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Las Vegas Invitational (basketball)

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Sport
  
College basketball

No. of teams
  
8

Venue(s)
  
Orleans Arena

Founded
  
2000

Country
  
United States

Most recent champion(s)
  
2016 Butler Bulldogs

The Las Vegas Invitational is an 8 team college basketball tournament held during Thanksgiving of NCAA Division I men's basketball season annually since 2003. The Tournament was held at Valley High School in Las Vegas, The event used to be sponsored by Findlay Toyota, until moving to the current site the Orleans Arena in 2006. From 2006 to 2013 the sponsor of the tournament was IBN Sports. Continental Tire is the current sponsor of the tournament.

Contents

Note:

  • Arkansas Little Rock will only Participate on Day 1
  • On November 27 East Carolina will play winner of Bethune-Cookman/Stetson, Sam Houston State will play loser of Bethune-Cookman/Stetson
  • 2014 bracket

    The Tournament will go back to the traditional format, There will be two brackets

    2013 participants and bracket

    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.

  • Chattanooga
  • Gardner-Webb
  • IUPUI
  • Missouri
  • Morehead State
  • Nevada
  • Northwestern
  • UCLA
  • All-tournament team

  • Gardner-Webb: Isaiah Ivey
  • Morehead State: Angelo Warner
  • Chattanooga: Z. Mason
  • IUPUI: Ja'rob McCallum
  • Missouri: Jordan Clarkson, Jabari Brown
  • Nevada: Deonte Burton
  • UCLA: Jordan Adams, Zach LaVine
  • Northwestern: Jershon Cobb
  • Tournament MVP: Kyle Anderson, UCLA

    2012 participants and bracket

  • Arizona State
  • Arkansas
  • Creighton
  • Wisconsin
  • Cornell
  • Longwood
  • Florida A&M
  • Presbyterian
  • 2011 participants and bracket

  • USC
  • UNLV
  • North Carolina
  • South Carolina
  • Cal Poly
  • Mississippi Valley State
  • Morgan State
  • Tennessee State
  • 2010 participants and bracket

  • Arizona
  • Kansas
  • Santa Clara
  • Ohio
  • Bethune-Cookman
  • Northern Colorado
  • Texas A&M–Corpus Christi
  • Santa Clara
  • Valparaiso
  • 2009 bracket

    Games at Campus Sites Saturday, November 14
    Oklahoma State 86, Seattle 64

    Wednesday, November 18
    Oklahoma State 93, Southern 61
    Saturday, November 21
    Utah 88, Southern 48
    Illinois 94, Presbyterian 48

    Sunday, November 22
    Bradley 56, Wofford 54

    Tuesday, November 24
    Seattle 77, Utah 74
    Illinois 78, Wofford 64
    Bradley 71, Presbyterian 58

    2008 participants and bracket

  • Kansas State
  • Kentucky
  • Iowa
  • West Virginia
  • Delaware State
  • Longwood
  • Oakland
  • SE Missouri State
  • 2007 participants and bracket

  • BYU
  • North Carolina
  • Louisville
  • Old Dominion
  • Hartford
  • Iona
  • Jackson State
  • South Carolina State
  • 2006 participants and bracket

  • Ball State
  • Florida
  • Kansas
  • WKU
  • Chattanooga
  • Prairie View A&M
  • Tennessee State
  • Towson
  • 2005 participants and bracket

  • Boston College
  • Drake
  • Oklahoma State
  • TCU
  • Buffalo
  • Detroit
  • Jackson State
  • Shawnee State
  • 2004 participants and bracket

  • Arizona State
  • Southern Illinois
  • Vanderbilt
  • UTEP
  • Cal State Northridge
  • Delaware State
  • Jackson State
  • Tennessee State
  • 2003 participants and bracket

  • Bradley
  • Northeastern
  • Miami (FL)
  • Lubbock Christian
  • Louisiana–Monroe
  • Northeastern
  • Rhode Island
  • References

    Las Vegas Invitational (basketball) Wikipedia