Sport | College basketball |
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Founded | 2003 |
No. of teams | 8 |
Country | United States |
Venue(s) | Orleans Arena |
Most titles | Illinois (2) Kansas (2) |
TV partner(s) | Fox Sports |
The Las Vegas Invitational is an 8 team college basketball tournament held during Thanksgiving of NCAA Division I men's college basketball season annually since 2003. The Tournament was originally held in the gymnasium of Valley High School, until moving to the new Orleans Arena in 2006.
The tourney launched with local car dealer Findlay Toyota as its sponsor. From 2006 to 2013 the sponsor of the tournament was IBN Sports. Continental Tire is the current sponsor of the tournament. Fox Sports purchased the event and the Las Vegas Classic in 2015. [1] [2]
* – Denotes overtime period
Semifinals | Championship Game | |||||||
November 25 | ||||||||
UC Irvine | 83 | |||||||
November 26 | ||||||||
Nicholls | 56 | |||||||
UC Irvine | 85 | |||||||
November 25 | ||||||||
New Mexico State | 68 | |||||||
New Mexico State | 90 | |||||||
San Diego | 77 | |||||||
Consolation Game | ||||||||
November 26 | ||||||||
Nicholls | 62 | |||||||
San Diego | 60 | |||||||
The 2021 Las Vegas Invitational Basketball Tournament at the Orleans Hotel & Casino included: UAB, New Mexico, San Francisco, and Towson. [3]
Semifinals | Championship Game | |||||||
November 25 (FS1) | ||||||||
San Francisco | 71 | |||||||
November 26 (FS1) | ||||||||
Towson | 61 | |||||||
San Francisco | 63 | |||||||
November 25 (FS1) | ||||||||
UAB | 61 | |||||||
UAB | 86 | |||||||
New Mexico | 73 | |||||||
Consolation Game | ||||||||
November 26 (FS2) | ||||||||
Towson | 73 | |||||||
New Mexico | 58 | |||||||
Third Round | Championship Round | |||||||
November 28 (FS1) | ||||||||
12 | Texas Tech | 61 | ||||||
November 29 (FS1) | ||||||||
13 | Iowa | 72 | ||||||
13 | Iowa | 73 | ||||||
November 28 (FS1) | ||||||||
12 | San Diego State | 83 | ||||||
4 | San Diego State | 83 | ||||||
9 | Creighton | 52 | ||||||
3rd Place Game | ||||||||
November 29 (FS1) | ||||||||
12 | Texas Tech | 76 | ||||||
9 | Creighton | 83 OT | ||||||
Teams: [4]
Third Round | Championship Round | |||||||
November 22 (FS1) | ||||||||
7 | North Carolina | 89 | ||||||
November 23 (FOX) | ||||||||
Texas | 92 | |||||||
Texas | 68 | |||||||
November 22 (FS1) | ||||||||
11 | Michigan State | 78 | ||||||
11 | Michigan State | 87 | ||||||
17 | UCLA | 67 | ||||||
3rd Place Game | ||||||||
November 23 (FOX) | ||||||||
7 | North Carolina | 94 | ||||||
17 | UCLA | 78 | ||||||
Third Round | Championship Round | |||||||
November 23 (FS1) | ||||||||
15 | Xavier | 83 | ||||||
November 24 (FOX) | ||||||||
George Washington | 64 | |||||||
15 | Xavier | 86 | ||||||
November 23 (FS1) | ||||||||
Arizona State | 102 | |||||||
Arizona State | 92 | |||||||
