ESPN Events Invitational

ESPN Events Invitational
Sport	College Basketball (men's)
Founded	2006
No. of teams	8
Most recent; champion(s)	Florida Atlantic
Most titles	Gonzaga (3)

The ESPN Events Invitational (previously the Orlando Invitational, Orlando Classic, Old Spice Classic, and Advocare Invitational) is an annual

Walt Disney World Resort near Orlando, Florida. In the current format, the tournament consists of eight teams from separate conferences. All eight teams are guaranteed three games. Teams who lose in the first round move to the consolation bracket and can finish no better than 5th, while the worst a team can finish that wins in the first round is 4th. The final ranking of the teams is determined by separate games for 1st, 3rd, 5th, and 7th place. The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference serves as the host for the tournament. The 2020 tournament was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1]

Standings history

Year	First	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth	Sixth	Seventh	Eighth
2006	Arkansas	West Virginia	Marist	Western Michigan	Southern Illinois	Virginia Tech	Montana	Minnesota
2007	NC State	Villanova	George Mason	Kansas State	South Carolina	Rider	UCF	Penn State
2008	Gonzaga	Tennessee	Georgetown	Maryland	Michigan State	Wichita State	Oklahoma State	Siena
2009	Florida State	Marquette	Alabama	Michigan	Baylor	Xavier	Iona	Creighton
2010	Notre Dame	Wisconsin	Boston College	California	Texas A&M	Temple	Georgia	Manhattan
2011	Dayton	Minnesota	Indiana State	Fairfield	DePaul	Arizona State	Wake Forest	Texas Tech
2012	Gonzaga	Davidson	Oklahoma	West Virginia	Clemson	Marist	Vanderbilt	UTEP
2013	Memphis	Oklahoma State	LSU	Butler	Saint Joseph's	Washington State	Purdue	Siena
2014	Kansas	Michigan State	Marquette	Tennessee	Georgia Tech	Rhode Island	Santa Clara	Rider
2015	Xavier	Dayton	Monmouth	USC	Alabama	Notre Dame	Iowa	Wichita State
2016	Gonzaga	Iowa State	Florida	Miami	Stanford	Seton Hall	Quinnipiac	Indiana State
2017	West Virginia	Missouri	St. John's	UCF	Nebraska	Long Beach State	Oregon State	Marist
2018	Villanova	Florida State	Oklahoma State	LSU	College of Charleston	Memphis	UAB	Canisius
2019	Maryland	Marquette	USC	Harvard	Temple	Davidson	Fairfield	Texas A&M
2020	No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic.^[1]
2021	Dayton	Belmont	Kansas	Iona	Alabama	Miami (FL)	North Texas	Drake
2022	Oklahoma	Ole Miss	Siena	Seton Hall	Memphis	Stanford	Nebraska	Florida State
2023	Florida Atlantic	Virginia Tech	Texas A&M	Iowa State	Butler	Boise State	VCU	Penn State

Brackets

* – Denotes overtime period

2023

November 23-November 26


5th Place Game Sunday, November 26		Consolation 2nd Round Friday, November 24		First Round Thursday, November 23			Semifinals Friday, November 24			Championship Sunday, November 26



					Penn State	77

				12	Texas A&M	89

		Penn State	78				12	Texas A&M	89

		Butler	88				19	Florida Atlantic	96

				19	Florida Atlantic	91

					Butler	86

Butler	70									19	Florida Atlantic	84

Boise State	56										Virginia Tech	50

				Iowa State		68

				VCU		64

7th Place Game		VCU	61				Iowa State		62	3rd Place Game

		Boise State	65				Virginia Tech		71

Penn State	74			Boise State		75				12	Texas A&M	73

VCU	86			Virginia Tech		82					Iowa State	69

2022

November 24–November 27


5th Place Game Sunday, November 27		Consolation 2nd Round Friday, November 25		First Round Thursday, November 24		Semifinals Friday, November 25		Championship Sunday, November 27



				Florida State	63

				Siena	80

		Florida State	60			Siena	62

		Stanford	70			Ole Miss	74

				Ole Miss	72

				Stanford	68

Stanford	48							Ole Miss	55

Memphis	56							Oklahoma	59

				Oklahoma	69

				Nebraska	56

7th Place Game		Nebraska	61			Oklahoma	77	3rd Place Game

		Memphis	73			Seton Hall	64

Florida State	58			Memphis	69			Siena	60

Nebraska	75			Seton Hall	70			Seton Hall	55

2021

[2]

