MGM Resorts Main Event

The MGM Resorts Main Event is an 8 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. Games are held at the T-Mobile Arena beginning in 2017, with previous season being held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.[1] Starting in 2018, the Middleweight Bracket will be played at Cox Pavilion. Formerly known as the MGM Grand Main Event and the Men Who Speak Up Main Event, the tournament features two four-team brackets with each team playing two games in Las Vegas. Opening round games are played on campus.

MGM Resorts Main Event

Logo of the MGM Resorts Main Event
Sport	College Basketball
Founded	2014
No. of teams	8
Country	United States
Venue(s)	T-Mobile Arena Cox Pavilion
Most recent champion(s)	UNLV
TV partner(s)	ESPN2
Sponsor(s)	MGM Resorts International
Official website	MGM Resorts Main Event

2019

Heavyweight Bracket

	First Round November 24					Championship November 26
	23	Colorado	56
		Wyoming	41
						21	Colorado	71
							Clemson	67
		Clemson	62^OT
		TCU	60			Consolation November 26
							Wyoming	47
							TCU	64

Middleweight Bracket

Played at Ed Clark High School.

	Detroit Mercy	UC Irvine	Louisiana
Detroit Mercy	—
UC Irvine		—
Louisiana			—

2018

Heavyweight Bracket

	First Round November 19					Championship November 21
		Arizona State	72
	15	Mississippi State	67
							Arizona State	87
							Utah State	82
		Saint Mary's	63
		Utah State	80			Consolation November 21
						15	Mississippi State	61
							Saint Mary's	57

Middleweight Bracket

Played at Cox Pavilion.

	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

2017[2]

• All times are Eastern.

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[3]

Heavyweight Bracket

	First Round November 21					Championship November 23 ESPN2
	Saint Louis		62
	BYU		92
						BYU		89
						Valparaiso		92
	Alabama		60
	Valparaiso		68			Consolation November 23
						Saint Louis		57
						Alabama		62

Middleweight Bracket

November 21 Ball State 79 Coppin State 77

November 21 Coastal Carolina 83 Southern Utah 68

November 23 Ball State 94 Southern Utah 83

2015[4]

Heavyweight Bracket

	First Round November 23					Championship November 25 ESPN2
	Clemson		65
	UMass		82
						UMass		76
						Creighton		97
	Creighton		85
	Rutgers		75			Consolation November 25
						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

Heavyweight Bracket

	First Round November 24					Championship November 26
		Oregon State	53
		Oklahoma State	66
							Oklahoma State	73
							Tulsa	58
		Auburn	35
		Tulsa	53			Consolation November 26
							Oregon State	69
							Auburn	71

Middleweight Bracket

On October 6, 2014 The Middleweight Bracket was revised to a Round robin format.[5]

	Milwaukee	Louisiana–Lafayette	Oral Roberts
Milwaukee	—	56–62	66–67
Louisiana–Lafayette	62–56	—	76–52
Oral Roberts	67–66	52–76	—

References

1. "bd Global announces 2014 MGM Grand Showcase & Main Event". bd global. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
2. "2017 Main Event schedule & brackets announced". bdGlobal. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
3. "2016 Main Event schedule & brackets announced". bdGlobal. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
4. "2015 Main Event schedule & brackets annoucned". bdGlobal. Archived from the original on 23 June 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
5. "Revised Middleweight Bracket schedule announced". Retrieved 21 November 2014.

External links

• Men Who Speak Up Main Event