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Roman Main Event
File:Mgm main event.png
SportCollege Basketball
Founded2014
No. of teams4
CountryUnited States
Venue(s)T-Mobile Arena
Cox Pavilion
Most recent
champion(s)		Arizona
TV partner(s)ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU
Sponsor(s)Continental Tire
Official websiteContinental Tire Main Event

The Continental Tire Main Event is a 4 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, Men Who Speak Up Main Event, and Roman 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.

Brackets

* – Denotes overtime period

2022

First RoundChampionship
November 18
 Baylor
November 20
 Virginia
 
November 18
 
 Illinois
 UCLA
Consolation
November 20
 
 

The tournament is set to take place from November 18 and 20, 2022.[2]

2021

First RoundChampionship
November 19
Arizona82*
November 21
 Wichita State78
 Arizona80
November 19
4Michigan62
4Michigan74
 UNLV61
Consolation
November 21
 Wichita State74
 UNLV73

2019

Heavyweight Bracket

First RoundChampionship
November 24
23Colorado56
November 26
 Wyoming41
21Colorado71
November 24
 Clemson67
 Clemson62*
 TCU60
Consolation
November 26
 Wyoming47
 TCU64

Middleweight Bracket

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

*Games Played at Ed Clark High School

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

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

[3]

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

[4]

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

2015

[5]

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.[6] [7]

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

Future Fields

2022

Baylor, UCLA, Virginia, Illinois[8]

References

  1. ^ "bd Global announces 2014 MGM Grand Showcase & Main Event". bd global. 23 July 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  2. ^ "2022-23 Men's College Basketball Early Season Tournaments and Exempt Multi-Team Events (MTEs)". SB Nation. April 22, 2022. Retrieved April 25, 2022.
  3. ^ "2017 Main Event schedule & brackets announced". bdGlobal. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  4. ^ "2016 Main Event schedule & brackets announced". bdGlobal. 15 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  5. ^ "2015 Main Event schedule & brackets announced". bdGlobal. Archived from the original on 23 June 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  6. ^ "Revised Middleweight Bracket schedule announced". Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  7. ^ "2015 Main Event schedule & brackets announced". bdGlobal. Archived from the original on 23 June 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  8. ^ Rothstein, Jon (14 October 2021). "Baylor, UCLA, Virginia, Illinois to headline 2022 Roman Main Event". College Hoops Today. College Hoops Today. Retrieved 14 October 2021.

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