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The Legends Classic is an annual, early-season, college basketball tournament which started in 2007 and takes place at the beginning of the college basketball season in November. Four teams (from four conferences) compete in the Legends Classic. The tournament has been held at various venues in the New York metropolitan area, primarily the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
History
The Legends Classic began in 2007 with the first two events being played at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ. In that first year, only the four regional-round hosts were guaranteed to play four games, as Texas, Tennessee, West Virginia, and New Mexico State each hosted a pair of games, before advancing to the semifinals in Newark. Since the 2008–09 season, each team has been guaranteed to play four games.
In 2013, the field for the event decreased from 12 teams to 8 teams from eight separate conferences. Two games were held at four different regional sites selected before the tournament. Four teams advanced to the semifinals and finals at Barclays Center in New York City, while the remaining four teams played in a tournament format at a predetermined on-campus site. After a showcase format was used in 2020, following the withdrawal of teams due to COVID-19-related issues, the size of the field was reduced to four, starting in 2021, with all games played at the same venue.
= Yearly champions, runners-up, and MVPs
=Most appearances
Brackets
* – Denotes overtime period
= 2024
=The 2024 tournament took place at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, on November 21 & 22, 2024.
= 2023
=The 2023 tournament took place at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. It took place on November 16 & 17, 2023.
= 2022
=The 2022 tournament took place at Barclays Center in Brooklyn The tournament took place from Wednesday, November 16 to Thursday, November 17, 2022.
= 2021
=The 2021 tournament was set to return to the Barclays Center in Brooklyn but was played at the Prudential Center in Newark. The tournament took place from Monday, November 22 to Tuesday, November 23, 2021. Texas and UCLA were originally set to play, but were replaced by Georgia and Providence.
= 2020
=The field for the tournament for the year 2020 initially included four teams instead of the usual eight due to COVID-19 concerns. BYU replaced Notre Dame after they pulled out of the field. Then later Vanderbilt withdrew from the tournament as well and the format for the competition was changed to a showcase format. The location of the tournament was also relocated to the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. The participants in the 2020 group included:
Boston College
BYU
Florida
St. Johns
UConn
USC
All games in the 2020 Tournament are televised on either ESPN or ESPN2. Due to Notre Dame and Vanderbilt not participating in the tournament, the format was changed to a showcase format with the following results.
MVP: Evan Mobley (USC)
All-Tournament Team: Julian Champagnie (St. John's), Alex Barcello (BYU), James Bouknight (UConn) and Keyontae Johnson (Florida).
= 2019 participants and bracket
=Auburn
Cal State Northridge
Colgate
Green Bay
McNeese State
New Mexico
Richmond
Wisconsin
Championship Round
= 2018 participants and bracket
=Bowling Green
California
Detroit Mercy
Hampton
Loyola (Md.)
St. John's
Temple
VCU
Championship Round
= Sub Regionals =
= 2017 participants and bracket
=Montana
Oklahoma State
Oral Roberts
Penn State
Pepperdine
Pittsburgh
Texas A&M
UC Santa Barbara
Regionals
Championship Round
Sub Regionals
= 2016 participants and bracket
=Bryant
Colorado
Eastern Washington
Louisiana–Monroe
Northwestern
Notre Dame
Seattle
Texas
= 2015 participants and bracket
=Arizona State
Belmont
IUPUI
Kennesaw State
LSU
Marquette
NC State
South Alabama
= 2014 participants and bracket
=Bucknell
Detroit
Maryland Eastern Shore
Michigan
Oregon
Toledo
Villanova
VCU
= 2013 participants and bracket
=Houston
Howard
Lehigh
Pittsburgh
South Dakota State
Stanford
Texas Southern
Texas Tech
= 2012 participants and bracket
== 2011 participants and bracket
=Boston University
Bucknell
Cleveland State
Hofstra
Morehead State
North Carolina State
Oregon State
Princeton
Rhode Island
Texas
Vanderbilt
West Alabama
= 2010 participants and bracket
=Albany
Bowling Green
Detroit
Gardner-Webb
Georgia Tech
Michigan
Niagara
Mercer
Syracuse
UTEP
Western Carolina
William & Mary
= 2009 participants and bracket
=Arkansas-Fort Smith
Cornell
Drexel
Michigan State
Georgia Southern
Florida
Rutgers
Toledo
Valparaiso
Vermont
Troy
UMass
= 2008 participants and bracket
=Akron
Eastern Kentucky
East Central (Ok.)
Fairleigh Dickinson
Indiana (Pa.)
Mississippi State
North Alabama
Pittsburgh
Texas Tech
Thiel
Urbana
Washington State
= 2007 participants and bracket
=Arkansas-Monticello
La Verne
LeMoyne–Owen
New Mexico State
Prairie View A&M
Schreiner
University of California, Santa Cruz
Tennessee
Texas
University of California, Davis
West Virginia
See also
Barclays Center Classic
References
External links
Legends Classic official site
Basketball Legends
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