2017 Great Alaska Shootout

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2017 Great Alaska Shootout
Teams8 (men's), 4 (women's)
Finals siteAlaska Airlines Center
Anchorage, Alaska
ChampionsCentral Michigan (men's)
Alaska Anchorage (women's)
MVPShelby Cloninger, Alaska Anchorage (women's)
Great Alaska Shootout

The 2017 GCI Great Alaska Shootout was the 39th and last edition of the Great Alaska Shootout,[1] an annual college basketball tournament that featured colleges from all over the United States. All games were played at the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage, Alaska. The event took place November 21 through November 25, 2017[2] with eight schools participating in the men's tournament and four in the women's tournament. The men's first round, semifinals, and championship game were televised on CBS Sports Network. Central Michigan won the men's tournament, defeating Cal State Bakersfield. In the women's tournament, Alaska Anchorage defeated Tulsa.

Brackets[]

* – Denotes overtime period

Men's[]

[3][4]

  5th Place Game
November 25 		Consolation 2nd Round
November 23 		First Round
November 22 		Semifinals
November 24 		Championship
November 25
                                               
     Cal Poly   73[5]   
     College of Charleston   68   
   College of Charleston   59         Cal Poly   53   
   Sam Houston State   49       Central Michigan   56   
      Central Michigan   71    
     Sam Houston State   60   
   College of Charleston   55        Central Michigan   75 
   Alaska Anchorage   46         Cal State Bakersfield   72 
      Idaho   69      
     Santa Clara   59   
 Santa Clara   73          Idaho   62 
  7th Place Game      Alaska Anchorage   78*       Cal State Bakersfield   64      3rd Place Game
   Sam Houston State   73      Cal State Bakersfield   59      Cal Poly   53 
   Santa Clara   59       Alaska Anchorage   39       Idaho   75 
        


Women's[]

[6][7]

  First Round
November 21 		    Championship Game
November 23
                 
  Tulsa 60  
  Binghamton 55    
      Alaska Anchorage 59
      Tulsa 53
  Alaska Anchorage 69    
  Maryland Eastern Shore 59   3rd Place Game
November 23
 
Binghamton 68
  Maryland Eastern Shore 51

References[]

  1. ^ "Great Alaska Shootout will end after 2017". ESPN.com. ESPN. August 24, 2017.
  2. ^ "2017 GCI Great Alaska Shootout Schedule". GoSeawolves.com. University of Alaska Anchorage Athletics. November 22, 2017.
  3. ^ "Year-by-Year Results". Retrieved August 28, 2017.
  4. ^ "2017 Great Alaska Shootout Bracket" (PDF).
  5. ^ "Cal Poly beats Charleston 73-68 in Great Alaska Shootout". USAToday.com. USA Today. November 22, 2017.
  6. ^ "Women's Year-by-Year Results". Retrieved August 28, 2017.
  7. ^ "2017 Great Alaska Shootout Women's Bracket" (PDF).


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