11/27–11/28):
Stanford University, University of Minnesota, Saint Louis University, Santa Clara University
Acrisure Series Solo Games:
California Baptist University, University of San Diego, Fresno State, Pepperdine University

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