Phil Knight Invitational

The Phil Knight Invitational is a college basketball event held in Portland, Oregon to celebrate Nike co-founder Phil Knight. There have been three different events held, most recently in November 2022. The event has been held at the Moda Center and Veterans Memorial Coliseum in the Rose Quarter.

Phil Knight Invitational

Sport	College basketball
Founded	2017
No. of teams	16
Country	United States
Venue(s)	Moda Center Veterans Memorial Coliseum Chiles Center Portland, Oregon
Most recent champion(s)	Men's: UConn, Purdue Women's: North Carolina, UConn
TV partner(s)	ESPN

2017 event

The 2017 version of the event, also known as the PK-80 Invitational, was a 16-team, two-bracket college basketball event held on November 23, 24, and 26, 2017.^[1][2]

All teams had a business relationship with Nike. Each of the Power Five conferences of FBS football had two teams participating—the ACC (Duke and North Carolina), the Big 12 (Oklahoma and Texas), the Big Ten (Michigan State and Ohio State), the Pac-12 (Oregon and Stanford) and the SEC (Arkansas and Florida). Two non-football conferences also had two teams involved—the Big East (Butler and DePaul) and the West Coast Conference (Gonzaga and Portland). The remaining participants were UConn from the American Athletic Conference and Portland State from the Big Sky Conference.^[3] Georgetown was originally announced as a participant in the tournament, but withdrew from the tournament in July.^[4] DePaul replaced them in the tournament.^[5]

The teams were divided into two separate brackets: the Victory and Motion Brackets. Teams from the same conference were placed in separate brackets to avoid non-league sanctioned matchups.^[3] The field included 10 of the previous 14 National Champions and three of the Final Four participants from the 2017 NCAA tournament (North Carolina, Gonzaga, and Oregon). The two eight-team brackets ran simultaneously in the Moda Center and Veterans Memorial Coliseum with the crowning of two champions.^[6]

Michigan State won the Victory Bracket^[7][8] while Duke won the Motion Bracket.^[9][10] The tournament was called the best in-season tournament ever due to the quality of the teams participating.^[3]

Round robin sub-regional games were also played in Nashville, Tennessee on November 24 and 25. Furman, New Hampshire, Northeastern, and Utah State participated with the games held at the Nashville Municipal Auditorium.

Victory Bracket

Campus site games

	Game 1 November 12 SEC Network					Game 2 November 14 SportsNet New York
							Stony Brook	62
		Bucknell	73				UConn	72
		Arkansas	101

	Game 3 November 15 ACC Network Extra					Game 4 November 15 Fox Sports Oklahoma / Sooner Sports TV
							Ball State	69
		Bucknell	81				Oklahoma	108
	9	North Carolina	93

	Game 5 November 17 ESPN 3					Game 8 November 22 Patriot League Network
							Ball State	83
		Stony Brook	76				Bucknell	87
		Ball State	87

	Game 6 November 19 Pac 12 Network					Game 7 November 19 Big Ten Network
							Stony Brook	71
		Ball State	71			2	Michigan State	93
		Oregon	95

	Game 9 November 26
		Bucknell	85
		Stony Brook	76

Championship round

	Fifth Place Game November 26					Consolation Second Round November 24					Quarterfinals November 23					Semifinals November 24					Championship November 26
											9	North Carolina	102
												Portland	78
						Portland		71								9	North Carolina	87
						Oklahoma		93									Arkansas	69
											Arkansas		92
											Oklahoma		83
	Oklahoma		90																		9	North Carolina	45
	Oregon		80																		4	Michigan State	63
												DePaul	51
											4	Michigan State	73
	Seventh Place Game					DePaul		79								4	Michigan State	77			Third Place Game
						Oregon		89*									UConn	57
	Portland		69								UConn		71								Arkansas		102
	DePaul		82								Oregon		63								UConn		67

All-Tournament team

Player	School
Cassius Winston (MVP)	Michigan State
Jaylen Barford	Arkansas
Trae Young	Oklahoma
Luke Maye	North Carolina
Joshua Langford	Michigan State

Motion Bracket

Campus site games

	Game 1 November 14 Longhorn Network					Game 2 November 17 Pac 12 Network
							Northeastern	59
		New Hampshire	60				Stanford	73
		Texas	78

	Game 3 November 18 Fox Sports 2					Game 4 November 18 KHQ/RTNW
							Utah State	66
		Furman	65			17	Gonzaga	79
		Butler	82

	Game 5 November 19 Big Ten Network +					Game 6 November 19 SEC Network
							New Hampshire	63
		Northeastern	55			8	Florida	70
		Ohio State	80

	Game 7 November 20 ACC Network Extra					Game 8 November 20
							Utah State	79
		Furman	63				Portland State	83
	1	Duke	92

