Mohegan Sun, located in Uncasville, Connecticut, is the second largest casino in the United States with 364,000 sqft of gaming space. It is located on 240 acres along the banks of the Thames River. It is at the heart of the scenic foothills of southeastern Connecticut, where 60 percent of the state's tourism is concentrated. It features the 12,000-seat capacity Mohegan Sun Arena, home of the Women's National Basketball Association's Connecticut Sun. It houses a 350-seat Cabaret Theatre, the 300-seat Wolf Den, and 100,000 sqft of meeting and function room space, including the Northeast’s largest ballroom and 130,000 sqft of retail shopping. It is the home of New London's WMOS FM radio station.
The Hall of Fame Tip Off is a preseason tournament organized by the Naismith National Basketball Hall of Fame which features eight NCAA Division I men’s basketball teams. Teams are separated into two divisions, the Springfield and Naismith, with the winner of the Naismith bracket named tournament champion. Eight games are played on the campus' of the teams in the Naismith division before the tournament takes place at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut.