Legends Classic (basketball tournament)


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. Eight teams, 2009 and 2010 were played at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J.), and 2007 and 2008 were played at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J.).
Auburn is the defending champion, having defeated Richmond in the 2019 final, 79–65.

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, which it continues to be. Two games are held at four different regional sites selected before the tournament. Four teams advance to the semifinals and finals at Barclays Center in New York City, while the remaining four teams play in a tournament format at a predetermined on-campus site.

Yearly champions, runners-up, and MVPs

Most appearances

Future tournament fields

2020

2018 participants and bracket

Sub Regionals

2017 participants and bracket

Championship Round

Sub Regionals

2016 participants and bracket