Kansas State | 90 | |||||||
3rd Place Game | ||||||||
November 24 (FS1) | ||||||||
George Washington | 59 | |||||||
Kansas State | 67 | |||||||
Third Round | Championship Round | |||||||
November 23 | ||||||||
Hampton | 76 | |||||||
November 25 | ||||||||
Northern Arizona | 66 | |||||||
Hampton | 80 | |||||||
November 23 | ||||||||
Rider | 94 | |||||||
Rider | 90 | |||||||
UC Irvine | 82 | |||||||
3rd Place Game | ||||||||
November 25 | ||||||||
Northern Arizona | 71 | |||||||
UC Irvine | 77 | |||||||
Third Round November 24 Fox Sports 1 | Championship Round November 25 Fox Sports 1 | ||||||||
8 | Arizona | 69 | |||||||
Santa Clara | 61 | ||||||||
8 | Arizona | 65 | |||||||
Butler | 69 | ||||||||
Butler | 76 | ||||||||
Vanderbilt | 66 | 3rd Place Game Fox Sports 1 | |||||||
Vanderbilt | 76 | ||||||||
Santa Clara | 66 |
Third Round November 24 | Championship Round November 25 | ||||||||
Bucknell | 84 | ||||||||
Norfolk State | 58 | ||||||||
Bucknell | 75 | ||||||||
Northern Colorado | 63 | ||||||||
Sacred Heart | 59 | ||||||||
Northern Colorado | 81 | 3rd Place Game | |||||||
Sacred Heart | 61 | ||||||||
Norfolk State | 59 |
Third Round | Championship Round | |||||||
November 26 (FS1) | ||||||||
Richmond | 59 | |||||||
November 27 (FS1) | ||||||||
West Virginia | 67 | |||||||
West Virginia | 72 | |||||||
November 26 (FS1) | ||||||||
San Diego State | 50 | |||||||
14 | California | 58 | ||||||
San Diego State | 72 | |||||||
Third place | ||||||||
November 27 (FS1) | ||||||||
Richmond | 94 | |||||||
14 | California | 90 | ||||||
November 26 | |||
Arkansas–Little Rock | 69 | ||
East Carolina | 46 |
November 26 | |||
Bethune–Cookman | 70 | ||
Stetson | 83 |
November 27 | |||
East Carolina | 93 | ||
Stetson | 73 |
November 27 | |||
Bethune–Cookman | 46 | ||
Sam Houston State | 71 |
Note:
The Tournament went back to the traditional format, [9] There will be two brackets
Third Round November 27 Fox Sports 1 | Championship Round November 28 Fox Sports 1 | ||||||||
Illinois | 88 | ||||||||
Indiana State | 62 | ||||||||
Illinois | 62 | ||||||||
Baylor | 54 | ||||||||
Baylor | 71 | ||||||||
Memphis | 47 | 3rd Place Game Fox Sports 1 | |||||||
Indiana State | 62 | ||||||||
Memphis | 72 |
Third Round November 27 | Championship Round November 28 | ||||||||
Austin Peay | 79 | ||||||||
Brown | 58 | ||||||||
Austin Peay | 62 | ||||||||
Stephen F. Austin | 83 | ||||||||
Stephen F. Austin | 73 | ||||||||
Prairie View A&M | 61 | 3rd Place Game | |||||||
Brown | 81 | ||||||||
Prairie View A&M | 71 |
The tournament's championship format was changed to a four-round round robin this year, with the final two rounds being played in Las Vegas. UCLA and Missouri were the co-champions of the tournament, both teams finishing with a 4-0 record; Kyle Anderson (UCLA) was the tournament's MVP.
