The Terry's Chocolate ESPN Events Invitational (previously the ESPN Events Invitational, Orlando Invitational, AdvoCare Invitational, Orlando Classic, and Old Spice Classic) is an annual college basketball tournament originally played over the Thanksgiving weekend—Thursday, Friday, and Sunday. The inaugural tournament was held November 23, 24, and 26, 2006. The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference serves as the host for the event. The tournament is played in the State Farm Field House within the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex that is part of the Walt Disney World Resort in Kissimmee, Florida.
From 2006 through 2023, the tournament consisted of eight teams from separate conferences. All eight teams were guaranteed three games. Teams who lost in the first round moved to the consolation bracket and could finish no better than fifth place, whereas teams who won in the first round moved to the championship bracket and could finish no worse than fourth place. The final ranking of the teams was determined by separate games for first, third, fifth, and seventh places. The 2020 tournament was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In 2024, the tournament had only four teams, with winners in the first (semifinal) round advancing to the championship game. The two teams that lost in the semifinals played in the third-place game.
In 2025, the tournament will last five days, include sixteen teams, and consist of twenty games played across three separate brackets. The tournament will open with the eight-team Adventure Bracket played over its first three days. During the final two days, eight other teams will play in two separate four-team brackets, the Imagination Bracket and the Magic Bracket.
Standings history YearBracketFirst placeSecond placeThird placeFourth placeFifth placeSixth placeSeventh placeEighth place 2006 Arkansas West Virginia Marist Western Michigan Southern Illinois Virginia Tech Montana Minnesota 2007 NC State Villanova George Mason Kansas State South Carolina Rider UCF Penn State 2008 Gonzaga Tennessee Georgetown Maryland Michigan State Wichita State Oklahoma State Siena 2009 Florida State Marquette Alabama Michigan Baylor Xavier Iona Creighton 2010 Notre Dame Wisconsin Boston College California Texas A&M Temple Georgia Manhattan 2011 Dayton Minnesota Indiana State Fairfield DePaul Arizona State Wake Forest Texas Tech 2012 Gonzaga Davidson Oklahoma West Virginia Clemson Marist Vanderbilt UTEP 2013 Memphis Oklahoma State LSU Butler Saint Joseph's Washington State Purdue Siena 2014 Kansas Michigan State Marquette Tennessee Georgia Tech Rhode Island Santa Clara Rider 2015 Xavier Dayton Monmouth USC Alabama Notre Dame Iowa Wichita State 2016 Gonzaga Iowa State Florida Miami Stanford Seton Hall Quinnipiac Indiana State 2017 West Virginia Missouri St. John's UCF Nebraska Long Beach State Oregon State Marist 2018 Villanova Florida State Oklahoma State LSU College of Charleston Memphis UAB Canisius 2019 Maryland Marquette USC Harvard Temple Davidson Fairfield Texas A&M 2020 Invitational not held due to COVID-19 pandemic. 2021 Dayton Belmont Kansas Iona Alabama Miami (FL) North Texas Drake 2022 Oklahoma Ole Miss Siena Seton Hall Memphis Stanford Nebraska Florida State 2023 Florida Atlantic Virginia Tech Texas A&M Iowa State Butler Boise State VCU Penn State 2024 Florida Wichita State Wake Forest MinnesotaN/A2025 Adventure UC San Diego Towson Bradley Liberty Rhode Island Temple Vermont Princeton Imagination Illinois State Furman Richmond CharlotteN/A Magic BYU Dayton Miami GeorgetownN/A
Brackets * – Denotes overtime period
2025 The 2025 Terry's Chocolate ESPN Events Invitational field consisted of sixteen team distributed across three brackets:
The eight-team Adventure bracket was played November 24–26 and consisted of Bradley, UC San Diego, Liberty, Princeton, Rhode Island, Temple, Towson, and Vermont. The four-team Imagination Bracket was played November 27–28 and consisted of Furman, Illinois State, Charlotte, and Richmond. The four-team Magic Bracket was also played November 27–28 and consisted of BYU, Dayton, Georgetown, and Miami.
Adventure bracket
Imagination bracket
Magic bracket
2024
November 28 – November 29
2023 November 23 – November 26
2022 November 24 – November 27
2021
November 25 – November 28
2020 Tournament was scheduled to be played Thursday, November 26 through Sunday, November 29 but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic; the field consisted of Auburn, Belmont, Boise State, Gonzaga, Michigan State, Saint Louis, Siena and Xavier.
2019
November 28–December 1
2018
November 22 – November 25
2017
November 23 – November 26
2016
November 24 – November 27
2015
November 26 – November 29
2014
November 27 – November 30
2013
November 28–December 1
2012
November 24–27
2011
November 24–27
2010
November 25–28
2009
November 26–27, 29
2008
November 27–28, 30
2007
November 22–23, 25
2006
November 23–24, 26
Future fields 2026 Source:
Boston College Cincinnati Georgia UCF
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