College classic Background Information
College classic is a baseball tournament held and organized by the Houston College each year. This is an annual college baseball game held in the Houston College. The game is one of the most popular college games organized by the Houston College and is looked forward to every year by the students and also the non-college fans.
The tickets for the game get sold each year weeks ahead, to ensure that fans get best seating arrangements. Every year the tickets get sold out before the game and even parking lots are booked ahead which goes to show how popular the game is. The Houston Astros are the home team of the college. In the College Classics the Houston Astros get to play major league football teams which are also based in Houston, Texas. The Astros play in the Central Division of the National League.
The start date for the Classic event this year will be in the last week of February. The year's annual Houston College Classic will be sponsored by the Houston Chronicle. The teams playing this year are from the following colleges, Texas, Rice, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas Tech and the University of Houston. The game is eagerly awaited by college fans from all the participating colleges. The six teams will compete against each other at different levels of the game. In the finals the two teams with the maximum wins will compete in the Minute Maid Park. The game is one of the specialties of the Houston College. The college baseball team has got some great records in the hall of fame.