2022 The Basketball Classic

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2022 The Basketball Classic
The Basketball Classic 2022 logo.png
Season 2021–22
Teams32 planned
21 bids accepted
18 teams competed
Finals site HTC Center
Conway, South Carolina
Champions Fresno State (1st title)
Runner-up Coastal Carolina (1st title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Justin Hutson (1st title)
MVP Orlando Robinson (Fresno State)
Attendance1,407 (championship game)
The Basketball Classics
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The 2022 The Basketball Classic (TBC) was a single-elimination men's college basketball postseason tournament featuring National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams not selected to participate in the NCAA tournament or the National Invitation Tournament (NIT). The tournament began on March 15 with the championship game played on April 1. The tournament was won by the Fresno State Bulldogs. All games were streamed on ESPN+.

Contents

Structure

Tournament organizers originally announced that there would be 32 teams in the field. [1] However, when the participating teams were named, there were only 21 listed. Three teams then withdrew prior to competing, leaving the actual field size at 18 for the tournament. In lieu of a traditional bracket, a model previously used by the NIT was implemented, in which the matchups are set after each round. Later-round host sites are determined, at least in part, by first-round game attendance figures.

Five matchups in the tournament were designated as "Legend Games", honoring Willis Reed, Travis Grant, Zelmo Beaty, Marques Haynes and Cleo Hill, all of whom played college basketball at historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). [2] In addition to advancing in the tournament, the winning teams received a trophy honoring the legend for whom the particular game was named. Due to scheduling issues, the Cleo Hill game was not played.

Participating teams

Zelmo Beaty 1966.JPG
Cleo Hill 1961.jpg
Willis Reed 1972 publicity photo.jpg
Zelmo Beaty, Cleo Hill, and Willis Reed, three Legend Game namesakes

The following 18 teams accepted invitations to the tournament and competed. Team records listed are from before the tournament started.

TeamConferenceOverall record
Appalachian State [3] [4] Sun Belt 19–14
Coastal Carolina [5] [6] Sun Belt 16–13
Detroit Mercy [7] [8] Horizon League 14–15
Eastern Washington [9] Big Sky 18–15
Florida Gulf Coast [10] Atlantic Sun 21–11
Fresno State [11] Mountain West 19–13
Kent State [12] MAC 23–10
Maryland Eastern Shore [6] MEAC 11–15
Morgan State MEAC 13–14
New Orleans [13] Southland 18–13
Portland [14] West Coast 18–14
South Alabama [15] [16] Sun Belt 19–11
Southeastern Louisiana [16] Southland 19–14
Southern Utah [12] [17] [18] Big Sky 20–11
USC Upstate [4] Big South 14–16
UTEP [19] [20] Conference USA 19–13
Western Illinois [20] Summit 16–15
Youngstown State [21] Horizon League 18–14

Three programs accepted invitations, but withdrew prior to playing: Merrimack, [22] [lower-alpha 1] UMBC, [23] [24] Wofford. [25] [26]

The following programs declined invitations: Arkansas State, [27] Liberty, [28] Oakland, [8] Samford, [29] Sam Houston State, [30] Utah Valley, [18] [30] Weber State. [18]

Schedule

DateTimeMatchupScoreAttendanceRef.
First round
March 156:30 p.m.USC Upstate at Appalachian State80–742,146 [31]
March 167:00 p.m.Detroit Mercy at Florida Gulf Coast79–95505 [32]
The Zelmo Beaty Game
Maryland Eastern Shore at Coastal Carolina		42–66923 [33]
8:00 p.m.The Marques Haynes Game
Morgan State at Youngstown State		65–701,045 [34]
The Travis Grant Game
Southeastern Louisiana at South Alabama		68–70885 [35]
9:00 p.m.The Willis Reed Game
Kent State at Southern Utah		79–831,316 [36]
March 1710:00 p.m.Eastern Washington at Fresno State74–831,166 [37]
March 193:00 p.m.Western Illinois at UTEP [lower-alpha 2] 54–803,500 [39]
10:00 p.m.New Orleans at Portland73–94659 [40]
Second round
March 217:00 p.m.Florida Gulf Coast at Coastal Carolina68–84825 [41]
8:00 p.m.USC Upstate at South Alabama79–83699 [42]
March 229:00 p.m.Southern Utah at UTEP82–693,510 [43]
March 2310:00 p.m.Youngstown State at Fresno State71–801,754 [44]
Quarterfinals
March 266:00 p.m.Portland at Southern Utah66–771,504 [45]
Semifinals
March 288:00 p.m.Coastal Carolina at South Alabama69–68OT1,039 [46]
10:00 p.m.Southern Utah at Fresno State48–673,006 [47]
Championship
April 16:00 p.m.Fresno State at Coastal Carolina85–741,407 [48]
Game times in Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4). All games broadcast on ESPN+. [49]

Bracket

The Basketball Classic field was announced after the field for the NIT was released on March 13.

Note: Bracket is for visual purposes only. In lieu of a traditional bracket, the field and matchups are re-set after each round.

With an 18-team bracket, organizers chose to match one second-round winner against Portland, with three other second-round winners advancing directly to the semifinals.

First round
March 16 		First/Second round
March 15–19/March 22 		Second round/Quarterfinals
March 21–23/March 26 		Semifinals
March 28 		Championship
April 1
New Orleans 73
Portland94
Portland 66
Kent State 79 Southern Utah77
Southern Utah83Southern Utah82
Western Illinois 54 UTEP 69
UTEP80Southern Utah 48
Fresno State67
Morgan State 65
Youngstown State70
Youngstown State 71
Fresno State80
Eastern Washington 74
Fresno State83
Fresno State85
Coastal Carolina 74
Detroit Mercy 79
Florida Gulf Coast95
Florida Gulf Coast 68
Coastal Carolina84
Maryland Eastern Shore 42
Coastal Carolina66
Coastal Carolina69*
South Alabama 68
USC Upstate80
Appalachian State 74
USC Upstate 79
South Alabama83
Southeastern Louisiana 68
South Alabama70

Home teams listed second.
* – Denotes overtime periods

Awards

The following most valuable players were selected for each of the Legend Games:

Notes

  1. ↑ After Merrimack's first-round opponent (UMBC) withdrew, Merrimack no longer appeared in the schedule section of the tournament's website.
  2. ↑ Western Illinois at UTEP was originally scheduled for March 15, then postponed to March 19 due to travel issues for Western Illinois. [38]

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