Acrisure Invitational
 Logo for inaugural event | |
| Sport | College Basketball |
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| Founded | 2023 |
| No. of teams | 4 in 2025 main draw, 6 in full event |
| Country | United States |
| Venue | Acrisure Arena |
| Most recent champion | Washington |
| Most titles | Hawai'i, Washington (1) |
| Broadcasters | CBS Sports Network and truTV (2025) |
| Sponsor | Acrisure |
| Official website | Acrisure Series |
The Acrisure Invitational is a multiple-team NCAA Division I college basketball tournament played during Thanksgiving week, at Acrisure Arena in Thousand Palms, California. The tournament is a part of the Acrisure Series.[1]
Brackets
[edit]2025
[edit]Six teams will participate in the 2025 event. Saint Louis, Santa Clara, Minnesota and Stanford will each play two games at Acrusire Arena[2] and host one game on campus. Chicago State and Louisiana will each play two road games at campus sites.[3]
The semifinal games will be televised by CBS Sports Network. The third-place and championship games will be aired by truTV.[4] Television coverage of the campus-site games will be determined by the media contracts of the host teams.
Campus-site games
[edit]Home teams listed second.
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Neutral-site games
[edit]| Third Place November 28 TruTV | Semifinals November 27 CBSSN | Championship November 28 TruTV | |||||||||||
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2024
[edit]| Third Place November 29 TruTV[9] | Semifinals November 28 TruTV | Championship November 29 TruTV | |||||||||||
| TCU | 52 | ||||||||||||
| Santa Clara | 69 | ||||||||||||
| TCU | 72 | Santa Clara | 69 | ||||||||||
| Colorado State | 76OT | Washington | 76 | ||||||||||
| Washington | 73 | ||||||||||||
| Colorado State | 67 | ||||||||||||
Great Osobor of Washington was named the tournament's most valuable player.[10]
2023
[edit]The 2023 event featured Arkansas State, Hawaii, San Diego and UT Rio Grande Valley.[11][12]
| Third Place November 25 | Semifinals November 24 | Championship November 25 | |||||||||||
| UT Rio Grande Valley | 57 | ||||||||||||
| Hawai'i | 76 | ||||||||||||
| UT Rio Grande Valley | 58 | Hawai'i | 77 | ||||||||||
| Arkansas State | 75 | San Diego | 66 | ||||||||||
| San Diego | 71 | ||||||||||||
| Arkansas State | 57 | ||||||||||||
Noel Coleman of Hawaii was named most valuable player.[17]
References
[edit]- ^ "NCAA College Basketball Returns to Greater Palm Springs". Acrisure Arena. July 21, 2025. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
- ^ "NCAA College Basketball Returns to Greater Palm Springs". Acrisure Arena. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
- ^ Dobbertean, Chris (September 23, 2025). "2025–26 Men's College Basketball Exempt Multi-Team Event (MTE) Tracker". Blogging the Bracket. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
- ^ Forsman, Cole (July 21, 2025). "Utah Basketball Opening Multi-Team Event against Intriguing Mid-Major Opponent". Sports Illustrated.
- ^ "Stewart Scores 18, Santa Clara Uses Second Half Run to Top TCU 69-52". The Associated Press. November 28, 2024. Retrieved September 27, 2025.
- ^ "Washington Takes Advantage of a Flagrant-1 Foul with 38.1 Seconds Left to Beat Colorado State 73–67". The Associated Press. November 28, 2024. Retrieved September 27, 2025.
- ^ "Nique Clifford Leads Colorado State to 76–72 OT Win over TCU at Acrisure Invitational". The Associated Press. November 29, 2024. Retrieved September 27, 2025.
- ^ "Osobor Scores 19 Points, Leads Washington over Santa Clara 76–69 in Acrisure Invitational Title Game". The Associated Press. November 29, 2024. Retrieved September 27, 2025.
- ^ "TNT Sports to Present Comprehensive Live Coverage of NCAA College Basketball Acrisure Series in Palm Springs – Tuesday, Nov. 26–Friday, Nov. 29 – on truTV & Max". August 22, 2024. Retrieved September 2, 2024.
- ^ "Osobor Named MVP As UW Wins Acrisure Invitational over Santa Clara". Washington Huskies. November 29, 2024. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
- ^ "Acrisure Invitational: Day 1". Acrisure Arena. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
- ^ Dobbertean, Chris (November 30, 2023). "2023–24 Men's College Basketball Early Season Tournaments and Exempt Multi-Team Events (MTEs)". SBNation. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
- ^ "Cotton's 23 Points Lead Hawaii past UT Rio Grande Valley 76–57". The Associated Press. November 24, 2023. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
- ^ "Turner Scores 18 and San Diego Defeats Arkansas State 71–57". The Associated Press. November 25, 2023. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
- ^ "Hawaii Off to 5–0 Start with Win over San Diego". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. November 25, 2023. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
- ^ "Arkansas State Bounces Back with Win over UTRGV". KTLO. November 26, 2023. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
- ^ Powers, Shad (November 25, 2023). "Hawaii Smothers San Diego to Earn Inaugural Acrisure Invitational Championship". Palm Springs Desert Sun. Retrieved December 6, 2023.