MGM Resorts Main Event

The MGM Resorts Main Event is an 8 team college basketball tournament held during Monday and Wednesday of Thanksgiving week of NCAA Division I men's basketball season, with the inaugural tournament beginning in 2014. Games are held at the T-Mobile Arena beginning in 2017, with previous season being held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.[1] Starting in 2018, the Middleweight Bracket will be played at Cox Pavilion. Formerly known as the MGM Grand Main Event and the Men Who Speak Up Main Event, the tournament features two four-team brackets with each team playing two games in Las Vegas. Opening round games are played on campus.

MGM Resorts Main Event
Logo of the MGM Resorts Main Event
SportCollege Basketball
Founded2014
No. of teams8
CountryUnited States
Venue(s)T-Mobile Arena
Cox Pavilion
Most recent
champion(s)		UNLV
TV partner(s)ESPN2
Sponsor(s)MGM Resorts International
Official websiteMGM Resorts Main Event

2019

Heavyweight Bracket
  First Round
November 24
     Championship
November 26
                 
  23 Colorado 56  
    Wyoming 41    
      21 Colorado 71
        Clemson 67
    Clemson 62OT    
    TCU 60   Consolation
November 26
 
  Wyoming 47
    TCU 64

Middleweight Bracket

Played at Ed Clark High School.

Detroit Mercy UC Irvine Louisiana
Detroit Mercy —
UC Irvine —
Louisiana —

2018

Heavyweight Bracket
  First Round
November 19
     Championship
November 21
                 
    Arizona State 72  
  15 Mississippi State 67    
        Arizona State 87
        Utah State 82
    Saint Mary's 63    
    Utah State 80   Consolation
November 21
 
15 Mississippi State 61
    Saint Mary's 57

Middleweight Bracket

Played at Cox Pavilion.

  First Round
November 19
     Championship
November 21
                 
    Utah Valley 72  
    Hartford 65    
        Utah Valley 87
        Long Beach State 72
    Iona 85    
    Long Beach State 86   Consolation
November 21
 
  Hartford 75
    Iona 80

2017[2]
  • All times are Eastern.

Heavyweight Bracket
  First Round
November 20
AT&T Sportsnet Rocky Mountain
AT&T Sportsnet		     Championship
November 22
ESPN2
                 
    UNLV 95  
    Rice 68    
        UNLV 85
        Utah 58
    Utah 83    
    Ole Miss 74   Consolation
November 22
ESPNU
 
  Rice 62
    Ole Miss 79

Middleweight Bracket
  First Round
November 20
Flohoops.com		     Championship
November 22
Flohoops.com
                 
    Prairie View A&M 80  
    Eastern Kentucky 70    
        Prairie View A&M 71
        Georgia State 56
    Georgia State 68    
    Eastern Washington 50   Consolation
November 22
Flohoops.com
 
  Eastern Kentucky 62
    Eastern Washington 83

2016[3]

Heavyweight Bracket
  First Round
November 21		     Championship
November 23
ESPN2
                 
  Saint Louis 62  
  BYU 92    
      BYU 89
      Valparaiso 92
  Alabama 60    
  Valparaiso 68   Consolation
November 23
 
Saint Louis 57
  Alabama 62

Middleweight Bracket

2015[4]

Heavyweight Bracket
  First Round
November 23		     Championship
November 25
ESPN2
                 
  Clemson 65  
  UMass 82    
      UMass 76
      Creighton 97
  Creighton 85    
  Rutgers 75   Consolation
November 25
 
Clemson 76
  Rutgers 58

Middleweight Bracket
  First Round
November 23		     Championship
November 25
                 
  UTSA 84  
  Central Arkansas 98    
      Central Arkansas 54
      Howard 73
  Texas Southern 81    
  Howard 87   Consolation
November 25
 
UTSA 80
  Texas Southern 91

2014

Heavyweight Bracket
  First Round
November 24		     Championship
November 26
                 
    Oregon State 53  
    Oklahoma State 66    
        Oklahoma State 73
        Tulsa 58
    Auburn 35    
    Tulsa 53   Consolation
November 26
 
  Oregon State 69
    Auburn 71

Middleweight Bracket

On October 6, 2014 The Middleweight Bracket was revised to a Round robin format.[5]

Milwaukee Louisiana–Lafayette Oral Roberts
Milwaukee — 56–62 66–67
Louisiana–Lafayette 62–56 — 76–52
Oral Roberts 67–66 52–76 —

References
  1. "bd Global announces 2014 MGM Grand Showcase & Main Event". bd global. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  2. "2017 Main Event schedule & brackets announced". bdGlobal. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  3. "2016 Main Event schedule & brackets announced". bdGlobal. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  4. "2015 Main Event schedule & brackets annoucned". bdGlobal. Archived from the original on 23 June 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  5. "Revised Middleweight Bracket schedule announced". Retrieved 21 November 2014.
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