Las Vegas Invitational (basketball)

Las Vegas Invitational

Sport	College basketball
Founded	2000
No. of teams	8
Country(ies)	United States
Venue(s)	Orleans Arena
TV partner(s)	ESPN2
Official website	las vegas invitational

The Las Vegas Invitational is an 8 team college basketball tournament held during Thanksgiving of NCAA Division I men's basketball season annually since 2003. The Tournament was held at Valley High School in Las Vegas, The event used to be sponsored by Findlay Toyota, until moving to the current site the Orleans Arena in 2006. The Current Sponsor of the tournament is IBN Sports

Contents 1 2011 participants and bracket[1] 2 2010 participants and bracket[2] 3 2009 participants and bracket[3] 4 Games at Orleans Arena, Las Vegas 5 Games at Campus Sites 5.1 2008 participants and bracket[4] 5.2 2007 participants and bracket[5] 5.3 2006 participants and bracket[6] 5.4 2005 participants and bracket[7] 5.5 2004 participants and bracket[8] 5.6 2003 participants and bracket[9] 6 References 7 External links

2011 participants and bracket^[1]

• USC
• UNLV
• North Carolina
• South Carolina
• Cal Poly
• Mississippi Valley State
• Morgan State
• Tennessee State

	Semi-finals November 25, 2011					Finals November 26, 2011
		USC	55
		UNLV	66
							UNLV	90
							North Carolina	80
		North Carolina	87
		South Carolina	62

	3rd Place Game
		USC	66
		South Carolina	63

* – Denotes overtime period

2010 participants and bracket^[2]

• Arizona
• Kansas
• Santa Clara
• Ohio
• Bethune-Cookman
• Northern Colorado
• Texas A&M–Corpus Christi
• Santa Clara
• Valparaiso

	Semi-finals					Finals
		Arizona	82
		Santa Clara	59
							Arizona	49
							Kansas	87
		Kansas	64
		Ohio	41

	3rd Place Game
		Ohio	78
		Santa Clara	72

* – Denotes overtime period

2009 participants and bracket^[3]

Games played at Orleans Arena, Las Vegas

	Semi-Finals Friday, November 27					Championship Saturday, November 28
	Oklahoma St		68
	Bradley		57
						Oklahoma State		77
						Utah		55
	Utah		60
	Illinois		58

	3rd Place Game Saturday, November 28
	Bradley		72
	Illinois		68

Games at Orleans Arena, Las Vegas

Friday, November 27

Wofford 81, Southern 66

Seattle 67, Presbyterian 63

Saturday, November 28

Presbyterian 71, Southern 69

Wofford 84, Seattle 83

Games at Campus Sites

Saturday, November 14

Oklahoma State 86, Seattle 64

Wednesday, November 18

Oklahoma State 93, Southern 61

Saturday, November 21

Utah 88, Southern 48

Illinois 94, Presbyterian 48

Sunday, November 22

Bradley 56, Wofford 54

Tuesday, November 24

Seattle 77, Utah 74

Illinois 78, Wofford 64

Bradley 71, Presbyterian 58

2008 participants and bracket^[4]

• Kansas State
• Kentucky
• Iowa
• West Virginia
• Delaware State
• Longwood
• Oakland
• SE Missouri State

	Semi-finals					Finals
		Kentucky	74
		Kansas State	72
							Kentucky	54
							West Virginia	53
		Iowa	68
		West Virginia	87

	3rd Place Game
		Iowa	65
		Kansas State	63

* – Denotes overtime period

2007 participants and bracket^[5]

• BYU
• North Carolina
• Louisville
• Old Dominion
• Hartford
• Iona
• Jackson State
• South Carolina State

	Semi-finals					Finals
		North Carolina	99
		Old Dominion	82
							North Carolina	73
							BYU	63
		Louisville	76
		BYU	86

	3rd Place Game
		Louisville	64
		Old Dominion	53

* – Denotes overtime period

2006 participants and bracket^[6]

• Ball State
• Florida
• Kansas
• Western Kentucky
• Chattanooga
• Prairie View A&M
• Tennessee State
• Towson

	Semi-finals					Finals
		Florida	101
		Western Kentucky	68
							Florida	80
							Kansas	82
		Kansas	64
		Ball State	46

	3rd Place Game
		Western Kentucky	76
		Ball State	66

* – Denotes overtime period

2005 participants and bracket^[7]

• Boston College
• Drake
• Oklahoma State
• TCU
• Buffalo
• Detroit
• Jackson State
• Shawnee State

	Semi-finals					Finals
		TCU	58
		Oklahoma State	66
							Oklahoma State	68
							Boston College	76
		Boston College	87
		Drake	84

	3rd Place Game
		Drake	86
		TCU	79

* – Denotes overtime period

2004 participants and bracket^[8]

• Arizona State
• Southern Illinois
• Vanderbilt
• UTEP
• Cal State Northridge
• Delaware State
• Jackson State
• Tennessee State

	Semi-finals					Finals
		UTEP	66
		Arizona State	65
							UTEP	62
							Southern Illinois	68
		Vanderbilt	53
		Southern Illinois	67

	3rd Place Game
		Arizona State	87
		Vanderbilt	68

2003 participants and bracket^[9]

• Bradley
• Northeastern
• Miami (FL)
• Lubbock
• Louisiana–Monroe
• Northeastern
• Rhode Island

	Championship Game
		Miami (FL)	82
		Bradley	83

References

External links

• Official Website

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