Main Event (college basketball)

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Main Event (college basketball)

Formerly	MGM Grand Main Event (2014) Men Who Speak Up Main Event (2015-2016) MGM Resorts Main Event (2017-2019) Men's Vegas Bubble (2020) Roman Main Event (2021)
Sport	College Basketball
Founded	2014
Ceased	2023
Owner(s)	bdG Sports
No. of teams	4
Country	United States
Venue(s)	Heavyweight Bracket T-Mobile Arena (2017-present) MGM Grand Garden Arena (2014-2016) Middleweight Bracket Ed W. Clark High School (2019) Cox Pavilion (2018) T-Mobile Arena (2017) MGM Grand Garden Arena (2014-2016)
Last champion(s)	San Diego State
TV partner(s)	ESPN (2021-2022) ESPN2, ESPNU (2014-2019, 2021-present) FloHoops (2020) ESPN+ (2023-present)
Sponsor(s)	Continental Tire
Related competitions	Ball Dawgs Classic
Official website	Continental Tire Main Event

The Continental Tire Main Event (formerly known as the MGM Grand Main Event, Men Who Speak Up Main Event, MGM Resorts Main Event, Roman Main Event, Men's Vegas Bubble) was a four-team college basketball tournament held during Monday and Wednesday of Thanksgiving week of NCAA Division I men's basketball season, with the inaugural tournament beginning in 2014.

Tournament Format

The tournament originally featured two four-team brackets (labeled Heavyweight and Middleweight) with each team playing two games in Las Vegas. Members of the Heavyweight bracket each host at least one member of the Middleweight bracket on campus before the tournament. Since the Middleweight bracket's dissolution in 2021, the tournament continues to find opponents for members of the formerly named Heavyweight bracket to host on campus that would have played in the Middleweight bracket.

While the Heavyweight bracket pool always features four teams, the Middleweight bracket pool's size is variable, ranging from as little as two teams to as many as five. Despite this, only up to four teams in the Middleweight bracket pool played in Las Vegas. Since 2021, two teams that would have played in the Middleweight bracket each play two Heavyweight opponents before facing each other on campus.

Tournament champions

Year	Team	Bracket
2014	Oklahoma State	Heavyweight
2014	Round Robin - No Winner	Middleweight
2015	Creighton	Heavyweight
2015	Howard	Middleweight
2016	Valparaiso	Heavyweight
2016	Round Robin - No Winner	Middleweight
2017	UNLV	Heavyweight
2017	Prairie View A&M	Middleweight
2018	Arizona State	Heavyweight
2018	Utah Valley	Middleweight
2019	Colorado	Heavyweight
2019	Round Robin - No Winner	Middleweight
2020	Baylor	-
2021	Arizona	−
2022	Virginia	−
2023	San Diego State	−

Brackets

* – Denotes overtime period

2023 - Continental Tire Main Event


First Round November 17 ESPN+/ESPN2		Championship November 19 ESPN2



Saint Mary's	54

San Diego State	79
		San Diego State	100*

		Washington	97
Washington	74

Xavier	71
		Consolation November 19 ESPN+



		Saint Mary's	49

		Xavier	66

2022 - Continental Tire Main Event


First Round November 18 ESPN2/ESPNU			Championship November 20 ESPN



5	Baylor	79

16	Virginia	86
			16	Virginia	70

			19	Illinois	61
19	Illinois	79

8	UCLA	70
			Consolation November 20 ESPN



			5	Baylor	80

			8	UCLA	75

Campus Game Contender(s): Norfolk State beat Monmouth 64-59

2021 - Roman Main Event


First Round November 19 ESPNU/ESPN2			Championship November 21 ESPN



	Arizona	82*

	Wichita State	78
				Arizona	80

			4	Michigan	62
4	Michigan	74

	UNLV	61
			Consolation November 21 ESPN2



				Wichita State	74

				UNLV	73

Campus Game Contender(s): North Dakota State beat Tarleton State 54-53

2020 - Men's Vegas Bubble

The event had a unique format due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. It also adopted the temporary name "Men's Vegas Bubble" and aired on FloHoops. Despite including Baylor as the 2020 champion, no other records from this year are included in the tournament's History and Records page.

Schedule

Date	Time	Winner	Loser	Score
November 28	1 PM	Air Force	CSUN	66-61
November 28	5 PM	Baylor	Louisiana	112-82
November 29	12 PM	Seattle	Air Force	63-45
November 29	3 PM	Baylor	Washington	86-52
November 30	2 PM	CSUN	Seattle	76-65
December 1	1 PM	Cal Riverside	Washington	57-42
WINNERS ARE IN BOLD. Game Time in Pacific Time.

