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 championship round in Kansas City, Missouri, with the games played at the T-Mobile Center. The championship round takes 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 is 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.

History[]

Championship game results[]

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

Consolation game results[]

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

Brackets[]

* – Denotes overtime period

2021[]

	Semifinals November 22 ESPNews					Championship November 23 ESPN2
		Cincinnati	71
	14	Illinois	51
							Cincinnati	67
						13	Arkansas	73
	13	Arkansas	72
		Kansas State	64			Consolation November 23 ESPNews
						14	Illinois	72
							Kansas State	64

2020[]

	Semifinals November 28				Championship November 29
	Liberty	78
	South Carolina	62
					Liberty	52
					TCU	56
	TCU	70
	Tulsa	65			Consolation November 29
					South Carolina	69
					Tulsa	58

All matches aired on ESPN Networks

2019[]

Host Rounds[]

	Game 1 November 16 FS1					Game 2 November 22 FS1
							Butler	68
							Morehead State	50
		Butler	80
		Wofford	61

	Game 1 November 18 SECN+					Game 2 November 20 SECN+
							Missouri	70
							Morehead State	52
		Missouri	75
		Wofford	56

	Game 1 November 19 P12N					Game 2 November 22 P12N
							Stanford	81
							William & Mary	50
		Stanford	76
		Maryland Eastern Shore	55

	Game 1 November 18 Fox Sports Oklahoma					Game 2 November 21 Fox Sports Oklahoma
							Oklahoma	91
							Maryland Eastern Shore	64
		Oklahoma	75
		William & Mary	70

Championship Round[]

	Semifinals November 25 ESPNU ESPNU/ESPN2					Championship November 26 ESPN2
		Butler	63
		Missouri	52
							Butler	68
							Stanford	67
		Stanford	73
		Oklahoma	54			Consolation November 26 ESPNews
							Missouri	66
							Oklahoma	77

Subhost Rounds[]

2018[]

Host Rounds[]

	Game 1 November 6 Pac-12 Network					Game 2 November 14 Pac-12 Network
							Stetson	59
							USC	95
		Robert Morris	62
		USC	83

	Game 1 November 6 BTN+					Game 2 November 11 ESPNU
							Southeastern Louisiana	35
							Nebraska	87
		Mississippi Valley State	37
		Nebraska	106

	Game 1 November 9 Fox Sports Southwest+					Game 2 November 13 Fox Sports Southwest
							Southeastern Louisiana	40
							Texas Tech	59
		Mississippi Valley State	52
		Texas Tech	84

	Game 1 November 9 ESPN3					Game 2 November 11 KOZL
							Stetson	70
							Missouri State	83
		Robert Morris	60
		Missouri State	74

Championship Round[]

	Semifinals November 19 ESPNU ESPNU/ESPN2					Championship November 20 ESPN2
		Texas Tech	78
		USC	63
							Texas Tech	70
							Nebraska	52
		Nebraska	85
		Missouri State	62			Consolation November 20 ESPN3
							USC	99
							Missouri State	80

Subhost Rounds[]

2017[]

Host Rounds[]

	Game 1 November 10 Fox Sports Southwest					Game 2 November 17 Fox College Sports
							Alcorn State	61
						25	Baylor	78
		Central Arkansas	66
	24	Baylor	107

	Game 1 November 10 Big Ten Network +					Game 2 November 12 Big Ten Network
							Yale	61
							Wisconsin	89
		South Carolina State	50
		Wisconsin	85

	Game 1 November 10 Fox Sports Midwest					Game 2 November 12 Fox Sports 1
							Alcorn State	72
							Creighton	109
		Yale	76
		Creighton	92

	Game 1 November 15 Pac-12 Network					Game 2 November 17 Pac-12 Network
							South Carolina State	68
						23	UCLA	96
		Central Arkansas	101
	23	UCLA	106*

Championship Round[]

	Semifinals November 20 ESPNU ESPN2					Championship November 21 ESPN2
		Creighton	100
	23	UCLA	89
							Creighton	59
						22	Baylor	65
	22	Baylor	70
		Wisconsin	65			Consolation November 21 ESPN3
						23	UCLA	72
							Wisconsin	70

Subhost Rounds[]

	Game 1 November 14					Game 2 November 19
							Alcorn State	76
							Central Arkansas	102
		South Carolina State	54
		Yale	86

	Game 1 November 21					Game 2 November 22
							Yale	87
							Alcorn State	73
		Central Arkansas	73
		South Carolina State	64

2016[]

Championship Round[]

	Semifinals November 21					Championship November 22
		George Washington	73
		Georgia	81
							Georgia	54
						5	Kansas	65
	5	Kansas	83
		UAB	63			Consolation
							George Washington	74
							UAB	81

Subhost Rounds[]

2015[]

Championship Round[]

	Semifinals November 23					Championship Game November 24
		Kansas State	66
		Missouri	42
							Kansas State	70
						9	North Carolina	80
	9	North Carolina	80
		Northwestern	69			Consolation
							Missouri	62
							Northwestern	67

Subhost Rounds[]

2014[]

	Semifinals November					Championship November
		Arizona State	73
		Maryland	78
							Maryland	72
						13	Iowa State	63
		Alabama	74
	13	Iowa State	84			Consolation
							Arizona State	71
							Alabama	76

External links[]

• Official website
• T-Mobile Center

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