Legends Classic (basketball tournament)
The Legends Classic is an annual, early-season, college basketball tournament which started in 2007 and takes place at the beginning of the college basketball season in November. Eight teams (from eight conferences) compete in the Legends Classic, which has four of the top programs from the most prestigious conferences in the country tip-off the season with Regional Round games played on their home courts.[1] Four teams then go to New York City – at the Barclays Center – to face each other for the Legends Classic championship. The remainder of the field participates in a round-robin series at one subregional site.[2] Every participating team is guaranteed four games. Games have been played at Barclays Center since 2012, The 2011 edition was played at Izod Center (East Rutherford, New Jersey), 2009 and 2010 were played at Boardwalk Hall (Atlantic City, N.J.), and 2007 and 2008 were played at the Prudential Center (Newark, N.J.).
Texas A&M is the defending champion, having defeated Penn State in the 2017 final, 98–87.
History
The Legends Classic began in 2007 with the first two events being played at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ. In that first year, only the four regional-round hosts were guaranteed to play four games, [3] as Texas, Tennessee, West Virginia, and New Mexico State each hosted a pair of games, before advancing to the seminfinals in Newark. Since the 2008–09 season, each team has been guaranteed to play four games.
In 2013, the field for the event decreased from 12 teams to 8 teams from eight separate conferences, which it continues to be. Two games are held at four different regional sites selected before the tournament. Four teams advance to the semifinals and finals at Barclays Center in New York City, while the remaining four teams play in a tournament format at a predetermined on-campus site.[4]
Yearly champions, runners-up, and MVPs
Most appearances
School | |
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Texas | |
Pittsburgh | |
Detroit | |
Bucknell | |
Michigan | |
NC State | |
Texas Tech | |
Toledo |
2018 participants and bracket
- Bowling Green
- California
- Detroit Mercy
- Hampton
- Loyola (MD)
- St. John's
- Temple
- VCU
Championship Round
First Round November 19 ESPN 2 ESPN3 |
Championship Game November 20 ESPN2 | |||||||
St. John's | ||||||||
Cal | ||||||||
VCU | ||||||||
Temple | Consolation Game November 20 ESPNU | |||||||
Sub Regionals
Sub Regional Games November 19 |
Championship Game November 20 | |||||||
Bowling Green | ||||||||
Hampton | ||||||||
Detroit Mercy | ||||||||
Loyola Maryland | Consolation Game November 20 | |||||||
2017 participants and bracket
Regionals
Game 1 November 10 Fox College Sports |
Game 5 November 16 Fox Sports Oklahoma + | |||||||
Oral Roberts | 48 | |||||||
Pepperdine | 47 | Oklahoma State | 91 | |||||
Oklahoma State | 78 |
Game 2 November 13 ACC Network Extra |
Game 4 November 15 ACC Network Extra | |||||||
UC Santa Barbara | 62 | |||||||
Montana | 83 | Pittsburgh | 70 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 78 |
Game 3 November 15 Big Ten Network |
Game 7 November 24 Big Ten Network + | |||||||
Oral Roberts | 48 | |||||||
Montana | 57 | Penn State | 86 | |||||
Penn State | 70 |
Game 6 November 17 SEC Network + |
Game 8 November 24 SEC Network | |||||||
Pepperdine | 65 | |||||||
UC Santa Barbara | 65 | Texas A&M | 81 | |||||
Texas A&M | 84 |
Championship Round
First Round November 20 ESPN 2 ESPN3 |
Championship Game November 21 ESPN2 | |||||||
16 | Texas A&M | 72 | ||||||
Oklahoma State | 55 | |||||||
16 | Texas A&M | 98 | ||||||
Penn State | 87 | |||||||
Penn State | 85 | |||||||
Pittsburgh | 54 | Consolation Game November 21 ESPNU | ||||||
Oklahoma State | 73 | |||||||
Pittsburgh | 67 |
Sub Regionals
Sub Regional Games November 20 |
Championship Game November 21 | |||||||
Oral Roberts | 64 | |||||||
Montana | 69 | |||||||
Montana | 73 | |||||||
UC Santa Barbara | 80 | |||||||
UC Santa Barbara | 92 | |||||||
Pepperdine | 84 | Consolation Game November 21 | ||||||
Oral Roberts | 76 | |||||||
Pepperdine | 80 |
2016 participants and bracket
Semifinals November 21 | Championship November 22 ESPN2 | |||||
21 November – Barclays Center | ||||||
Notre Dame | 89 | |||||
22 November – Barclays Center | ||||||
Colorado | 83 | |||||
Notre Dame | 70 | |||||
21 November – Barclays Center | ||||||
Northwestern | 66 | |||||
#22 Texas | 58 | |||||
Northwestern | 77 | |||||
Consolation November 22 ESPNU | ||||||
22 November – Barclays Center | ||||||
Colorado | 68 | |||||
#22 Texas | 54 |
2015 participants and bracket
Semifinals November 23 |