Championship round

	Fifth Place Game November 26					Consolation Second Round November 24					Quarterfinals November 23					Semifinals November 24					Championship November 26
											1	Duke	99
												Portland State	81
						Portland State		69								1	Duke	85*
						Butler		71									Texas	78
											Butler		48
											Texas		61
	Butler		67*																		1	Duke	87
	Ohio State		66																		7	Florida	84
											7	Florida	108
												Stanford	87
	Seventh Place Game					Stanford		71								7	Florida	111**			Third Place Game
						Ohio State		79								17	Gonzaga	105
	Portland State		87								17	Gonzaga	86									Texas	71
	Stanford		78									Ohio State	59								17	Gonzaga	76*

All-Tournament team

Player	School
Marvin Bagley III (MVP)	Duke
KeVaughn Allen	Florida
Chris Chiozza	Florida
Jalen Hudson	Florida
Johnathan Williams	Gonzaga

Sub-regional games

	Sub-Regional Game 1 November 24					Sub-Regional Game 2 November 24
							Northeastern	67
		New Hampshire	64				Utah State	71
		Furman	78

Source^[11][12]

	Sub-Regional Game 3 November 25					Sub-Regional Game 4 November 25
							Furman	78
		Utah State	77				Northeastern	67
		New Hampshire	63

Source^[13][14]

2019 event

On March 6, 2019, Nike and ESPN announced the event will return as a one-day, four-team invitational tournament to be held at the Moda Center. The four teams that participated were: Memphis, Oklahoma, Oregon, and Oregon State.^[15] The event consisted of only two games with Oregon defeating Memphis^[16] and Oklahoma defeating Oregon State.^[17]

2019 bracket

	November 12
	14	Oregon	82
	13	Memphis	74

	November 12
		Oklahoma	77
		Oregon State	69

2022 event

On February 15, 2022, it was announced that the event would return in honor of Knight's 85th birthday.^[18] For the first time, the event included women's teams. There were two separate events for each gender: the Phil Knight Invitational and the Phil Knight Legacy tournaments. The events were held from November 24 through 27, 2022.^[19] All events were played in a bracket-style format, with the men's teams playing three games apiece and the women's teams playing two games. The events took place at three Portland venues: the University of Portland's Chiles Center, the Moda Center, and Veterans Memorial Coliseum (VMC).^[20] For the first two rounds of the men's brackets, the top half of the bracket played during the afternoon sessions and the bottom half of the bracket during the evening sessions. The championship and consolation games for all brackets were played at the same locations, with the Invitational tournament in the afternoon session and the Legacy tournament in the evening session. The championship and consolation games for the women's brackets were played before the corresponding game for the men.^{[21][22][23][24]}

Phil Knight Invitational tournament

Men's bracket

Game recaps: ^{[25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36]}

	5th Place Game November 27 Chiles Center					Consolation Semifinals November 25 VMC					First Round November 24 Moda Center					Semifinals November 25 VMC					Championship November 27 Moda Center
											1	North Carolina	89
												Portland	81
						Portland		83								1	North Carolina	65
						Villanova		71									Iowa State	70
											Villanova		79
											Iowa State		81*
		Portland	77																			Iowa State	53
	12	Michigan State	78																		20	UConn	71
											20	UConn	83
												Oregon	59
	7th Place Game – Chiles						Oregon	70								20	UConn	82			3rd Place Game – VMC
						12	Michigan State	74								18	Alabama	67
	Villanova		67								12	Michigan State	70								1	North Carolina	101
	Oregon		74								18	Alabama	81								18	Alabama	103****

* – Denotes overtime period

Women's bracket

Game recaps: ^{[37][38][39][40]}

	Semifinals November 24 Chiles Center					Championship Game November 27 Moda Center
	8	North Carolina	85
	18	Oregon	79
						8	North Carolina	73
						5	Iowa State	64
	5	Iowa State	80
		Michigan State	49			Consolation – VMC
						18	Oregon	86
							Michigan State	78

Phil Knight Legacy tournament

Men's bracket

Game recaps: ^{[41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52]}

	5th Place Game November 27 Chiles Center					Consolation Semifinals November 25 Moda Center					First Round November 24 VMC					Semifinals November 25 Moda Center					Championship November 27 Moda Center
											8	Duke	54
												Oregon State	51
						Oregon State		68								8	Duke	71
						Florida		81									Xavier	64
											Xavier		90
											Florida		83
	Florida		55																		8	Duke	56
	West Virginia		84																		24	Purdue	75
											24	Purdue	80
												West Virginia	68
	7th Place Game – Chiles					West Virginia		89								24	Purdue	84			3rd Place Game – VMC
						Portland State		71								6	Gonzaga	66
	Oregon State		71								6	Gonzaga	102									Xavier	84
	Portland State		83									Portland State	78								6	Gonzaga	88

Women's bracket

Game recaps: ^{[53][54][55][56]}

	Semifinals November 25 Chiles Center					Championship Game November 27 Moda Center
	3	UConn	78
		Duke	50
						3	UConn	86
						9	Iowa	79
	9	Iowa	73
		Oregon State	59			Consolation – VMC
							Duke	54
							Oregon State	41