November 25–November 28


5th Place Game Sunday, November 28			Consolation 2nd Round Friday, November 26			First Round Thursday, November 25			Semifinals Friday, November 26			Championship Sunday, November 28



						Dayton		76

						Miami (FL)		60

			Miami (FL)		69					Dayton	74

			North Texas		63				4	Kansas	73

							North Texas	59

						4	Kansas	71

	Miami (FL)	64										Dayton		63

10	Alabama	96										Belmont		61

						10	Alabama	68

							Iona	72

7th Place Game			10	Alabama	80				Iona		65	3rd Place Game

				Drake	71				Belmont		72

North Texas		57				Belmont		74				4	Kansas	96

Drake		54				Drake		69					Iona	83

2019

^[3]^[4] ^[5]

November 28–December 1


5th Place Game Sunday, December 1		Consolation 2nd Round Friday, November 29		First Round Thursday, November 28			Semifinals Friday, November 29			Championship Sunday, December 1



				5	Maryland	76

					Temple	69

		Temple	65				5	Maryland	80

		Texas A&M	42					Harvard	73

				Texas A&M		51

				Harvard		62

Temple	66									5	Maryland	84

Davidson	53										Marquette	63

				USC		54

				Fairfield		47

7th Place Game		Fairfield	56				USC		79	3rd Place Game

		Davidson	67				Marquette		101

Texas A&M	62			Davidson		63				Harvard		62

Fairfield	67			Marquette		73				USC		77

2018

^[6]

November 22–November 25


5th Place Game Sunday, November 25		Consolation 2nd Round Friday, November 23			First Round Thursday, November 22					Semifinals Friday, November 23			Championship Sunday, November 25



					College of Charleston		55

		19	LSU	67

7th Place Game		College of Charleston		74				19	LSU	76	3rd Place Game

		UAB		51						14	Florida State	79*

Canisius	62					UAB	63									Oklahoma State	90

UAB	68				14	Florida State	81						19	LSU	77

2017

^[7] ^[8]

November 23–November 26


5th Place Game Sunday, November 26		Consolation 2nd Round Friday, November 24		First Round Thursday, November 23			Semifinals Friday, November 24			Championship Sunday, November 26



				Missouri		95

				Long Beach State		58

		Long Beach State	74				Missouri		90

		Oregon State	69				St. John's		82

				St. John's		82

				Oregon State		77

Long Beach State	80										Missouri	79

Nebraska	85									23	West Virginia	83

				UCF		68

				Nebraska		59

7th Place Game		Nebraska	84					UCF	45	3rd Place Game

		Marist	59				23	West Virginia	83

Oregon State	65			23	West Virginia	84				St. John's		46

Marist	46				Marist	78				UCF		43

2016

^[9] ^[10]

November 24–November 27


5th Place Game Sunday, November 27		Consolation 2nd Round Friday, November 25		First Round Thursday, November 24			Semifinals Friday, November 25			Championship Sunday, November 27



					Indiana State	71

				21	Iowa State	73

		Indiana State	62				21	Iowa State	73

		Stanford	65					Miami (FL)	56

				Stanford		53

				Miami (FL)		67

Stanford	66									21	Iowa State	71

Seton Hall	52									11	Gonzaga	73

				11	Gonzaga	82

					Quinnipiac	62

7th Place Game		Quinnipiac	79				11	Gonzaga	77	3rd Place Game

		Seton Hall	90					Florida	72

Indiana State	77			Seton Hall		76				Miami (FL)		56

Quinnipiac	80			Florida		81				Florida		65

2015

^[11] ^[12]

November 26–November 29


5th Place Game Sunday, November 29			Consolation 2nd Round Friday, November 27			First Round Thursday, November 26			Semifinals Friday, November 27			Championship Sunday, November 29



							Alabama	45

						23	Xavier	64

				Alabama	64				23	Xavier	87

			20	Wichita State	60					USC	77

						20	Wichita State	69

							USC	72

	Alabama	74										23	Xavier	90

17	Notre Dame	73											Dayton	61

						17	Notre Dame	68

							Monmouth	70

7th Place Game			17	Notre Dame	68				Monmouth		70	3rd Place Game

				Iowa	62				Dayton		73

20	Wichita State	65				Iowa		77				USC		73

	Iowa	84				Dayton		82				Monmouth		83

2014

^[13]

