Hall of Fame Classic (basketball tournament)

The Hall of Fame Classic powered by ShotTracker (formerly known as the College Basketball Experience Classic, Guardians Classic and the CBE Hall of Fame Classic) is an annual season-opening college basketball tournament founded in 2001. The tournament is currently held in mid-November. There are twelve teams invited, each representing a different athletic conference. The initial two rounds are played at regional sites on two different days hosted by participating team. The regional hosts automatically advance to the championship rounds at T-Mobile CenterinKansas City, Missouri. The championship rounds take place one week after the initial round. Teams not hosting advance to sub regional rounds where they will play three games. Since 2020, the event has been named the Hall of Fame Classic powered by ShotTracker.^[1] Before the 2007 tournament, the final rounds were held at Municipal Auditorium, except for one year at Kemper Arena in 2001. The event is organized by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) and produced by Blue Ridge Sports & Entertainment, Inc.

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Hall of Fame Classic (basketball tournament)

History[edit]

Championship game results[edit]

Consolation game results[edit]

Brackets[edit]

2023[edit]

2022[edit]

2021[edit]

2020[edit]

2019[edit]

Host Rounds[edit]

Championship Round[edit]

Subhost Rounds[edit]

2018[edit]

Host Rounds[edit]

Championship Round[edit]

Subhost Rounds[edit]

2017[edit]

Host Rounds[edit]

Championship Round[edit]

Subhost Rounds[edit]

2016[edit]

Championship Round[edit]

Subhost Rounds[edit]

2015[edit]

Championship Round[edit]

Subhost Rounds[edit]

2014[edit]

External links[edit]

References[edit]

Year	Champion	Score	Runner-up
2001	Missouri	78–77	Iowa
2002	Creighton	80–75	Notre Dame
2003	South Carolina	67–61	Richmond
2004	Creighton	65–64 (OT)	Ohio State
2005	Texas	68–59	Iowa
2006	Marquette	73–62	Duke
2007	UCLA	68–63	Michigan State
2008	Syracuse	89–81 (OT)	Kansas
2009	Texas	78–62	Pittsburgh
2010	Duke	82–68	Kansas State
2011	Missouri	92–53	Cal
2012	Kansas	73–59	St. Louis
2013	Wichita State	75–62	BYU
2014	Maryland	72–63	Iowa State
2015	North Carolina	80–70	Kansas State
2016	Kansas	65–54	Georgia
2017	Baylor	65–59	Creighton
2018	Texas Tech	70–52	Nebraska
2019	Butler	69–68	Stanford
2020	TCU	56–52	Liberty
2021	Arkansas	73–67	Cincinnati
2022	San Francisco	67–63	Wichita State
2023	Colorado State	69–48	Creighton

Year	Third place	Points	Fourth Place	Points
2001	Alabama	81	Memphis	70
2002	Furman	70	IUPUI	62
2003	Missouri State	72	San Francisco	52
2004	Houston	57	Missouri	55
2005	Kentucky	80	West Virginia	66
2006	Air Force	67	Texas Tech	53
2007	Missouri	84	Maryland	70
2008	Florida	86	Washington	84
2009	Wichita State	74	Iowa	57
2010	Gonzaga	66	Marquette	63
2011	Georgia	61	Notre Dame	57
2012	Texas A&M	55	Washington State	54
2013	Texas	77	DePaul	59
2014	Alabama	76	Arizona State	71
2015	Northwestern	67	Missouri	62
2016	UAB	81	George Washington	74
2017	UCLA	72	Wisconsin	70
2018	USC	99	Missouri State	80
2019	Oklahoma	77	Missouri	66
2020	South Carolina	69	Tulsa	58
2021	Illinois	72	Kansas State	64
2022	Grand Canyon	69	Northern Iowa	67
2023	Loyola Chicago	71	Boston College	68

Semifinals November 22 CBSSN			Championship November 23 CBSSN

	Boston College	74

	Colorado State	86
				Colorado State	69

			8	Creighton	48
8	Creighton	88

	Loyola Chicago	65	Consolation November 23 CBSSN


				Boston College	68

				Loyola Chicago	71

Semifinals November 21 CBSSN			Championship November 22 CBSSN

	San Francisco	75

	Northern Iowa	69
				San Francisco	67

				Wichita State	63
	Grand Canyon	43

	Wichita State	55	Consolation November 22 CBSSN


				Northern Iowa	67

				Grand Canyon	69