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Wooden Legacy is an annual early-season men's

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competition that began in 2013. It is named in honor of basketball coach John Wooden, whose

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teams won 10 national championships over the 12 seasons from

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History and format

The Wooden Legacy was formed in 2013 by a merger between the Wooden Classic and DirecTV Classic. From 2013 through 2019, eight teams competed in the Wooden Legacy in a three-day, 12-game bracketed tournament, with the games televised on the

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Networks (ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3). From 2013 to 2016, the first two rounds were played at

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on the campus of

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in Fullerton, California, and the final day of competition took place at the

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in Anaheim, California. From 2017 to 2019, all games were played at Titan Gym. Beginning in 2020, plans called for the Wooden Legacy to have a two-day, four-team format,Anonymous, "Hoyas to Participate in Paycom Wooden Legacy in 2020," guhoyas.com, November 26, 2019 4:42:00 PM EST Retrieved March 21, 2020
/ref> with all games played at the

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in Anaheim. The

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forced the cancellation of the 2020 tournament.Anonymous, "ESPN cancels college basketball bubble plans in Orlando," ''The Athletic'', October 26, 2020 Accessed March 7, 2021.
/ref> The four-team, two-day tournament format instead debuted in 2021, with the semifinals and championship game televised by ESPN2 and the third-place game by ESPNU.

Brackets

* – Denotes overtime period

2022

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* Saint Mary's * Vanderbilt *

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The tournament is set to take place from November 23-24, 2022.

2021

2020

Originally, Georgetown,

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, and

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committed to play in the 2020 Wooden Legacy.Pierson, Tracy, "Report: UCLA to Face Seton Hall in Wooden Legacy," October 10, 2020 Accessed March 7, 2021
/ref> In August 2020, the Pac-12 Conference announced the cancellation of all sports events for its member schools until January 1, 2021, because of the

, threatening UCLA's participation; despite this, UCLA never withdrew from the Wooden Legacy. In the first round, Georgetown was expected to face Kansas and UCLA to play Virginia. In September 2020,

announced plans to move the college basketball nonconference events it planned to run in November and December 2020, including the Wooden Legacy, to the

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, in an effort to keep players and staffs safer during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The announcement prompted Georgetown and Virginia to withdraw from the tournament, and

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and Boise State replaced them. Ultimately, however, ESPN canceled all the 2020 tournaments, including the Wooden Legacy, in late October 2020.

2019

2018

Campus Site Games

2017

Campus Site Games

2016

2015

2014

2013

References

External links

Official Site
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