Acrisure Invitational

Not to be confused with the Acrisure Classic or the Acrisure Holiday Invitational.

Acrisure Invitational

Logo for inaugural event
Sport	College Basketball
Founded	2023
No. of teams	4 in 2025 main draw, 6 in full event
Country	United States
Venue	Acrisure Arena
Most recent champion	Washington
Most titles	Hawai'i, Washington (1)
Broadcasters	CBS Sports Network and truTV (2025)
Sponsor	Acrisure
Official website	Acrisure Series

The Acrisure Invitational is a multiple-team NCAA Division I college basketball tournament played during Thanksgiving week, at Acrisure Arena in Thousand Palms, California. The tournament is a part of the Acrisure Series. ^[1]

Brackets

* – Denotes overtime period

2025

Six teams will participate in the 2025 event. Saint Louis, Santa Clara, Minnesota and Stanford will each play two games at Acrusire Arena ^[2] and host one game on campus. Chicago State and Louisiana will each play two road games at campus sites. ^[3]

The semifinal games will be televised by CBS Sports Network. The third-place and championship games will be aired by truTV. ^[4] Television coverage of the campus-site games will be determined by the media contracts of the host teams.

Campus-site games

Home teams listed second.

Campus-site game November 6 Chicago State 86 Saint Louis 108

Campus-site game November 18 Chicago State Minnesota

Campus-site game November 18 Louisiana Stanford

Campus-site game November 21 Louisiana Santa Clara

Neutral-site games

Third Place November 28 TruTV

Semifinals November 27 CBSSN

Championship November 28 TruTV

Saint Louis

Santa Clara

Minnesota

Stanford

2024

Campus-site games

Home teams listed second.

Campus-site game November 19 Alcorn State 48 TCU 71

Campus-site game November 19 UC Riverside 54 Santa Clara 96

Campus-site game November 22 UC Riverside 77* Colorado State 75

Campus-site game November 22 Alcorn State 60 Washington 77

Campus-site game November 24 Alcorn State 52 UC Riverside 69

Neutral-site games

Game recaps: ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

Third Place November 29 TruTV [9]

Semifinals November 28 TruTV

Championship November 29 TruTV

TCU

52

Santa Clara

69

TCU

72

Santa Clara

69

Colorado State

76OT

Washington

76

Washington

73

Colorado State

67

Great Osobor of Washington was named the tournament's most valuable player. ^[10]

2023

The 2023 event featured Arkansas State, Hawaii, San Diego and UT Rio Grande Valley. ^{[11] [12]}

Game recaps: ^{[13] [14] [15] [16]}

	Third Place November 25					Semifinals November 24					Championship November 25
						UT Rio Grande Valley		57
						Hawai'i		76
	UT Rio Grande Valley		58								Hawai'i		77
	Arkansas State		75								San Diego		66
						San Diego		71
						Arkansas State		57

Noel Coleman of Hawaii was named most valuable player. ^[17]

References

1. "NCAA College Basketball Returns to Greater Palm Springs". Acrisure Arena. July 21, 2025. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
2. "NCAA College Basketball Returns to Greater Palm Springs". Acrisure Arena. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
3. Dobbertean, Chris (September 23, 2025). "2025–26 Men's College Basketball Exempt Multi-Team Event (MTE) Tracker". Blogging the Bracket. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
4. Forsman, Cole (July 21, 2025). "Utah Basketball Opening Multi-Team Event against Intriguing Mid-Major Opponent". Sports Illustrated.
5. "Stewart Scores 18, Santa Clara Uses Second Half Run to Top TCU 69-52". The Associated Press. November 28, 2024. Retrieved September 27, 2025.
6. "Washington Takes Advantage of a Flagrant-1 Foul with 38.1 Seconds Left to Beat Colorado State 73–67". The Associated Press. November 28, 2024. Retrieved September 27, 2025.
7. "Nique Clifford Leads Colorado State to 76–72 OT Win over TCU at Acrisure Invitational". The Associated Press. November 29, 2024. Retrieved September 27, 2025.
8. "Osobor Scores 19 Points, Leads Washington over Santa Clara 76–69 in Acrisure Invitational Title Game". The Associated Press. November 29, 2024. Retrieved September 27, 2025.
9. "TNT Sports to Present Comprehensive Live Coverage of NCAA College Basketball Acrisure Series in Palm Springs – Tuesday, Nov. 26–Friday, Nov. 29 – on truTV & Max". August 22, 2024. Retrieved September 2, 2024.
10. "Osobor Named MVP As UW Wins Acrisure Invitational over Santa Clara". Washington Huskies. November 29, 2024. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
11. "Acrisure Invitational: Day 1". Acrisure Arena. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
12. Dobbertean, Chris (November 30, 2023). "2023–24 Men's College Basketball Early Season Tournaments and Exempt Multi-Team Events (MTEs)". SBNation. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
13. "Cotton's 23 Points Lead Hawaii past UT Rio Grande Valley 76–57". The Associated Press. November 24, 2023. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
14. "Turner Scores 18 and San Diego Defeats Arkansas State 71–57". The Associated Press. November 25, 2023. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
15. "Hawaii Off to 5–0 Start with Win over San Diego". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. November 25, 2023. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
16. "Arkansas State Bounces Back with Win over UTRGV". KTLO. November 26, 2023. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
17. Powers, Shad (November 25, 2023). "Hawaii Smothers San Diego to Earn Inaugural Acrisure Invitational Championship". Palm Springs Desert Sun. Retrieved December 6, 2023.

External links

• Acrisure Invitational