2019 - MGM Resorts Main Event

Heavyweight Bracket


First Round November 24 ESPN3/ESPN2			Championship November 26 ESPN2



23	Colorado	56

	Wyoming	41
			21	Colorado	71

				Clemson	67
	Clemson	62*

	TCU	60
			Consolation November 26 FloSports



				Wyoming	47

				TCU	64

Middleweight Bracket

	Detroit Mercy	UC Irvine	Louisiana
Detroit Mercy	—	86–74	62–81
UC Irvine	74–86	—	92–67
Louisiana	81–62	67–92	—

2018 - MGM Resorts Main Event

Heavyweight Bracket

First Round November 19 ESPNU/ESPN3			Championship November 21 ESPNU

	Arizona State	72

15	Mississippi State	67
				Arizona State	87

				Utah State	82
	Saint Mary's	63

	Utah State	80	Consolation November 21 BD Global


			15	Mississippi State	61

				Saint Mary's	57

Middleweight Bracket

First Round November 19			Championship November 21

	Utah Valley	72

	Hartford	65
				Utah Valley	87

				Long Beach State	72
	Iona	85

	Long Beach State	86	Consolation November 21


				Hartford	75

				Iona	80

Campus Game Contender(s): McNeese State (Iona did not play any Campus Games.)

2017 - MGM Resorts Main Event

Heavyweight Bracket

First Round November 20 AT&T Sportsnet Rocky Mountain AT&T Sportsnet			Championship November 22 ESPN2

	UNLV	95

	Rice	68
				UNLV	85

				Utah	58
	Utah	83

	Ole Miss	74	Consolation November 22 ESPNU


				Rice	62

				Ole Miss	79

Middleweight Bracket

First Round November 20 Flohoops.com			Championship November 22 Flohoops.com

	Prairie View A&M	80

	Eastern Kentucky	70
				Prairie View A&M	71

				Georgia State	56
	Georgia State	68

	Eastern Washington	50	Consolation November 22 Flohoops.com


				Eastern Kentucky	62

				Eastern Washington	83

2016 - Men Who Speak Up Main Event

Heavyweight Bracket

First Round November 21 YouTube		Championship November 23 ESPN2

Saint Louis	62

BYU	92
		BYU	89

		Valparaiso	92
Alabama	60

Valparaiso	68	Consolation November 23 YouTube


		Saint Louis	57

		Alabama	62

Middleweight Bracket

	Ball State	Coppin State	Coastal Carolina	Southern Utah
Ball State	—	79-77	—	94-83
Coppin State	77-79	—	59-89	—
Coastal Carolina	—	89-59	—	83-68
Southern Utah	94-83	—	68-83	—

2015 - Men Who Speak Up Main Event

Heavyweight Bracket

First Round November 23 YouTube		Championship November 25 ESPN2

Clemson	65

UMass	82
		UMass	76

		Creighton	97
Creighton	85

Rutgers	75	Consolation November 25 ESPN2


		Clemson	76

		Rutgers	58

Middleweight Bracket

First Round November 23		Championship November 25

UTSA	84

Central Arkansas	98
		Central Arkansas	54

		Howard	73
Texas Southern	81

Howard	87	Consolation November 25


		UTSA	80

		Texas Southern	91

2014 - MGM Grand Main Event

Heavyweight Bracket

First Round November 24 ESPN3/ESPNU			Championship November 26 ESPN2

	Oregon State	53

	Oklahoma State	66
				Oklahoma State	73

				Tulsa	58
	Auburn	35

	Tulsa	53	Consolation November 26 ESPN3


				Oregon State	69

				Auburn	71

Middleweight Bracket

On October 6, 2014, the Middleweight Bracket was revised to a Round robin format.

	Milwaukee	Louisiana–Lafayette	Oral Roberts
Milwaukee	—	56–52	66–69
Louisiana–Lafayette	52–56	—	76–52
Oral Roberts	69–66	52–76	—

References

"Men's Vegas Bubble".
"San Diego State, Xavier, Washington & Saint Mary's headed to Vegas for Continental Tire Main Event". 24 June 2023.
"HISTORY & RECORDS".
"2017 Main Event schedule & brackets announced". bdGlobal. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
"2016 Main Event schedule & brackets announced". bdGlobal. 15 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
"2015 Main Event schedule & brackets announced". bdGlobal. Archived from the original on 23 June 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
"bd Global announces 2014 MGM Grand Showcase & Main Event". bd global. 23 July 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
"Revised Middleweight Bracket schedule announced". Retrieved 21 November 2014.

External links

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