Английская Википедия:2022 The Basketball Classic

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The 2022 The Basketball Classic (TBC) was a single-elimination men's college basketball postseason tournament featuring National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams not selected to participate in the NCAA tournament or the National Invitation Tournament (NIT). The tournament began on March 15 with the championship game played on April 1. The tournament was won by the Fresno State Bulldogs. All games were streamed on ESPN+.

Structure

Tournament organizers originally announced that there would be 32 teams in the field. However, when the participating teams were named, there were only 21 listed. Three teams then withdrew prior to competing, leaving the actual field size at 18 for the tournament. In lieu of a traditional bracket, a model previously used by the NIT was implemented, in which the matchups are set after each round. Later-round host sites are determined, at least in part, by first-round game attendance figures.

Five matchups in the tournament were designated as "Legend Games", honoring Willis Reed, Travis Grant, Zelmo Beaty, Marques Haynes and Cleo Hill, all of whom played college basketball at historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). In addition to advancing in the tournament, the winning teams received a trophy honoring the legend for whom the particular game was named. Due to scheduling issues, the Cleo Hill game was not played.

Participating teams

The following 18 teams accepted invitations to the tournament and competed. Team records listed are from before the tournament started.

Team	Conference	Overall record
Appalachian State	Sun Belt	19–14
Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	16–13
Detroit Mercy	Horizon League	14–15
Eastern Washington	Big Sky	18–15
Florida Gulf Coast	Atlantic Sun	21–11
Fresno State	Mountain West	19–13
Kent State	MAC	23–10
Maryland Eastern Shore	MEAC	11–15
Morgan State	MEAC	13–14
New Orleans	Southland	18–13
Portland	West Coast	18–14
South Alabama	Sun Belt	19–11
Southeastern Louisiana	Southland	19–14
Southern Utah	Big Sky	20–11
USC Upstate	Big South	14–16
UTEP	Conference USA	19–13
Western Illinois	Summit	16–15
Youngstown State	Horizon League	18–14

Three programs accepted invitations, but withdrew prior to playing: Merrimack,Шаблон:Efn UMBC, Wofford.

The following programs declined invitations: Arkansas State, Liberty, Oakland, Samford, Sam Houston State, Utah Valley, Weber State.

Schedule

Date	Time	Matchup	Score	Attendance	Ref.
First round
March 15	6:30 p.m.	USC Upstate at Appalachian State	80–74	2,146
March 16	7:00 p.m.	Detroit Mercy at Florida Gulf Coast	79–95	505
		The Zelmo Beaty Game Maryland Eastern Shore at Coastal Carolina	42–66	923
	8:00 p.m.	The Marques Haynes Game Morgan State at Youngstown State	65–70	1,045
		The Travis Grant Game Southeastern Louisiana at South Alabama	68–70	885
	9:00 p.m.	The Willis Reed Game Kent State at Southern Utah	79–83	1,316
March 17	10:00 p.m.	Eastern Washington at Fresno State	74–83	1,166
March 19	3:00 p.m.	Western Illinois at UTEPШаблон:Efn	54–80	3,500
	10:00 p.m.	New Orleans at Portland	73–94	659
Second round
March 21	7:00 p.m.	Florida Gulf Coast at Coastal Carolina	68–84	825
	8:00 p.m.	USC Upstate at South Alabama	79–83	699
March 22	9:00 p.m.	Southern Utah at UTEP	82–69	3,510
March 23	10:00 p.m.	Youngstown State at Fresno State	71–80	1,754
Quarterfinals
March 26	6:00 p.m.	Portland at Southern Utah	66–77	1,504
Semifinals
March 28	8:00 p.m.	Coastal Carolina at South Alabama	69–68OT	1,039
	10:00 p.m.	Southern Utah at Fresno State	48–67	3,006
Championship
April 1	6:00 p.m.	Fresno State at Coastal Carolina	85–74	1,407
Game times in Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4). All games broadcast on ESPN+.

Bracket

The Basketball Classic field was announced after the field for the NIT was released on March 13.

Note: Bracket is for visual purposes only. In lieu of a traditional bracket, the field and matchups are re-set after each round.

With an 18-team bracket, organizers chose to match one second-round winner against Portland, with three other second-round winners advancing directly to the semifinals.

Home teams listed second.
* – Denotes overtime periods

Awards

The following most valuable players were selected for each of the Legend Games:

• Zelmo Beaty Game – Rudi Williams, Coastal Carolina
• Marques Haynes Game – Dwayne Cohill, Youngstown State
• Travis Grant Game – Javon Franklin, South Alabama
• Willis Reed Game – Dre Marin, Southern Utah

External links

• The Basketball Classic official website