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) 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.
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
Brackets
* – Denotes overtime period
2023 - Continental Tire Main Event
2022 - Continental Tire Main Event
Campus Game Contender(s):
Norfolk State
Norfolk State University (NSU) is a public historically black university in Norfolk, Virginia. It is a member of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund and Virginia High-Tech Partnership.
History
The institution was founded on September 18, 1935 ...
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Monmouth
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2021 - Roman Main Event
Campus Game Contender(s):
North Dakota State
North Dakota State University (NDSU, formally North Dakota State University of Agriculture and Applied Sciences) is a public land-grant research university in Fargo, North Dakota. It was founded as North Dakota Agricultural College in 1890 as th ...
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Tarleton State
Tarleton State University is a public university with its main campus in Stephenville, Texas. It is a founding member of the Texas A&M University System and enrolled over 14,000 students in the fall of 2020.
History
John Tarleton Agricultural ...
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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
2019 - MGM Resorts Main Event
Heavyweight Bracket
Middleweight Bracket
2018 - MGM Resorts Main Event
Heavyweight Bracket
Middleweight Bracket
Campus Game Contender(s):
McNeese State
McNeese State University is a public university in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Founded in 1939 as Lake Charles Junior College, it was renamed McNeese Junior College after John McNeese, an early local educator. The present name was adopted in 1970. ...
(Iona did not play any Campus Games.)
2017 - MGM Resorts Main Event
Heavyweight Bracket
Middleweight Bracket
2016 - Men Who Speak Up Main Event
Heavyweight Bracket
Middleweight Bracket
2015 - Men Who Speak Up Main Event
Heavyweight Bracket
Middleweight Bracket
2014 - MGM Grand Main Event
Heavyweight Bracket
Middleweight Bracket
On October 6, 2014, the Middleweight Bracket was revised to a
Round robin format.
References
External links
Event's Official WebsiteEvent's Official Twitter Account
{{NCAA men's college basketball tournament navbox
College men's basketball competitions in the United States
College basketball tournaments in Nevada
Recurring sporting events established in 2014
2014 establishments in Nevada
Events in Paradise, Nevada