Season | 2014–15 | ||||
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Teams | 8 (men's), 4 (women's) | ||||
Finals site | Alaska Airlines Center Anchorage, Alaska | ||||
Champions | Colorado State (men's) Long Beach State (women's) | ||||
MVP | Alan Williams, UC Santa Barbara (men's) Megan Mullings, Alaska Anchorage (women's) | ||||
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The 2014 GCI Great Alaska Shootout was the 36th Great Alaska Shootout, the annual college basketball tournament in Anchorage, Alaska that features colleges from all over the United States. The event was scheduled from November 26 through November 29, 2014, [1] with eight colleges and universities participating in the men's tournament and four universities participating in the women's tournament. Most of the games in the men's tournament were televised on the CBS Sports Network.
* – Denotes overtime period
5th Place Game November 29 | Consolation 2nd Round November 28 | First Round November 26, 27 | Semifinals November 28 | Championship November 29 | ||||||||||||||
Pacific | 71 | |||||||||||||||||
Alaska Anchorage | 62 | |||||||||||||||||
Alaska Anchorage | 51 | Pacific | 64 | |||||||||||||||
Missouri State | 55 | Colorado State | 75 | |||||||||||||||
Missouri State | 61 | |||||||||||||||||
Colorado State | 76 | |||||||||||||||||
Missouri State | 84 | Colorado State | 65 | |||||||||||||||
Washington State | 89* | UC Santa Barbara | 63 | |||||||||||||||
Rice | 71 | |||||||||||||||||
Mercer | 77 | |||||||||||||||||
7th Place Game | Rice | 74 | Mercer | 60 | 3rd Place Game | |||||||||||||
Washington State | 76 | UC Santa Barbara | 65* | |||||||||||||||
Alaska Anchorage | 65 | Washington State | 43 | Pacific | 55 | |||||||||||||
Rice | 54 | UC Santa Barbara | 71 | Mercer | 48 | |||||||||||||
Semi-Finals November 25 | Championship November 26 | ||||||
Long Beach State | 68 | ||||||
Boise State | 50 | ||||||
Long Beach State | 69 | ||||||
Alaska Anchorage | 60 | ||||||
Yale | 63 | ||||||
Alaska Anchorage | 72 | 3rd Place game November 26 | |||||
Boise State | 59 | ||||||
Yale | 53* |
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