2016 Vegas 16 Tournament

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2016 Vegas 16
Season 2015–16
Teams8
Finals site Mandalay Bay Events Center
Paradise, Nevada
Champions Old Dominion Monarchs (1st title)
Runner-up Oakland Golden Grizzlies (1st title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Jeff Jones (1st title)
MVP Trey Freeman (Old Dominion)
Top scorer Kay Felder (Oakland)
(80 points)
Vegas 16

The 2016 Vegas 16 Tournament was a single-elimination postseason men's basketball tournament won by Old Dominion. The tournament consisted of eight National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams that did not receive bids to the NCAA tournament or the NIT.

Contents

Old Dominion defeated Oakland 68–67 in the championship game.

Games were played at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Paradise, Nevada. First round games were March 28, with the semifinals March 29 and the championship March 30. All games aired on CBS Sports Network. [1]

Participants

The eight-team field for the inaugural Vegas 16 tournament was unveiled on March 14, 2016. While organizers had originally aimed to have a sixteen-team field, a decision was made to cut the size to eight teams, stating that due to the results of conference tournaments, "we were hesitant to just fill out the bracket with 'available teams', so by choosing quality over quantity, we settled on eight teams, many of which were considered for an NIT berth." [2]

TeamConferenceOverall recordConference record
UC Santa Barbara Big West 18–1311–5
East Tennessee State Southern 23–1114–4
Louisiana Tech Conference USA 23–912–6
Northern Illinois Mid-American 21–129–9
Oakland Horizon 21–1113–5
Old Dominion Conference USA 22–1312–6
Tennessee Tech Ohio Valley 19–1111–5
Towson Colonial 20–1211–7

Schedule

GameTime *MatchupScoreTelevision
Quarterfinals – Monday, March 28
1NoonTennessee Tech vs. Old Dominion59–75 CBSSN
22:30 pmUC Santa Barbara vs. Northern Illinois70–63
36:00 pmOakland vs. Towson90–72
48:30 pmLouisiana Tech vs. East Tennessee State83–88
Semifinals – Tuesday, March 29
56:00 pmOld Dominion vs. UC Santa Barbara64–49CBSSN
68:30 pmOakland vs. East Tennessee State104–81
Championship – Wednesday, March 30
77:00 pmOld Dominion vs. Oakland68–67CBSSN
*All times are listed as Pacific Daylight Time. Winning team in bold.

Bracket

[3]

Quarterfinals
Monday, March 28 		Semifinals
Tuesday, March 29 		Championship
Wednesday, March 30
      
Tennessee Tech 59
Old Dominion75
Old Dominion64
UC Santa Barbara 49
UC Santa Barbara70
Northern Illinois 63
Old Dominion68
Oakland 67
Oakland90
Towson 72
Oakland104
East Tennessee State 81
Louisiana Tech 83
East Tennessee State88

MVP and all-tournament team

Trey Freeman of Old Dominion was named the tournament most valuable player. [4] The following players were named to the all-tournament team:

References

  1. ↑ "CBS Sports Network to Televise Inaugural Vegas 16". bdglobalsports.com. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Vegas 16 tournament shortens inaugural lineup to 8 teams". Las Vegas Review-Journal. March 14, 2016. Retrieved March 19, 2016.
  3. ↑ "2016 Vegas 16 Bracket". bdGlobal. Archived from the original on November 26, 2015. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
  4. ↑ "بیمه زندگی و آینده مالی". Archived from the original on April 4, 2016. Retrieved March 31, 2016.
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