Third Round | |||
IUPUI | |||
Gardner–Webb | 61 |
Third Round | |||
Chattanooga | 75 | ||
Morehead State | 88 |
Third Round | |||
#19 UCLA | 105 | ||
Nevada | 84 |
Third Round | |||
Northwestern | 67 | ||
Missouri | 78 |
Championship Round | |||
Chattanooga | 87 | ||
IUPUI | 76 |
Championship Round | |||
Morehead State | 82 | ||
Gardner–Webb | 86* |
Championship Round | |||
Nevada | 70 | ||
Missouri | 83 |
Championship Round | |||
Northwestern | 79 | ||
#19 UCLA | 95 |
All-tournament team
Tournament MVP: Kyle Anderson, UCLA [11]
Semifinals November 25 | Championship November 26 | ||||||||
Arizona State | 83 | ||||||||
Arkansas | 68 | ||||||||
Arizona State | 73 | ||||||||
12 | Creighton | 87 | |||||||
12 | Creighton | 84 | |||||||
Wisconsin | 74 | 3rd Place Game | |||||||
Arkansas | 70 | ||||||||
Wisconsin | 77 |
Semifinals November 25 | Championship November 26 | ||||||||
USC | 55 | ||||||||
UNLV | 66 | ||||||||
UNLV | 90 | ||||||||
1 | North Carolina | 80 | |||||||
1 | North Carolina | 87 | |||||||
South Carolina | 62 | 3rd Place Game | |||||||
USC | 66 | ||||||||
South Carolina | 63 |
Semifinals | Championship | ||||||||
Arizona | 82 | ||||||||
Santa Clara | 59 | ||||||||
Arizona | 49 | ||||||||
6 | Kansas | 87 | |||||||
6 | Kansas | 64 | |||||||
Ohio | 41 | 3rd Place Game | |||||||
Ohio | 78 | ||||||||
Santa Clara | 72 |
November 14 | |||
Oklahoma State | 86 | ||
Seattle | 64 |
November 18 | |||
Oklahoma State | 93 | ||
Southern | 61 |
November 21 | |||
Utah | 88 | ||
Southern | 48 |
November 21 | |||
Illinois | 94 | ||
Presbyterian | 48 |
November 22 | |||
Bradley | 56 | ||
Wofford | 54 |
November 24 | |||
Seattle | 77 | ||
Utah | 74 |
November 24 | |||
Illinois | 78 | ||
Wofford | 64 |
November 24 | |||
Bradley | 71 | ||
Presbyterian | 58 |
Semifinals November 27 | Championship November 28 | ||||||||
Oklahoma State | 68 | ||||||||
Bradley | 57 | ||||||||
Oklahoma State | 77 | ||||||||
Utah | 55 | ||||||||
Utah | 60 | ||||||||
Illinois | 58 | 3rd Place Game November 28 | |||||||
Bradley | 72 | ||||||||
Illinois | 68 |
Semifinals November 27 | Championship November 28 | ||||||||
Wofford | 66 | ||||||||
Southern | 66 | ||||||||
Seattle | 83 | ||||||||
Wofford | 84 | ||||||||
Seattle | 67 | ||||||||
Presbyterian | 63 | 3rd Place Game November 28 | |||||||
Southern | 69 | ||||||||
Presbyterian | 71 |
Semifinals | Championship | ||||||||
Kentucky | 74 | ||||||||
Kansas State | 72 | ||||||||
Kentucky | 54 | ||||||||
West Virginia | 43 | ||||||||
Iowa | 68 | ||||||||
West Virginia | 87 | 3rd Place Game | |||||||
Iowa | 65 | ||||||||
Kansas State | 63 |
Semifinals | Championship | ||||||||
1 | North Carolina | 99 | |||||||
Old Dominion | 82 | ||||||||
1 | North Carolina | 73 | |||||||
BYU | 63 | ||||||||
Louisville | 76 | ||||||||
BYU | 86 | 3rd Place Game | |||||||
Louisville | 64 | ||||||||
Old Dominion | 53 |
Semifinals | Championship | ||||||||
1 | Florida | 101 | |||||||
WKU | 68 | ||||||||
1 | Florida | 80 | |||||||
10 | Kansas | 82 | |||||||
10 | Kansas | 64 | |||||||
Ball State | 46 | 3rd Place Game | |||||||
WKU | 76 | ||||||||
Ball State | 66 |
Semifinals | Championship | ||||||||
TCU | 58 | ||||||||
Oklahoma State | 66 | ||||||||
Oklahoma State | 68 | ||||||||
Boston College | 76 | ||||||||
Boston College | 87 | ||||||||
Drake | 84 | 3rd Place Game | |||||||
Drake | 86 | ||||||||
TCU | 79 |
Semifinals | Championship | ||||||||
UTEP | 66 | ||||||||
Arizona State | 65 | ||||||||
UTEP | 62 | ||||||||
Southern Illinois | 68 | ||||||||
Vanderbilt | 53 | ||||||||
Southern Illinois | 67 | 3rd Place Game | |||||||
Arizona State | 87 | ||||||||
Vanderbilt | 68 |
Championship Game | ||||
Miami (FL) | 82 | |||
Bradley | 83 |
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