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Nassau Championship

Sport	College basketball
Founded	2017
Owner(s)	bdG Sports
No. of teams	8
Country	The Bahamas
Venue(s)	Baha Mar Convention Center, Nassau, Bahamas
Most recent champion(s)	UNC Greensboro (2023)
TV partner(s)	FloHoops.com
Related competitions	Bahamas Championship
Official website	Bahamar Hoops

The Nassau Championship is a preseason college basketball tournament, first held in 2017, designed strictly for mid-major NCAA Division I programs. The first two years were played at Kendal Isaacs National Gymnasium. in Nassau, Bahamas. The 2019 Tournament was moved to Baha Mar Convention Center due to damage Kendal Isaacs National Gymnasium suffered during Hurricane Dorian.

Tournament History

Champions

Year	School
2017	Vermont
2018	Georgia Southern
2019	Liberty
2021	Toledo
2022	UNC Wilmington
2023	UNC Greensboro
2024	Non-bracketed event

Brackets

2024

The 2024 Baha Mar Hoops Nassau Championship will be a six-team non-bracketed event for Mid-major teams. All games will be streamed live on FloHoops.

	November 29

	Iona	62
	Tarleton State	51

	November 29

	Arkansas State	86
	Indiana State	81

	November 29

	Hofstra	68*
	Rice	63

	November 30

	Indiana State	83
	Iona	80

	November 30

	Tarleton State	61
	Hofstra	59

	November 30

	Rice	75
	Arkansas State	67

	December 1

	Iona	66
	Rice	70

	December 1

	Hofstra	68
	Arkansas State	66

	Sunday, December 1

	Indiana State	87
	Tarleton State	71

2023

The following teams competed in the 2023 tournament:


5th Place Game November 26		Consolation 2nd Round November 25		First Round November 24		Semifinals November 25		Championship November 26



				UNC Greensboro	76

				Kansas City	64

		Kansas City	83			UNC Greensboro	88

		Brown	93*			Delaware	77

				Brown	59

				Delaware	67

Brown	77							UNC Greensboro	58

Ohio	82							UIC	57

				Middle Tennessee	40

				UIC	70

7th Place Game		Middle Tennessee	68			UIC	89	3rd Place Game

		Ohio	80			George Washington	79

Kansas City	59			Ohio	94			Delaware	71

Middle Tennessee	63			George Washington	99**			George Washington	81

* – Denotes overtime period

2022


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



				Vermont	78

				Ball State	73

		Ball State	67			Vermont	66

		Missouri State	64			UNC Wilmington	68

				Missouri State	54

				UNC Wilmington	68

Ball State	65							UNC Wilmington	55

San Jose State	67							North Texas	51

				North Texas	69

				San Jose State	54

7th Place Game		San Jose State	80			North Texas	68	3rd Place Game

		Oakland	67			Long Beach State	47

Missouri State	76			Oakland	70			Vermont	58

Oakland	64			Long Beach State	78			Long Beach State	78

2021

Abilene Christian had to withdraw from the Nassau Championship due to a COVID-19 issue on the ACU team. The tournament continued as planned with a seven team field (with no seventh place game), and the bottom half of the bracket was reseeded. Coastal Carolina received a first round bye.

5th Place Game
November 24

Consolation 2nd Round
November 23

First Round
November 22

Semifinals
November 23

Championship
November 24

Toledo

Charlotte

Toledo

Drexel

Tulane

Drexel

Tulane

Drexel

Toledo

Jacksonville State

Coastal Carolina

Valparaiso

Jacksonville State

~~Cancelled~~

Jacksonville State

Valparaiso

3rd Place Game

BYE

Coastal Carolina

Coastal Carolina

Tulane

BYE

Valparaiso

2019


5th Place Game November 24		Consolation 2nd Round November 23		First Round November 22		Semifinals November 23		Championship November 24



				Liberty	89

				Morgan State	48

		Morgan State	57			Liberty	71

		Milwaukee	62			Rice	59

				Rice	75

				Milwaukee	69

Milwaukee	63							Liberty	62

George Washington	66							Kansas City	49

				Evansville	68

				East Carolina	85

7th Place Game		Evansville	70			East Carolina	68	3rd Place Game

		George Washington	78			Kansas City	74

Morgan State	112			Kansas City	74			Rice	77

Evansville	115***			George Washington	68			East Carolina	69

2018


5th Place Game November 18		Consolation 2nd Round November 17		First Round November 16		Semifinals November 17		Championship November 18



				Montana	93

				Incarnate Word	66

		Incarnate Word	80*			Montana	73

		North Dakota State	78			Miami (OH)	71

				Miami (OH)	89

				North Dakota State	78

Incarnate Word	68							Montana	77

Florida Atlantic	71							Georgia Southern	80

				Georgia Southern	80

				Florida Atlantic	70

7th Place Game		Florida Atlantic	85			Georgia Southern	88	3rd Place Game

		Towson	71			Pepperdine	78

North Dakota State	76			Towson	65			Miami (OH)	86

Towson	51			Pepperdine	74			Pepperdine	80

2017

The field of eight teams that competed in the inaugural event was unveiled on 29 September 2017. The tournament began on 17 November and concluded on 19 November.