November 27–November 30


5th Place Game Sunday, November 30		Consolation 2nd Round Friday, November 28		First Round Thursday, November 27			Semifinals Friday, November 28			Championship Sunday, November 30



				Tennessee		64

		Santa Clara	44			Tennessee	67

		Rhode Island	66				11	Kansas	82

				11	Kansas	76

					Rhode Island	60

Rhode Island	61									11	Kansas	61

Georgia Tech	64									20	Michigan State	56

				20	Michigan State	77

					Rider	45

7th Place Game		Rider	54				20	Michigan State	79	3rd Place Game

		Georgia Tech	61					Marquette	68

Santa Clara	68			Marquette		72				Tennessee		59

Rider	60			Georgia Tech		70				Marquette		67

2013

^[14]

November 28–December 1

5th Place Game
Sunday, December 1

Consolation 2nd Round
Friday, November 29

First Round
Thursday, November 28

Semifinals
Friday, November 29

Championship
Sunday, December 1

LSU

82

Butler

68

Siena

63

Saint Joseph's

65

LSU

70*

2012

^[15]

November 24–27


5th Place Game Sunday, November 25		Consolation 2nd Round Friday, November 23		First Round Thursday, November 22			Semifinals Friday, November 23			Championship Sunday, November 25



				West Virginia		87

				Marist		44

		Marist	50				West Virginia		60

		Vanderbilt	33				Davidson		63*

				Vanderbilt		62

				Davidson		75

Marist	44										Davidson	67

Clemson	59									17	Gonzaga	81

				UTEP		61

				Oklahoma		68

7th Place Game		UTEP	48					Oklahoma	47	3rd Place Game

		Clemson	69				17	Gonzaga	72

Vanderbilt	73				Clemson	49				West Virginia		70

UTEP	49			17	Gonzaga	57				Oklahoma		77

2011

^[16]

November 24–27


5th Place Game Sunday, November 27		Consolation 2nd Round Friday, November 25		First Round Thursday, November 24		Semifinals Friday, November 25			Championship Sunday, November 27



				Texas Tech	49

				Indiana State	60

		Texas Tech	70			Indiana State		69

		DePaul	76			Minnesota		76

				Minnesota	86

				DePaul	85

DePaul	68									Minnesota	70

Arizona State	64								17	Dayton	86

				Dayton	80

				Wake Forest	76

7th Place Game		Wake Forest	56				Dayton	56	3rd Place Game

		Arizona State	84			17	Fairfield	49

Texas Tech	61			Arizona State	44				Indiana State		72

Wake Forest	70			Fairfield	55				Fairfield		66

2010

^[17]

November 25–28

5th Place Game
Sunday, November 28

Consolation 2nd Round
Friday, November 26

First Round
Thursday, November 25

Semifinals
Friday, November 26

Championship
Sunday, November 28

California

57

California

46

2009

^[18]

November 26–27, 29

5th Place Game
Sunday, November 29

Consolation 2nd Round
Friday, November 27

First Round
Thursday, November 26

Semifinals
Friday, November 27

Championship
Sunday, November 29

Florida State

54

15

Michigan

66

Iona

63

Iona

49

Alabama

68

2008

^[19]

November 27–28, 30

5th Place Game
Sunday, November 30

Consolation 2nd Round
Friday, November 28

First Round
Thursday, November 27

Semifinals
Friday, November 28

Championship
Sunday, November 30

12

Gonzaga

83

Maryland

48

2007

^[20]

November 22–23, 25

5th Place Game
Sunday, November 25

Consolation 2nd Round
Friday, November 23

First Round
Thursday, November 22

Semifinals
Friday, November 23

Championship
Sunday, November 25

Kansas State

77

George Mason

69

2006

^[21]

