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 the 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 TeamBracket 2014Oklahoma StateHeavyweight Round Robin – No WinnerMiddleweight2015 CreightonHeavyweight HowardMiddleweight2016 ValparaisoHeavyweight Round Robin – No WinnerMiddleweight2017 UNLVHeavyweight Prairie View A&MMiddleweight2018 Arizona StateHeavyweight Utah ValleyMiddleweight2019 ColoradoHeavyweight Round Robin – No WinnerMiddleweight2020 Baylor2021 Arizona −2022 Virginia −2023 San Diego State −

Brackets * – Denotes overtime period

2023 – Continental Tire Main Event Source:

2022 – Continental Tire Main Event

Campus-game contender(s): Norfolk State beat Monmouth 64–59.

2021 – Roman Main Event

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 DateTimeWinnerLoserScore November 28 1 p.m. Air Force CSUN 66–61 5 p.m. Baylor Louisiana 112–82 November 29 12 p.m. Seattle Air Force 63–45 3 p.m. Baylor Washington 86–52 November 30 2 p.m. CSUN Seattle 76–65 December 1 1 p.m. Cal Riverside Washington 57–42 WINNERS ARE IN BOLD.Game times in Pacific Time.

2019 – MGM Resorts Main Event Heavyweight Bracket

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

2018 – MGM Resorts Main Event Heavyweight Bracket

Middleweight Bracket

Campus-game contender(s): McNeese State (Iona did not play any campus games.)

2017 – MGM Resorts Main Event Source:

Heavyweight Bracket

Middleweight Bracket

2016 – Men Who Speak Up Main Event Source:

Heavyweight Bracket

Middleweight Bracket Ball State Coppin State Coastal Carolina Southern Utah Ball State — 79–77 — 94–83 Coppin State 77–79 — 59–89 — Coastal Carolina — — 83–68 Southern Utah 94–83 — 68–83 —

2015 – Men Who Speak Up Main Event Source:

Heavyweight Bracket

Middleweight Bracket

2014 – MGM Grand Main Event Source: Heavyweight Bracket

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

External links Event's Official Website Event's Official Twitter Account