Coaches vs. Cancer Classic

This article is about the tournament held from 2012 to 2014. For the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic of 1995–2011, see Empire Classic.

The Coaches vs. Cancer Classic was an annual college basketball tournament event benefiting cancer research held from 2012 to 2014. The event was held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, and televised by truTV. ^[1] The tournament replaced the previous Coaches vs. Cancer Classic tournament of 1995–2011, which was renamed the 2K Sports Classic in 2012 when it became a charitable event for the Wounded Warrior Project.

The tournament featured 12 schools, with four host schools playing two games on campus and advancing to the championship rounds held at the Barclays Center. The remainder of the field participated in a round-robin series at one of the two sub-host sites.

The Florida State Seminoles won the inaugural Coaches vs. Cancer Classic in 2012 by defeating the St. Joseph's Hawks 73–66. The tournament was held again in 2013 and 2014, but then was quietly discontinued.

Most appearances

School	Appearances
BYU	1
Duke	1
Florida State	1
Michigan State	1
Notre Dame	1
Oklahoma	1
Saint Joseph's	1
Seton Hall	1
Stanford	1
Temple	1
UNLV	1
Virginia Tech	1

All-time Championship games

• 2012 - Florida State 73, St. Joseph's 66
• 2013 - Michigan State 87, Oklahoma 76
• 2014 - Duke 70, Stanford 59

2012 participants and bracket

• BYU
• Florida State (champions)
  
• Notre Dame
• Saint Joseph's
• Tennessee State
• Georgia State (sub-host site)
• South Alabama
• Evansville (sub-host site)
• Yale
• Buffalo
• Western Illinois
• Monmouth

Championship Bracket

	Semifinals November 16 truTV					Championship November 17 truTV
		BYU	70
		Florida State	88
							Florida State	73
							Saint Joseph's	66
	20	Notre Dame	70
		Saint Joseph's	79OT			Consolation November 17 truTV
							BYU	68
							Notre Dame	78

2013 participants and bracket

• Columbia
• Idaho
• Kent State (sub-host site)
• Michigan State
• Niagara
• North Texas
• Oklahoma
• Portland (sub-host site)
• Seton Hall
• USC Upstate
• Virginia Tech
• Western Carolina

Championship Bracket

	Semifinals November 22 truTV					Championship November 23 truTV
		Oklahoma	86
		Seton Hall	85
							Oklahoma	76
						1	Michigan State	87
	1	Michigan State	96
		Virginia Tech	77			Consolation November 23 truTV
							Seton Hall	68
							Virginia Tech	67

2014 participants and bracket

• American
• Duke
• Fairfield (sub-host site)
• Louisiana Tech (sub-host site)
• Morehead State
• Presbyterian
• Sam Houston State
• South Dakota
• Temple
• UNLV
• Wofford

Championship Bracket

	Semifinals November 21 truTV					Championship November 22 truTV
		Stanford	89
		UNLV	60
							Stanford	59
						4	Duke	70
	4	Duke	74
		Temple	54			Consolation November 22 truTV
							UNLV	57
							Temple	50

References

1. "Plenty of changes next year for Coaches vs Cancer Read more:". si.com. si.com. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2011.

External links

• Official website