Asheville Championship

The Asheville Championship is a two-day college basketball tournament held in Asheville, NC at Harrah's Cherokee Center. The inaugural tournament took place during the opening week of the 2021–22 season, and aired on the ESPN family of networks.^[1] The tournament is unofficially a continuation of the 2020 Camping World Maui Invitational, which was held in Asheville because of restrictions.

Asheville Championship

Asheville Championship logo
Sport	College basketball
Founded	2021
Founder	KemperLesnik
No. of teams	4
Country	United States
Venue(s)	Harrah's Cherokee Center Asheville, NC
Most recent champion(s)	Clemson
TV partner(s)	ESPN
Official website	Asheville Championship

Champions

Year	Champion
2021	Minnesota
2022	Louisiana
2023	Clemson

Brackets

2023

	Semifinals Friday, November 10				Championship Game Sunday, November 12
	Clemson	77
	UAB	76
					Clemson	68
					Davidson	65
	Davidson	64
	Maryland	61			Consolation Game November 12
					UAB	66
					Maryland	63

Source:^[2]

2022

	Semifinals November 11				Championship Game November 13
	Louisiana	75
	Harvard	61
					Louisiana	81
					East Tennessee State	77
	Elon	64
	East Tennessee State	77			Consolation Game November 13
					Harvard	92
					Elon	77

2021

* – Denotes overtime period

	Semifinals November 12				Championship Game November 14
	Western Kentucky	69
	Minnesota	73
					Minnesota	87**
					Princeton	80
	Princeton	66
	South Carolina	62			Consolation Game November 14
					Western Kentucky	64
					South Carolina	75

References

1. "Asheville Championship Announced as Newest Early Season Men's College Basketball Tournament" (PDF). Asheville Championship. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
2. "Maryland Basketball is heading back to ACC Country next season". 247Sports.com. Retrieved 21 March 2023.