Charleston Classic

Charleston Classic
Charleston Classic
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Sport College Basketball
Founded 2008
Inaugural season 2008
No. of teams 8
Country(ies)  United States
Most recent champion(s) Georgetown Hoyas (2010)
Most titles Clemson Tigers (1)
Miami Hurricanes (1)
Georgetown Hoyas (1)
TV partner(s) ESPN
Official website CharlestonClassic.com

The Charleston Classic is a three-day invitational college basketball season-opening tournament held in Charleston, South Carolina. An ESPN-owned and operated event, it is contested at the brand new Carolina First Arena, home of the College of Charleston. Each team plays three games in three days. The Southern Conference (SoCon) serves as the event’s sponsoring conference and host. The inaugural tournament was held November 14–16, 2008.

Contents

2008 tournament

Bracket

[1]

  Quarterfinals,
November 14
1st-4th place semifinals,
November 15
Title,
November 16
                           
   SIU Edwardsville 66  
 Charleston 72  
   Charleston 65  
   Temple 70  
 Temple 79
   East Tenn. State 65  
     Temple 72
   Clemson 76
   Clemson 98  
 Hofstra 69  
   Clemson 70
   Texas Christian 58  
 Texas Christian 67
   Western Michigan 63  
  3rd place consolation,
November 16
 Charleston 86
 Texas Christian 75
  5th-8th place Semifinals,
November 15
5th place consolation,
November 16
                 
 SIU Edwardsville 62  
 East Tenn. State 65  
     East Tenn. State 75
   Hofstra 76
 Hofstra 71
 Western Michigan 68  
  7th place consolation,
November 16
 SIU Edwardsville 83
 Western Michigan 72

2008 standings

Place Conf. School Record
1st ACC Clemson 3–0
2nd A-10 Temple 2–1
3rd SoCon Charleston 2–1
4th MWC Texas Christian 1–2
5th CAA Hofstra 2–1
6th A-Sun East Tenn. State 1–2
7th OVC SIU Edwardsville 1–2
8th MAC Western Michigan 0–3

2009 Tournament

ESPN confirmed that the 2009 field of eight schools have been selected for the tournament as follows: South Carolina, La Salle, Miami, Penn State, South Florida, Tulane, UNC Wilmington and Davidson.[2] Davidson was the representative from the host Southern Conference. The tournament was held from November 19–22, 2009.[2]

Bracket

[3]
scores ESPN scores

  Quarterfinals,
November 19
1st-4th place semifinals,
November 20
Title,
November 22
                           
   Tulane 54  
 Miami 74  
     Miami 67  
     UNC Wilmington 60  
 UNC Wilmington 80
   Penn State 69  
       Miami 85
     South Carolina 70
   South Florida 65  
 Davidson 58  
     South Florida 66
     South Carolina 69  
 La Salle 68
   South Carolina 78  
  3rd place consolation,
November 22
 UNC Wilmington 66
 South Florida 74
  5th-8th place Semifinals,
November 20
5th place consolation,
November 22
                 
 Tulane 63  
 Penn State 60  
     Tulane 59
   La Salle 61
 Davidson 70
 La Salle 84  
  7th place consolation,
November 22
 Penn State 59
 Davidson 57

2009 standings

Place Conf. School Record
1st ACC Miami (Fla) 3–0
2nd SEC South Carolina 2–1
3rd Big East South Florida 2–1
4th CAA UNC Wilmington 1–2
5th A-10 LaSalle 2–1
6th CUSA Tulane 1–2
7th Big Ten Penn State 1–2
8th SoCon Davidson 0–3

2010 Tournament

Bracket

[4]

  Quarterfinals,
November 18
1st-4th place semifinals,
November 19
Title,
November 21
                           
   Coastal Carolina 61  
 Georgetown 80  
     Georgetown 74  
     Wofford 59  
 USC Upstate 61
   Wofford 79  
       Georgetown 82
     NC State 67
   East Carolina 65  
 NC State 85  
     NC State 78
     George Mason 65  
 George Mason 78
   Charlotte 56  
  3rd place consolation,
November 21
 Wofford 82
 George Mason 79
  5th-8th place Semifinals,
November 19
5th place consolation,
November 21
                 
 Coastal Carolina 71  
 USC Upstate 50  
     Coastal Carolina 79
   Charlotte 75
 East Carolina 63
 Charlotte 74  
  7th place consolation,
November 21
 USC Upstate 67
 East Carolina 75

2010 standings

Place Conf. School Record
1st Big East Georgetown 3–0
2nd ACC NC State 2–1
3rd SoCon Wofford 2–1
4th CAA George Mason 1–2
5th Big South Coastal Carolina 2–1
6th A-10 Charlotte 1–2
7th C-USA East Carolina 1–2
8th A-Sun USC Upstate 0–3

2011 Tournament

  Quarterfinals,
November 17
1st-4th place semifinals,
November 18
Title,
November 20
                           
   Tulsa 65  
 Western Kentucky 49  
     Tulsa 65  
     Northwestern 69  
 LSU 82
   Northwestern 88  
       Northwestern
     Seton Hall
   VCU 54  
  Seton Hall 69  
     Seton Hall 78
     St. Joseph's 70  
 Georgia Tech 53
   St. Joseph's 66  
  3rd place consolation,
November 20
 Tulsa
 St. Joseph's
  5th-8th place Semifinals,
November 18
5th place consolation,
November 20
                 
 Western Kentucky 57  
 LSU 76  
     LSU 59
   Georgia Tech 50
 VCU 60
 Georgia Tech 73  
  7th place consolation,
November 20
 Western Kentucky 64
 VCU 69

[5]

Note: The 2011 tournament will be the first Classic without the host Southern Conference (SoCon) sending a representative.

2011 standings

Place Conf. School Record
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th SEC LSU 2-1
6th ACC Georgia Tech 1-2
7th CAA VCU 1-2
8th Southland Western Kentucky 0-3

Future Fields

2012[6]

  • Baylor
  • Boston College
  • College of Charleston
  • Dayton
  • St. John's
  • Southern Illinois
  • One Team TBA

References

  1. ^ http://www.charlestonclassic.com/bracket.php
  2. ^ a b http://www.charlestonclassic.com/about.php
  3. ^ http://www.charlestonclassic.com/pdfs/09CCBracket.pdf
  4. ^ http://athletics.wofford.edu/documents/2010/9/13/2010_Charleston_Classic_Bracket.pdf?id=1860
  5. ^ http://assets.espn.go.com/photo/2011/0803/ncb_charlstnclssicbrckt.pdf
  6. ^ "Men's Basketball to play in 2012 Charleston Classi". SIUSalukies.com. http://www.siusalukis.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/111811aaa.html. Retrieved 18 November 2011. 

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