Roman Main Event
Sport | College Basketball |
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Founded | 2014 |
No. of teams | 4 |
Country | United States |
Venue(s) | T-Mobile Arena Cox Pavilion |
Most recent champion(s) | Arizona |
TV partner(s) | ESPN2 |
Sponsor(s) | Roman |
Official website | Roman Main Event |
The Roman Main Event is a 4 team college basketball tournament held during Monday and Wednesday of Thanksgiving week of NCAA Division I men's basketball season, with the inaugural tournament beginning in 2014. Games are held at the T-Mobile Arena beginning in 2017, with previous season being held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.[1] Starting in 2018, the Middleweight Bracket will be played at Cox Pavilion. Formerly known as the MGM Grand Main Event and the Men Who Speak Up Main Event, the tournament features two four-team brackets with each team playing two games in Las Vegas. Opening round games are played on campus.
Brackets[]
* – Denotes overtime period
2021[]
First Round November 20 |
Championship November 21 | |||||||
Arizona | 82* | |||||||
Wichita State | 78 | |||||||
Arizona | 80 | |||||||
4 | Michigan | 62 | ||||||
4 | Michigan | 74 | ||||||
UNLV | 61 | Consolation November 21 | ||||||
Wichita State | 74 | |||||||
UNLV | 73 |
2019[]
Heavyweight Bracket[]
First Round November 24 |
Championship November 26 | |||||||
23 | Colorado | 56 | ||||||
Wyoming | 41 | |||||||
21 | Colorado | 71 | ||||||
Clemson | 67 | |||||||
Clemson | 62* | |||||||
TCU | 60 | Consolation November 26 | ||||||
Wyoming | 47 | |||||||
TCU | 64 |
Middleweight Bracket[]
Detroit Mercy | UC Irvine | Louisiana | |
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Detroit Mercy | — | 86–74 | 62–81 |
UC Irvine | 74–86 | — | 92–67 |
Louisiana | 81–62 | 67–92 | — |
*Games Played at Ed Clark High School
2019[]
Heavyweight Bracket[]
First Round November 19 |
Championship November 21 | |||||||
Arizona State | 72 | |||||||
15 | Mississippi State | 67 | ||||||
Arizona State | 87 | |||||||
Utah State | 82 | |||||||
Saint Mary's | 63 | |||||||
Utah State | 80 | Consolation November 21 | ||||||
15 | Mississippi State | 61 | ||||||
Saint Mary's | 57 |
Middleweight Bracket[]
First Round November 19 |
Championship November 21 | |||||||
Utah Valley | 72 | |||||||
Hartford | 65 | |||||||
Utah Valley | 87 | |||||||
Long Beach State | 72 | |||||||
Iona | 85 | |||||||
Long Beach State | 86 | Consolation November 21 | ||||||
Hartford | 75 | |||||||
Iona | 80 |
- Games Played at Cox Pavilion.
2017[]
Heavyweight Bracket[]
First Round November 20 AT&T Sportsnet Rocky Mountain AT&T Sportsnet |
Championship November 22 ESPN2 | |||||||
UNLV | 95 | |||||||
Rice | 68 | |||||||
UNLV | 85 | |||||||
Utah | 58 | |||||||
Utah | 83 | |||||||
Ole Miss | 74 | Consolation November 22 ESPNU | ||||||
Rice | 62 | |||||||
Ole Miss | 79 |
Middleweight Bracket[]
First Round November 20 Flohoops.com |
Championship November 22 Flohoops.com | |||||||
Prairie View A&M | 80 | |||||||
Eastern Kentucky | 70 | |||||||
Prairie View A&M | 71 | |||||||
Georgia State | 56 | |||||||
Georgia State | 68 | |||||||
Eastern Washington | 50 | Consolation November 22 Flohoops.com | ||||||
Eastern Kentucky | 62 | |||||||
Eastern Washington | 83 |
2016[]
Heavyweight Bracket[]
First Round November 21 |
Championship November 23 ESPN2 | |||||||
Saint Louis | 62 | |||||||
BYU | 92 | |||||||
BYU | 89 | |||||||
Valparaiso | 92 | |||||||
Alabama | 60 | |||||||
Valparaiso | 68 | Consolation November 23 | ||||||
Saint Louis | 57 | |||||||
Alabama | 62 |
Middleweight Bracket[]
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2015[]
Heavyweight Bracket[]
First Round November 23 |
Championship November 25 ESPN2 | |||||||
Clemson | 65 | |||||||
UMass | 82 | |||||||
UMass | 76 | |||||||
Creighton | 97 | |||||||
Creighton | 85 | |||||||
Rutgers | 75 | Consolation November 25 | ||||||
Clemson | 76 | |||||||
Rutgers | 58 |
Middleweight Bracket[]
First Round November 23 |
Championship November 25 | |||||||
UTSA | 84 | |||||||
Central Arkansas | 98 | |||||||
Central Arkansas | 54 | |||||||
Howard | 73 | |||||||
Texas Southern | 81 | |||||||
Howard | 87 | Consolation November 25 | ||||||
UTSA | 80 | |||||||
Texas Southern | 91 |
2014[]
Heavyweight Bracket[]
First Round November 24 |
Championship November 26 | |||||||
Oregon State | 53 | |||||||
Oklahoma State | 66 | |||||||
Oklahoma State | 73 | |||||||
Tulsa | 58 | |||||||
Auburn | 35 | |||||||
Tulsa | 53 | Consolation November 26 | ||||||
Oregon State | 69 | |||||||
Auburn | 71 |
Middleweight Bracket[]
On October 6, 2014, the Middleweight Bracket was revised to a Round robin format.[5] [6]
Milwaukee | Louisiana–Lafayette | Oral Roberts | |
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Milwaukee | — | 56–62 | 66–67 |
Louisiana–Lafayette | 62–56 | — | 76–52 |
Oral Roberts | 67–66 | 52–76 | — |
Future Fields[]
2022[]
Baylor, UCLA, Virginia, Illinois[7]
References[]
- ^ "bd Global announces 2014 MGM Grand Showcase & Main Event". bd global. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
- ^ "2017 Main Event schedule & brackets announced". bdGlobal. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
- ^ "2016 Main Event schedule & brackets announced". bdGlobal. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- ^ "2015 Main Event schedule & brackets announced". bdGlobal. Archived from the original on 23 June 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
- ^ "Revised Middleweight Bracket schedule announced". Retrieved 21 November 2014.
- ^ "2015 Main Event schedule & brackets announced". bdGlobal. Archived from the original on 23 June 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
- ^ Rothstein, Jon. "Baylor, UCLA, Virginia, Illinois to headline 2022 Roman Main Event". College Hoops Today. College Hoops Today. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
External links[]
- College men's basketball competitions in the United States
- College basketball competitions
- Recurring sporting events established in 2014
- T-Mobile Arena
- 2014 establishments in Nevada
- Basketball in Las Vegas