Cayman Islands Classic

Cayman Islands Classic
	Logo of the Cayman Islands Classic
Sport	College Basketball
Founded	2017
Founder	Caymax Sports Ltd;
No. of teams	8
Country	Cayman Islands
Venue(s)	John Gray Gymnasium
Most recent; champion(s)	Boston College
Official website	Cayman Islands Classic

The Cayman Islands Classic, operated by Caymax Sports Ltd., is an early-season college basketball tournament that takes place in late November of each year, at John Gray Gymnasium in George Town, Cayman Islands. The tournament bracket mirrors other popular NCAA early-season basketball tournaments like Hawaii's Maui Invitational and the Bahamas’ Battle 4 Atlantis.^[1] The inaugural tournament started and concluded from November 20–22, 2017. Since the Mountain West Conference has sponsored the tournament, a Mountain West team has been featured in the classic every year.^[2]

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Year	Champion
2017	Cincinnati
2018	Creighton
2019	George Mason
2022	Kansas State
2023	Utah State
2024	Boston College

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2024

Men's


Fifth Place Tuesday, November 26		Consolation Semifinals Monday, November 25		Quarterfinals Sunday, November 24		Semifinals Monday, November 25		Championship Tuesday, November 26



				Hampton	69

				Boise State	83

		Hampton	64			Boise State	83

		Duquesne	59			South Dakota State	82

				South Dakota State	71

				Duquesne	60

Hampton	73							Boise State	61

High Point	76							Boston College	63

				Missouri State	71

				High Point	61

Seventh Place Tuesday, November 26		High Point	73			Missouri State	74	Third Place Tuesday, November 26

		Old Dominion	67			Boston College	76*

Duquesne	67			Old Dominion	52			South Dakota State	75

Old Dominion	54			Boston College	82			Missouri State	55

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Women's

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The 2024 Women's Cayman Islands Classic will be a five team Showcase Format Round-robin tournament with predetermined opponents.

Thursday, November 28

	Mississippi State	66
	Utah	62

	Friday, November 29

	17	TCU
	3	Notre Dame

	Friday, November 29

		South Florida
		Mississippi State

	Saturday, November 30

		Utah
	3	Notre Dame

	Saturday, November 30

		South Florida
	17	TCU

2023

The tournament began on November 19, 2023, and concluded on November 21, 2023.^[3]


5th Place Game November 21		Consolation 2nd Round November 20		First Round November 19		Semifinals November 20		Championship November 21



				Oakland	77

				Drake	85

		Oakland	74			Drake	68

		Loyola Marymount	69			Stephen F. Austin	92

				Loyola Marymount	76

				Stephen F. Austin	86

Oakland	78							Stephen F. Austin	49

Marshall	71							Utah State	79

				Marshall	60

				Utah State	83

7th Place Game		Marshall	80			Utah State	65	3rd Place Game

		FIU	69			Akron	62

Loyola Marymount	61			FIU	71			Drake	79

FIU	60			Akron	77			Akron	59

2022

The tournament began on November 21, 2022, and concluded on November 23, 2022.^[4]


5th Place Game November 23		Consolation 2nd Round November 22		First Round November 21		Semifinals November 22		Championship November 23



				Illinois State	61

				LSU	77

		Illinois State	66			LSU	73

		Western Kentucky	78			Akron	58

				Western Kentucky	53

				Akron	72

Western Kentucky	71							LSU	59

Tulane	65							Kansas State	61

				Nevada	75

				Tulane	66

7th Place Game		Tulane	78			Nevada	87	3rd Place Game

		Rhode Island	75			Kansas State	96

Illinois State	44			Kansas State	77			Akron	58

Rhode Island	57			Rhode Island	57			Nevada	62

2021

The 2021 tournament was postponed to 2022 due to existing COVID-19 travel restrictions in the Cayman Islands.^[5]

2020

The 2020 Cayman Islands Classic was canceled due to the NCAA changing the starting date of college basketball as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[6]