Championship November 24 ESPN2 | |||||||
23 | LSU | 80 | ||||||
Marquette | 81 | |||||||
Marquette | 78OT | |||||||
Arizona State | 73 | |||||||
NC State | 76 | |||||||
Arizona State | 79 | Consolation November 24 ESPNU | ||||||
23 | LSU | 72OT | ||||||
NC State | 83 |
2014 participants and bracket
Semifinals November 24 |
Championship November 25 ESPN2 | |||||||
12 | Villanova | 77 | ||||||
14 | VCU | 53 | ||||||
12 | Villanova | 60 | ||||||
19 | Michigan | 55 | ||||||
19 | Michigan | 70 | ||||||
Oregon | 63 | Consolation November 25 ESPNU | ||||||
14 | VCU | 77 | ||||||
Oregon | 63 |
2013 participants and bracket
Semifinals November 25 |
Championship November 26 ESPNU | |||||||
Pittsburgh | 76 | |||||||
Texas Tech | 53 | |||||||
Pittsburgh | 88 | |||||||
Stanford | 67 | |||||||
Stanford | 86 | |||||||
Houston | 76 | Consolation November 26 ESPN3 | ||||||
Texas Tech | 76 | |||||||
Houston | 64 |
2012 participants and bracket
Semifinals November 19 |
Championship November 20 ESPN | |||||||
Georgia | 53 | |||||||
1 | Indiana | 66 | ||||||
1 | Indiana | 82OT | ||||||
Georgetown | 72 | |||||||
Georgetown | 78 | |||||||
13 | UCLA | 70 | Consolation November 20 ESPNU | |||||
13 | UCLA | 60 | ||||||
Georgia | 56 |
2011 participants and bracket
- Boston University
- Bucknell
- Cleveland State
- Hofstra
- Morehead State
- NC State
- Oregon State
- Princeton
- Rhode Island
- Texas
- Vanderbilt
- West Alabama
Semifinals November 19 ESPN3 |
Championship November 21 ESPN3 | |||||||
20 | Vanderbilt | 86 | ||||||
NC State | 79 | |||||||
20 | Vanderbilt | 64 | ||||||
Oregon State | 62 | |||||||
Texas | 95 | |||||||
Oregon State | 100OT | Consolation November 21 ESPN3 | ||||||
NC State | 77 | |||||||
Texas | 74 |
2010 participants and bracket
- Albany
- Bowling Green
- Detroit
- Gardner-Webb
- Georgia Tech
- Michigan
- Niagara
- Mercer
- Syracuse
- UTEP
- Western Carolina
- William & Mary
Semifinals November 26 HDNet |
Championship November 27 HDNet | |||||||
Georgia Tech | 71 | |||||||
UTEP | 61 | |||||||
Georgia Tech | 76 | |||||||
10 | Syracuse | 80 | ||||||
10 | Syracuse | 53 | ||||||
Michigan | 50 | Consolation November 27 HDNet | ||||||
UTEP | 65 | |||||||
Michigan | 56 |
2009 participants and bracket
- Arkansas-Fort Smith
- Cornell
- Drexel
- Michigan State
- Georgia Southern
- Florida
- Rutgers
- Toledo
- Valparaiso
- Vermont
- Troy
- UMass
Semifinals November 27 HDNet |
Championship November 28 HDNet | |||||||
Rutgers | 83 | |||||||
UMass | 75 | |||||||
Rutgers | 58 | |||||||
Florida | 73 | |||||||
2 | Michigan State | 74 | ||||||
Florida | 77 | Consolation November 20 ESPNU | ||||||
UMass | 68 | |||||||
2 | Michigan State | 106 |
2008 participants and bracket
- Akron
- Eastern Kentucky
- East Central (OK)
- Fairleigh Dickinson
- Indiana (Pa.)
- Mississippi State
- North Alabama
- Pittsburgh
- Texas Tech
- Thiel
- Urbana
- Washington State
Semifinals November 28 HDNet |
Championship November 29 HDNet | |||||||
Washington State | 63 | |||||||
Mississippi State | 52 | |||||||
Washington State | 43 | |||||||
Pittsburgh | 57 | |||||||
Pittsburgh | 80 | |||||||
Texas Tech | 67 | Consolation November 29 HDNet | ||||||
Mississippi State | 77 | |||||||
Texas Tech | 73 |
2007 participants and bracket
- Arkansas-Monticello
- La Verne
- LeMoyne–Owen
- New Mexico State
- Prairie View A&M
- Schreiner
- UC Santa Cruz
- Tennessee
- Texas
- UC Davis
- West Virginia
Semifinals November 23 Versus |
Championship November 24 Versus | |||||||
16 | Texas | 102 | ||||||
New Mexico State | 87 | |||||||
16 | Texas | 97 | ||||||
7 | Tennessee | 78 | ||||||
West Virginia | 72 | |||||||
7 | Tennessee | 74 | Consolation November 24 | |||||
West Virginia | 75 | |||||||
New Mexico State | 61 |
See also
References
- ↑ http://www.gazellegroup.com/main/legends/
- ↑ http://www.gazellegroup.com/main/legends/
- ↑ http://www.gazellegroup.com/main/legends/
- ↑ http://www.gazellegroup.com/main/legends/
- ↑ "2013 Legends Classic Bracket" (PDF). gazellegroup. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ↑ "2012 Legends Classic Bracket" (PDF). gazellegroup. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
- ↑ "2011 Legends Classic Bracket" (PDF). gazellegroup. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
- ↑ "2010 Legends Classic Bracket" (PDF). gazellegroup. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
- ↑ "2009 Legends Classic Bracket" (PDF). gazellegroup. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
- ↑ "2008 Legends Classic Bracket" (PDF). gazellegroup. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
- ↑ "2007 Legends Classic Bracket" (PDF). gazellegroup. Retrieved 10 October 2012.