Cayman Islands Classic

Cayman Islands Classic
Sport	College basketball
Founded	2017
Founder	Caymax Sports Ltd Global Sports Management
No. of teams	8
Country	Cayman Islands
Venue(s)	John Gray gymnasium
Official website	Cayman Islands Classic

The Cayman Islands Classic operated by Caymax Sports Ltd., in conjunction with Global Sports Management is a new preseason college basketball tournament that takes place in late November of each year, at John Gray gymnasium in the Cayman Islands. The Cayman Basketball Classic is expected to mirror other popular NCAA preseason basketball tournaments like Hawaii’s Maui Invitational Tournament or the Bahamas’ Battle 4 Atlantis.^[1] The First Tournament will start November 20, 2017. The Mountain West will sponsor the tournament, as a result a Mountain West team will be in the preseason tournament every year.^[2]

The Inaugural field will feature Buffalo, Cincinnati, Iowa, Louisiana-Lafayette, Richmond, South Dakota State, UAB and Wyoming.^[3]^[4]

History

2017

Quarterfinals
November 20

Semifinals
November 21

Championship
November 22

Louisiana-Lafayette

Iowa

South Dakota State

Wyoming

Richmond

UAB

Buffalo

Cincinnati

	Third Place Game November 22

	Consolation Second Round November 21					Fifth Place Game November 22

	Seventh Place Game November 22

References

↑ Morales, Kevin. "3 teams on board as Cayman Classic still set to tip off in 2017". Cayman27.com. Cayman27.com. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
↑ "Mountain West announces sponsorship of tourney in Cayman Islands". Colorado Springs Gazette. Colorado Springs Gazette. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
↑ "Cincinnati, Iowa, UAB, Wyoming headline inaugural Cayman Islands college basketball tournament". Global Sports Management. Global Sports Management. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
↑ Harkins, Lukas. "NCAA Basketball: Bracket for Cayman Islands Basketball Classic revealed". bustingbrackets.com. Retrieved 17 June 2017.

External links

Cayman Islands Classic

NCAA men's college basketball tournaments

Division I

Pre-season	2K Sports Classic AdvoCare Invitational Barclays Center Classic Battle 4 Atlantis Cancún Challenge Cayman Islands Classic CBE Hall of Fame Classic Charleston Classic Diamond Head Classic Emerald Coast Classic Global Sports Classic Great Alaska Shootout Gulf Coast Showcase Hall of Fame Tip Off Las Vegas Classic Las Vegas Invitational Legends Classic Maui Invitational Men Who Speak Up Main Event NIT Season Tip-Off Paradise Jam Puerto Rico Tip-Off Savannah Invitational Vancouver Showcase Wooden Legacy
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Postseason	NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament National Invitation Tournament Vegas 16 College Basketball Invitational CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament National Commissioners Invitational Tournament 1922 National Intercollegiate Basketball Tournament

Division II

Conference postseason	CCAA Carolinas East Coast GLIAC GLVC G-MAC Great Northwest Gulf South Heartland Lone Star Mountain East Northeast-10 Northern Sun Pacific West Peach Belt PSAC RMAC South Atlantic Sunshine State
Postseason	NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Championship

Division III

Conference postseason	Allegheny Mountain American Southwest Capital Northwest SAA SCIAC USA South WIAC
Postseason	NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Championship ECAC Tournaments

Thanksgiving

History and
traditions

Canada	Samuel de Champlain Martin Frobisher Halifax First Nations
United States	Pilgrims Mayflower Plymouth Colony Plymouth, Massachusetts Plymouth Rock Native Americans Samoset Squanto Wampanoag Cornucopia National Thanksgiving Proclamation Franksgiving National Thanksgiving Turkey Presentation Cape Cod William Penn Massachusetts Sarah Josepha Hale Blackout Wednesday Abraham Lincoln Mourt's Relation
Cuisine	Thanksgiving dinner Turkey Deep-fried Tofurkey Stuffing Gravy Butternut squash Apple cider Hazelnuts Cranberry sauce Carrots Mashed potatoes Sweet potatoes Acorn squash Yams Corn Green bean casserole Apple pie Pumpkin pie Pecan pie Sweet potato pie Tamale
Songs	"Alice's Restaurant" "Bless This House" "Bringing In the Sheaves" "Come, Ye Thankful People, Come" "For the Beauty of the Earth" "Jingle Bells" "Let All Things Now Living" "Now Thank We All Our God" "Over the River and Through the Wood" "Simple Gifts" "The Thanksgiving Song" "We Gather Together" "We Plough the Fields and Scatter"

Associated
events

Cultural	Christmas and holiday season Harvest festivals Thanksgiving in film Thanksgiving television specials Winter festivals Lighting of the Macy's Great Tree World's Largest Disco Black Friday
Parades	Novant Health (Charlotte) McDonald's (Chicago) America's (Detroit) Oktoberfest (Kitchener-Waterloo) Hollywood Christmas (Los Angeles) Macy's (New York City) 6abc-Dunkin' Donuts (Philadelphia) Celebrate the Season (Pittsburgh) America's Hometown (Plymouth)
Protests	National Day of Mourning Unthanksgiving Day Buy Nothing Day

Sports

Football	NFL on Thanksgiving Day CFL Thanksgiving Classic English–Latin rivalry Missouri Turkey Day Game Turkey Day Classic
Basketball	AdvoCare Invitational Battle 4 Atlantis Wooden Legacy Maui Invitational Tournament
Turkey Trots	Atlanta Marathon Berwick Run for the Diamonds Buffalo Turkey Trot Dallas Turkey Trot Feaster Five Road Race Manchester Road Race
Others	National Dog Show Pumpkin chucking Turkey bowling Turkey Night Grand Prix

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