Acrisure Series

This article is about the tournament known as the Acrisure Series, which has multiple different brackets. For specific sub-tournament Acrisure Classic, see Acrisure Classic. For specific sub-tournament Acrisure Holiday Invitational, see Acrisure Holiday Invitational. For specific sub-tournament Acrisure Invitational, see Acrisure Invitational.

Acrisure Series

Sport	College Basketball
Founded	2023
No. of teams	20 in 2025, divided into 5 brackets
Country	United States
Venue	Acrisure Arena
Broadcasters	Fox (2023) truTV (2024–) CBS Sports Network (2025)
Sponsor	Acrisure
Official website	Acrisure Series

The Acrisure Series is a multiple-team NCAA Division I college basketball tournament played during Thanksgiving week, at Acrisure Arena in Thousand Palms, California. The tournament splits teams up into 4-team brackets. ^[1]

Yearly champions, runners-up

Year	Division	Winner	Score	Opponent	Other participants
2024	Acrisure Classic	Arizona State	68–64	Saint Mary's	New Mexico, USC
	Acrisure Holiday Invitational	SMU	77–60	Washington State	California Baptist, Fresno State
	Acrisure Invitational	Washington	76–69	Santa Clara	Colorado State, TCU
2023	Acrisure Classic	Arizona	74–68	Michigan State
	Acrisure Invitational	Hawai'i	74–68	San Diego	Arkansas State, UT Rio Grande Valley

Brackets

2025

The 2025 tournament consists of 20 teams divided into four different 4-team brackets: Acrisure Classic, Acrisure Holiday Invitational, Acrisure Holiday Classic, Acrisure Invitational, with the remaining four teams playing one-off, standalone games. ^[2]

Acrisure Classic

	Semifinals November 25 CBSSN					Championship November 26 TruTV
	Ole Miss		69
	Iowa		74
						Iowa
						Grand Canyon
	Utah		58
	Grand Canyon		68			Third Place
						Ole Miss
						Utah

Acrisure Holiday Invitational

	Semifinals November 25 CBSSN				Championship November 26 TruTV
	San Jose State	51
	Tulsa	81
					Tulsa
					Northern Iowa
	Northern Iowa	72
	Loyola Chicago	51			Third Place
					San Jose State
					Loyola Chicago

Acrisure Holiday Classic

	Semifinals November 27 CBSSN					Championship November 28 TruTV
	Colorado
	San Francisco
	Washington
	Nevada					Third Place

Acrisure Invitational

Additionally, the four participating teams will each host one of Chicago State or Louisiana at campus sites. ^[3] Television coverage of the campus-site games will be determined by the media contracts of the host teams.

	Semifinals November 27 CBSSN					Championship November 28 TruTV
	Saint Louis
	Santa Clara
	Minnesota
	Stanford					Third Place

Standalone Games

Acrisure Series November 25 CBSSN San Diego 61 California Baptist 76

Acrisure Series November 26 CBSSN Fresno State Pepperdine

2024

The 2024 tournament consists of 14 teams divided into three different 4-team brackets: Acrisure Classic, Acrisure Holiday Invitational, Acrisure Invitational, with Stanford and Grand Canyon playing a one-off, showcase game. ^[4]

Acrisure Classic

Additionally, the four participating teams each hosted one of Cal Poly or Grambling State at campus sites. ^[5]

	Semifinals November 28 TruTV					Championship November 29 TruTV
	USC		36
	Saint Mary's		71
						Saint Mary's		64
						Arizona State		68
	Arizona State		85
	New Mexico		82			Third Place November 29 TruTV
						USC		73
						New Mexico		83

Acrisure Holiday Invitational

	Semifinals November 26 TruTV				Championship November 27 TruTV
	SMU	79
	California Baptist	77
					SMU	77
					Washington State	60
	Washington State	84
	Fresno State	73			Third Place November 27 TruTV
					California Baptist	86OT
					Fresno State	81

Acrisure Invitational

Additionally, the four participating teams each hosted one of Alcorn State or UC Riverside at campus sites.

Game recaps: ^{[6] [7] [8] [9]}

	Semifinals November 26 TruTV				Championship November 27 TruTV
	TCU	52
	Santa Clara	69
					Santa Clara	69
					Washington	76
	Washington	73
	Colorado State	67			Third Place November 27 TruTV
					TCU	72
					Colorado State	76OT

Showcase Game

	Acrisure Series November 26 TruTV
	Stanford		71
	Grand Canyon		78

2023

The 2023 tournament consisted of six teams, with four participating in the Acrisure Invitational while Michigan State and Arizona compete in the standalone Acrisure Classic. ^{[10] [11]}

Acrisure Classic

In addition, Alcorn State and UT Arlington played Michigan State and Arizona at their respective home arenas for campus-site games. ^[12]

Game recap: ^[13]

	Acrisure Classic November 23 FOX
	No. 21 Michigan State	68
	No. 3 Arizona	74

Acrisure Invitational

Game recaps: ^{[14] [15] [16] [17]}

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

References

1. "NCAA College Basketball Returns to Greater Palm Springs". Acrisure Arena. July 21, 2025. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
2. Rothstein, Jon. "Matchups set for 2025 Acrisure Series". collegehoopstoday.net. Retrieved 23 November 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. "Teams Announced For 2024 Acrisure Series In Largest Collection of Multiple Team Events in the Country". acrisurearena.com. Retrieved 24 November 2025.
5. "2024 Acrisure Classic to have California feel as USC, San Diego State confirmed to attend".
6. "Stewart Scores 18, Santa Clara Uses Second Half Run to Top TCU 69-52". The Associated Press. November 28, 2024. Retrieved September 27, 2025.
7. "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.
8. "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.
9. "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.
10. "Acrisure Invitational: Day 1". Acrisure Arena. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
11. 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.
12. Dobbertean, Chris (23 September 2023). "2023–24 Men's College Basketball Early Season Tournaments and Exempt Multi-Team Events (MTEs)". SBNation. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
13. "Love's 17 Points, Key Steal in the Closing Seconds Help No. 3 Arizona Top No. 21 Michigan State". ESPN. 23 November 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
14. "Cotton's 23 Points Lead Hawaii past UT Rio Grande Valley 76–57". The Associated Press. November 24, 2023. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
15. "Turner Scores 18 and San Diego Defeats Arkansas State 71–57". The Associated Press. November 25, 2023. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
16. "Hawaii Off to 5–0 Start with Win over San Diego". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. November 25, 2023. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
17. "Arkansas State Bounces Back with Win over UTRGV". KTLO. November 26, 2023. Retrieved December 6, 2023.

External links

• Acrisure Series