5th Place Game November 19		Consolation 2nd Round November 18		First Round November 17		Semifinals November 18		Championship November 19



				Vermont	65

				Bradley	64

		Bradley	71			Vermont	80

		UTSA	69			Coastal Carolina	67

				Coastal Carolina	83

				UTSA	69

Bradley	70							Vermont	66

Weber State	64							Northern Kentucky	64

				Northern Kentucky	87

				James Madison	78

7th Place Game		James Madison	65			Northern Kentucky	87	3rd Place Game

		Weber State	73			Iona	78

UTSA	90			Iona	80			Coastal Carolina	89

James Madison	77			Weber State	72			Iona	84

References

^ "Three NCAA Tournament teams highlight the inaugural Islands of the Bahamas Showcase". bd Global. 29 September 2017. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
"bd Global partners with FloSports to distribute 2017 tournament games". bd Global. 23 October 2017. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
"2019 The Islands of the Bahamas Showcase to be played at Baha Mar". Bahamarhoops. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
"Competitive Field, Schedule Announced for 2024 Baha Mar Hoops Nassau Championship". bahamarhoops.com. BDG SPORTS, LLC. 9 September 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
"Seven of eight teams finalized for 2023 Baha Mar Hoops Nassau Championship".
"Final field and pairings announced for 2023 Baha Mar Hoops Nassau Championship".
"MBB announces upcoming schedule changes". ACUSports.com. Abilene Christian University Athletics. 18 November 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
@BahaMarHoops (18 November 2021). "Official statement regarding Abilene Christian participation in next week's BahaMarHoops Nassau Championship at BahaMarResorts" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
@BahaMarHoops (18 November 2021). "Updated bracket for the BahaMarHoops Nassau Championship starting on Monday at BahaMarResorts" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
"The Islands of the Bahamas Showcase Tournament Schedule". Retrieved 18 November 2017.

External links

Official site of The Nassau Championship

NCAA men's college basketball tournaments

Division I

Early season	Acrisure Classic Acrisure Holiday Invitational Acrisure Invitational Arizona Tip-Off Bahamas Championship Battle 4 Atlantis Big 5 Classic Boardwalk Battle Cancún Challenge Cayman Islands Classic Charleston Classic Diamond Head Classic Empire Classic Emerald Coast Classic ESPN Events Invitational Fort Myers Tip-Off Greenbrier Tip-Off Gulf Coast Showcase Hall of Fame Tip-Off Jacksonville Classic Legends Classic Maui Invitational Myrtle Beach Invitational Nassau Championship NIT Season Tip-Off Paradise Jam Phil Knight Invitational Players Era Festival Rady Children's Invitational Sunshine Slam Vegas Showdown
Defunct Early season	All-College Basketball Classic Asheville Championship Belfast Classic Coaches vs. Cancer Classic Continental Tire Main Event Corpus Christi Coastal Classic Crossover Classic DirecTV Classic Great Alaska Shootout Global Sports Classic Jamaica Classic Las Vegas Classic Las Vegas Invitational Northern Classic Puerto Rico Tip-Off Savannah Invitational SoCal Challenge Southland Basketball Tip-Off Vancouver Showcase
Conference postseason	ACC America East The American ASUN Atlantic 10 Big 12 Big East Big Sky Big South Big Ten Big West CAA Conference USA Horizon Ivy League MAAC MEAC Mid-American Missouri Valley Mountain West Northeast Ohio Valley Pac-12 (on hiatus until 2027) Patriot SEC Southern Southland SWAC Sun Belt Summit WAC West Coast
Defunct Conference postseason	American South American West Big Eight East Coast Great Midwest Great West Metro Southwest
Postseason	NCAA Division I Tournament National Invitation Tournament College Basketball Invitational CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament College Basketball Crown (starting in 2025)
Defunct Postseason	The Basketball Classic Vegas 16 National Commissioners Invitational Tournament National Intercollegiate Basketball Tournament

Division II

Conference postseason	CCAA CACC Carolinas East Coast Great American GLIAC GLVC G-MAC Great Northwest Gulf South Lone Star Mountain East Northeast-10 Northern Sun Pacific West Peach Belt PSAC RMAC South Atlantic SIAC Sunshine State
Defunct Conference postseason	Heartland
Postseason	NCAA Division II Tournament

Division III

Conference postseason	Allegheny Mountain American Rivers American Southwest Atlantic East C2C Centennial CUNYAC CCIW CCS Commonwealth Coast Empire 8 Great Northeast HCAC Landmark Liberty Little East MASCAC Michigan Middle Atlantic (MAC Commonwealth and MAC Freedom) Midwest Minnesota NESCAC NEWMAC New Jersey North Atlantic NACC NCAC Northwest Ohio Old Dominion Presidents' SAA SCIAC SLIAC Skyline SCAC SUNYAC United East Upper Midwest USA South Wisconsin
Defunct Conference postseason	ACAA Colonial States NECC
Postseason	NCAA Division III Tournament ECAC Tournaments

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