College basketball tournament in the United States
The Las Vegas Invitational is an 8 team college basketball tournament held during Thanksgiving of NCAA Division I men's college basketball season annually since 2003. The Tournament was originally held in the gymnasium of Valley High School , until moving to the new Orleans Arena in 2006.
The tourney launched with local car dealer Findlay Toyota as its sponsor. From 2006 to 2013 the sponsor of the tournament was IBN Sports. Continental Tire is the current sponsor of the tournament. Fox Sports purchased the event and the Las Vegas Classic in 2015.[ 1] [ 2]
Brackets
* – Denotes overtime period
2022
2021
The 2021 Las Vegas Invitational Basketball Tournament at the Orleans Hotel & Casino included: UAB, New Mexico, San Francisco, and Towson. [ 3]
2019
2018
Teams:[ 4]
[ 5]
2017
[ 6]
Third Round Championship Round November 23 Hampton 76 November 25 Northern Arizona 66 Hampton 80 November 23 Rider 94 Rider 90 UC Irvine 82 3rd Place Game November 25 Northern Arizona 71 UC Irvine 77
2016
[ 7]
2015
[ 8]
Note:
Arkansas Little Rock will only Participate on Day 1
On November 27 East Carolina will play winner of Bethune–Cookman/Stetson, Sam Houston State will play loser of Bethune–Cookman/Stetson
2014
The Tournament went back to the traditional format,[ 9] There will be two brackets
[ 10]
2013
The tournament's championship format was changed to a four-round round robin this year, with the final two rounds being played in Las Vegas. UCLA and Missouri were the co-champions of the tournament, both teams finishing with a 4-0 record; Kyle Anderson (UCLA) was the tournament's MVP.
Championship Round
Chattanooga
87
IUPUI
76
Championship Round
Morehead State
82
Gardner–Webb
86*
Championship Round
Nevada
70
Missouri
83
Championship Round
Northwestern
79
#19 UCLA
95
All-tournament team
Tournament MVP : Kyle Anderson , UCLA[ 11]
2012 participants and bracket
[ 12]
Semifinals November 25
Championship November 26
Arizona State
83
Arkansas
68
Arizona State
73
12
Creighton
87
12
Creighton
84
Wisconsin
74
3rd Place Game
Arkansas
70
Wisconsin
77
2011 participants and bracket
[ 13]
Semifinals November 25
Championship November 26
USC
55
UNLV
66
UNLV
90
1
North Carolina
80
1
North Carolina
87
South Carolina
62
3rd Place Game
USC
66
South Carolina
63
2010 participants and bracket
[ 14]
Semifinals
Championship
Arizona
82
Santa Clara
59
Arizona
49
6
Kansas
87
6
Kansas
64
Ohio
41
3rd Place Game
Ohio
78
Santa Clara
72
2009
[ 15]
Campus Round
November 18
Oklahoma State
93
Southern
61
November 21
Utah
88
Southern
48
November 24
Seattle
77
Utah
74
November 24
Illinois
78
Wofford
64
November 24
Bradley
71
Presbyterian
58
Championship Rounds
Semifinals November 27
Championship November 28
Oklahoma State
68
Bradley
57
Oklahoma State
77
Utah
55
Utah
60
Illinois
58
3rd Place Game November 28
Bradley
72
Illinois
68
Semifinals November 27
Championship November 28
Wofford
66
Southern
66
Seattle
83
Wofford
84
Seattle
67
Presbyterian
63
3rd Place Game November 28
Southern
69
Presbyterian
71
2008 participants and bracket
[ 16]
Semifinals
Championship
Kentucky
74
Kansas State
72
Kentucky
54
West Virginia
43
Iowa
68
West Virginia
87
3rd Place Game
Iowa
65
Kansas State
63
2007 participants and bracket
[ 17]
Semifinals
Championship
1
North Carolina
99
Old Dominion
82
1
North Carolina
73
BYU
63
Louisville
76
BYU
86
3rd Place Game
Louisville
64
Old Dominion
53
2006 participants and bracket
[ 18]
Semifinals
Championship
1
Florida
101
WKU
68
1
Florida
80
10
Kansas
82
10
Kansas
64
Ball State
46
3rd Place Game
WKU
76
Ball State
66
2005 participants and bracket
[ 19]
Semifinals
Championship
TCU
58
Oklahoma State
66
Oklahoma State
68
Boston College
76
Boston College
87
Drake
84
3rd Place Game
Drake
86
TCU
79
2004 participants and bracket
[ 20]
Semifinals
Championship
UTEP
66
Arizona State
65
UTEP
62
Southern Illinois
68
Vanderbilt
53
Southern Illinois
67
3rd Place Game
Arizona State
87
Vanderbilt
68
2003 participants and bracket
[ 21]
Championship Game
Miami (FL)
82
Bradley
83
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^ "2018-19 College Basketball Early Season Tournaments, Events, And Neutral-Site Games" . Blogging the Bracket . Retrieved 2017-12-01 .
^ "Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational" . Orleans Arena . Retrieved 2018-11-21 .
^ "Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational" . Orleans Arena . Retrieved 2017-08-04 .
^ "Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational" . ORLEANS CASINO . BOYD GAMING. Retrieved 27 September 2016 .
^ "Richmond basketball to play West Virginia in Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational" . AugustaFreePress . AugustaFreePress. 24 July 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2015 .
^ Johnson, Raphielle (27 May 2014). "Report: Las Vegas Invitational semifinal matchups set" . CollegeBasketballTalk. Retrieved 27 May 2014 .
^ "Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational Schedule" (PDF) . Retrieved 13 June 2014 .
^ "Burton named to Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational all-tournament team" . NevadaWolfPack.com . Dec 1, 2013. Retrieved Mar 2, 2014 .
^ "2012 College Basketball Early Season Tournaments and Events" . 3 April 2012.
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NCAA men's college basketball tournaments
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Early season Defunct Early season Conference postseason Defunct Conference postseason Postseason Defunct Postseason
Division II
Conference postseason Defunct Conference postseason Postseason
Division III
Conference postseason Defunct Conference postseason Postseason