November 23–24, 26

5th Place Game
Sunday, November 26

Consolation 2nd Round
Friday, November 24

First Round
Thursday, November 23

Semifinals
Friday, November 24

Championship
Sunday, November 26

Montana

56

Western Michigan

78

References

^ ^a ^b "Reports: ESPN calls off Orlando-based college hoops tournaments". 247Sports.com.
^ "2021 Bracket". ESPNEvents.com.
^ Blake Lovell. "Texas A&M to participate in 2019 AdvoCare Invitational". southeasthoops.com. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
^ Myron Medcalf and Byron Borzello (2019-07-11). "Your guide to 13 early-season college basketball tournaments". espn.com. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
^ "2019 AdvoCare Invitational Bracket". ESPNEvents.com. ESPNEvents. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
^ "2018 AdvoCare Invitational Bracket". ESPNEvents.com. ESPNEvents. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
^ "MATCHUPS FOR 2017 ADVOCARE INVITATIONAL ANNOUNCED". AdvoCare Invitational. ESPN. 26 July 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
^ "2017 AdvoCare Invitational Bracket". ESPNEvents.com. ESPNEvents. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
^ "MATCHUPS FOR 2016 ADVOCARE INVITATIONAL ANNOUNCED". AdvoCare Invitational. ESPN. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
^ "2016 AdvoCare Invitational Bracket". ESPNEvents.com. ESPNEvents. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
^ "2015 AdvoCare Invitational Bracket Released". ESPNEvents. 6 August 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
^ "2015 AdvoCare Invitational Bracket". ESPNEvents.com. ESPNEvents. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
^ "2014 AdvoCare Invitational Bracket". ESPNEvents.com. ESPNEvents. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
^ "2013 Bracket". ESPNEvents.com. ESPNEvents. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
^ "2012 Bracket". ESPNEvents.com. ESPNEvents. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
^ "2011 Bracket". ESPNEvents.com. ESPNEvents. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
^ "2010 Bracket". ESPNEvents.com. ESPNEvents. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
^ "2009 Bracket". ESPNEvents.com. ESPNEvents. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
^ "2008 Bracket". ESPNEvents.com. ESPNEvents. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
^ "2007 Bracket". ESPNEvents.com. ESPNEvents. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
^ "2006 Bracket". ESPNEvents.com. ESPNEvents. Retrieved 4 December 2021.

External links

Official website

[2020_Tournament-1] "Reports: ESPN calls off Orlando-based college hoops tournaments". 247Sports.com.

[2] "2021 Bracket". ESPNEvents.com.

[3] Blake Lovell. "Texas A&M to participate in 2019 AdvoCare Invitational". southeasthoops.com. Retrieved 2018-11-16.

[4] Myron Medcalf and Byron Borzello (2019-07-11). "Your guide to 13 early-season college basketball tournaments". espn.com. Retrieved 2019-07-11.

[5] "2019 AdvoCare Invitational Bracket". ESPNEvents.com. ESPNEvents. Retrieved 4 December 2021.

[6] "2018 AdvoCare Invitational Bracket". ESPNEvents.com. ESPNEvents. Retrieved 4 December 2021.

[7] "MATCHUPS FOR 2017 ADVOCARE INVITATIONAL ANNOUNCED". AdvoCare Invitational. ESPN. 26 July 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2017.

[8] "2017 AdvoCare Invitational Bracket". ESPNEvents.com. ESPNEvents. Retrieved 4 December 2021.

[9] "MATCHUPS FOR 2016 ADVOCARE INVITATIONAL ANNOUNCED". AdvoCare Invitational. ESPN. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016.

[10] "2016 AdvoCare Invitational Bracket". ESPNEvents.com. ESPNEvents. Retrieved 4 December 2021.

[11] "2015 AdvoCare Invitational Bracket Released". ESPNEvents. 6 August 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2015.

[12] "2015 AdvoCare Invitational Bracket". ESPNEvents.com. ESPNEvents. Retrieved 4 December 2021.

[13] "2014 AdvoCare Invitational Bracket". ESPNEvents.com. ESPNEvents. Retrieved 4 December 2021.

[14] "2013 Bracket". ESPNEvents.com. ESPNEvents. Retrieved 4 December 2021.

[15] "2012 Bracket". ESPNEvents.com. ESPNEvents. Retrieved 4 December 2021.

[16] "2011 Bracket". ESPNEvents.com. ESPNEvents. Retrieved 4 December 2021.

[17] "2010 Bracket". ESPNEvents.com. ESPNEvents. Retrieved 4 December 2021.

[18] "2009 Bracket". ESPNEvents.com. ESPNEvents. Retrieved 4 December 2021.

[19] "2008 Bracket". ESPNEvents.com. ESPNEvents. Retrieved 4 December 2021.

[20] "2007 Bracket". ESPNEvents.com. ESPNEvents. Retrieved 4 December 2021.

[21] "2006 Bracket". ESPNEvents.com. ESPNEvents. Retrieved 4 December 2021.

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