Women’s Basketball’s Opponents in Cancun Challenge Announced
8/29/2025 12:00:00 PM | Women's Basketball
FORT COLLINS, Colo. – The NC State women's basketball team's opponents and schedule for the 2025 Women's Cancun Challenge has been released, as announced by Triple Crown Sports Friday. The Pack will play Green Bay and Southern Miss during Thanksgiving week at the all-inclusive Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya.
NC State is a part of the Riviera Tournament and will face Green Bay on Thursday, Nov. 28 at 4 p.m. followed by Southern Miss on Friday, Nov. 29 at 4 p.m. Eastern.
This will mark the first meeting between the Pack and Phoenix. Green Bay was a potential opponent in the 2024 NCAA Tournament, as the Phoenix were the No. 11 seed in the Raleigh pod. NC State and Southern Miss will face off for the second time in program history, as the Pack has a 1-0 advantage after defeating the Golden Eagles 78-43 at home on Nov. 20, 1999.
This year's Cancun Challenge marks the 21st edition of the women's event. More information will continue to be released on the event website: Cancun Challenge.
NC State's full 2025-26 season will be announced soon. Season tickets are sold out and more information about single-game and mini pack options will be released at a later date.
About Triple Crown Sports
Based in Fort Collins, Colorado., Triple Crown Sports has been producing youth, high school and college events for more than 40 years. TCS runs both the Postseason WNIT basketball event and produces the men's and women's DI Cancun Challenge tournaments in November. Triple Crown is also powering a "WNIT" concept event in D-I volleyball (NIVC), with that event debuting in 2017. 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, Mexico. Anchored by the 1,200-team Colorado 4th of July event, TC fastpitch softball tournaments draw the nation's finest club programs, and hundreds of college coaches attend TCS events for recruiting purposes. TCS produces one of the largest youth baseball events in the world with the 700-team Omaha SlumpBuster during the College World Series. The Triple Crown Volleyball NIT has become the top-recruited club volleyball event in the country each February when 550 teams compete in Kansas City, Missouri.