ESPN Events Invitational

ESPN Events Invitational

Sport	College Basketball (men's)
Founded	2006
No. of teams	8
Most recent champion(s)	Florida Atlantic
Most titles	Gonzaga (3)

The ESPN Events Invitational (previously the Orlando Invitational, Orlando Classic, Old Spice Classic, and Advocare Invitational) is an annual college basketball tournament played over Thanksgiving weekend, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday. The inaugural tournament was held November, 23, 24, and 26, 2006. The tournament is played at the State Farm Field House at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in the Walt Disney World Resort near Orlando, Florida. In the current format, the tournament consists of eight teams from separate conferences. All eight teams are guaranteed three games. Teams who lose in the first round move to the consolation bracket and can finish no better than 5th, while the worst a team can finish that wins in the first round is 4th. The final ranking of the teams is determined by separate games for 1st, 3rd, 5th, and 7th place. The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference serves as the host for the tournament. The 2020 tournament was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1]

Standings history[edit]

Brackets[edit]

* – Denotes overtime period

2023[edit]

• November 23-November 26

2022[edit]

• November 24–November 27

2021[edit]

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• November 25–November 28

2019[edit]

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• November 28–December 1

2018[edit]

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• November 22–November 25

2017[edit]

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• November 23–November 26

2016[edit]

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• November 24–November 27

2015[edit]

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• November 26–November 29

2014[edit]

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• November 27–November 30

2013[edit]

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• November 28–December 1

2012[edit]

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• November 24–27

2011[edit]

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• November 24–27

2010[edit]

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• November 25–28

2009[edit]

^[18]

• November 26–27, 29

2008[edit]

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• November 27–28, 30

2007[edit]

^[20]

• November 22–23, 25

2006[edit]

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• November 23–24, 26

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Official website