2019

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5th Place Game November 27		Consolation 2nd Round November 26		First Round November 25		Semifinals November 26		Championship November 27



				Colorado State	70

				New Mexico State	78*

		Colorado State	61			New Mexico State	65

		Loyola	60			South Florida	45

				Loyola	55

				South Florida	66

Colorado State	79							New Mexico State	64

Washington State	69							George Mason	68

				George Mason	60

				Old Dominion	53

7th Place Game		Old Dominion	50			George Mason	85	3rd Place Game

		Washington State	66			Nebraska	66

Loyola	68			Washington State	71			South Florida	67

Old Dominion	61			Nebraska	82			Nebraska	74

2018

Source:.^[8]^[9]^[10] Source:^[11]^[12]


5th Place Game November 21		Consolation 2nd Round November 20		First Round November 19			Semifinals November 20			Championship November 21



					Akron	69

				16	Clemson	72

		Akron	68				16	Clemson	64

		Illinois State	73					Georgia	49

				Georgia		80

				Illinois State		68

Illinois State	73									16	Clemson	62

Boise State	70										Creighton	87

				St. Bonaventure		65

				Georgia State		75

7th Place Game		St. Bonaventure	52				Georgia State		68	3rd Place Game

		Boise State	72				Creighton		93

Akron	61			Boise State		82				Georgia		67

St. Bonaventure	49			Creighton		94				Georgia State		91

2017

Source:^[13]


5th Place Game November 22		Consolation 2nd Round November 21		First Round November 20			Semifinals November 21			Championship November 22



				Louisiana		80

				Iowa		71

		Iowa	72				Louisiana		61

		South Dakota State	80				Wyoming		70

				South Dakota State		65

				Wyoming		77

South Dakota State	94										Wyoming	53

Buffalo	80									12	Cincinnati	78

				Richmond		63

				UAB		50

7th Place Game		UAB	91					Richmond	48	3rd Place Game

		Buffalo	96				12	Cincinnati	75

Iowa	95				Buffalo	67				Louisiana		82

UAB	85			12	Cincinnati	73				Richmond		76

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"Cayman Islands Classic Canceled for 2020". Cayman Islands Classic. CBS Sports. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
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"2017 Teams".

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Morales, Kevin. "3 teams on board as Cayman Classic still set to tip off in 2017". Cayman27.com. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[2] [2]
"Mountain West announces sponsorship of tourney in Cayman Islands". Colorado Springs Gazette. 16 April 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2015.

[3] [3]
"Bracket announced for Cayman Islands Classic". Cayman Islands Classic. 21 June 2023. Retrieved 16 September 2023.

[4] [4]
"2022-23 Men's College Basketball Early Season Tournaments and Exempt Multi-Team Events (MTEs)". SB Nation. 22 April 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2022.

[5] [5]
"Cayman Islands Classic Postponed Until 2022". Cayman Islands Classic. CBS Sports. Retrieved 7 June 2021.

[6] [6]
"Cayman Islands Classic Canceled for 2020". Cayman Islands Classic. CBS Sports. Retrieved 7 June 2021.

[7] [7]
Chris Heady. "Nebraska joins two NCAA tournament teams in Cayman Islands Classic field". omaha.com. Retrieved 8 May 2019.

[8] [8]
"Source: Bonnies Headed to Cayman Islands Classic | the Bona Blog". 29 November 2017.

[9] [9]
"Cayman Islands Classic confirms 5 teams for 2018 edition – Cayman27". Archived from the original on 7 February 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2018.

[10] [10]
"Tigers to Participate in 2018 Cayman Islands Classic". clemsontigers.com. Clemson University Athletics. 17 April 2018. Archived from the original on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2018.

[11] [11]
"BRACKET RELEASED FOR 2ND ANNUAL CAYMAN ISLANDS CLASSIC; TICKETS AVAILABLE JULY 1". caymanislandsclassic.com. CBS Interactive. 7 June 2018. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2018.

[12] [12]
"Cayman Islands Classic 2018" (PDF). grfx.cstv.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2018.

[13] [13]
"2017 Teams".

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