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- ↑ "2016 GCI Great Alaska Shootout schedule & results". GoSeaWolves.com. University of Alaska Anchorage Athletics. June 7, 2016. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
- ↑ "Pack falls just short of Great Alaska Shootout title". Reno Gazette Journal. Retrieved August 23, 2017.
- ↑ Payne, Terrence (November 27, 2016). "Iona wins Great Alaska Shootout on a buzzer-beater". CollegeBasketballTalk. Retrieved August 23, 2017.
- ↑ "Year-by-Year Results" . Retrieved August 28, 2017.
- ↑ "2016 Great Alaska Shootout Men's Bracket" (PDF). GoSeawolves.com. University of Alaska Anchorage Athletics.
- ↑ "Women's Year-by-Year Results" . Retrieved August 28, 2017.
- ↑ "2016 Great Alaska Shootout Women's Bracket" (PDF). GoSeaWolves.com. University of Alaska Anchorage Athletics.
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