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| Formerly | MGM Grand Main Event (2014) Men Who Speak Up Main Event (2015–2016) MGM Resorts Main Event (2017–2019) Men's Vegas Bubble (2020) Roman Main Event (2021) |
|---|---|
| Sport | College Basketball |
| Founded | 2014 |
| Ceased | 2023 |
| Owner | bdG Sports |
| No. of teams | 4 |
| Country | United States |
| Venues | Heavyweight Bracket T-Mobile Arena (2017–present) MGM Grand Garden Arena (2014–2016) Middleweight Bracket Ed W. Clark High School (2019) Cox Pavilion (2018) T-Mobile Arena (2017) MGM Grand Garden Arena (2014–2016) |
| Last champion | San Diego State |
| Broadcasters | ESPN (2021–2022) ESPN2,ESPNU (2014–2019, 2021–present) FloHoops (2020) ESPN+ (2023–present) |
| Sponsor | Continental Tire |
| Related competitions | Ball Dawgs Classic |
| Official website | Continental Tire Main Event |
TheContinental Tire Main Event (formerly known as theMGM Grand Main Event,Men Who Speak Up Main Event,MGM Resorts Main Event,Roman Main Event,Men's Vegas Bubble[1]) was a four-teamcollege basketball tournament held during Monday and Wednesday ofThanksgiving week of theNCAADivision I men's basketball season, with the inaugural tournament beginning in 2014.
The tournament originally featured two four-team brackets (labeled Heavyweight and Middleweight) with each team playing two games inLas 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.
| Year | Team | Bracket |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Oklahoma State | Heavyweight |
| Round Robin – No Winner | Middleweight | |
| 2015 | Creighton | Heavyweight |
| Howard | Middleweight | |
| 2016 | Valparaiso | Heavyweight |
| Round Robin – No Winner | Middleweight | |
| 2017 | UNLV | Heavyweight |
| Prairie View A&M | Middleweight | |
| 2018 | Arizona State | Heavyweight |
| Utah Valley | Middleweight | |
| 2019 | Colorado | Heavyweight |
| Round Robin – No Winner | Middleweight | |
| 2020 | Baylor | - |
| 2021 | Arizona | − |
| 2022 | Virginia | − |
| 2023 | San Diego State | − |
* – Denotes overtime period
| First Round November 17 ESPN+/ESPN2 | Championship November 19 ESPN2 | |||||||
| Saint Mary's | 54 | |||||||
| San Diego State | 79 | |||||||
| San Diego State | 100* | |||||||
| Washington | 97 | |||||||
| Washington | 74 | |||||||
| Xavier | 71 | |||||||
| Consolation November 19 ESPN+ | ||||||||
| Saint Mary's | 49 | |||||||
| Xavier | 66 | |||||||
| First Round November 18 ESPN2/ESPNU | Championship November 20 ESPN | |||||||
| 5 | Baylor | 79 | ||||||
| 16 | Virginia | 86 | ||||||
| 16 | Virginia | 70 | ||||||
| 19 | Illinois | 61 | ||||||
| 19 | Illinois | 79 | ||||||
| 8 | UCLA | 70 | ||||||
| Consolation November 20 ESPN | ||||||||
| 5 | Baylor | 80 | ||||||
| 8 | UCLA | 75 | ||||||
Campus-game contender(s):Norfolk State beatMonmouth 64–59.
| First Round November 19 ESPNU/ESPN2 | Championship November 21 ESPN | |||||||
| Arizona | 82* | |||||||
| Wichita State | 78 | |||||||
| Arizona | 80 | |||||||
| 4 | Michigan | 62 | ||||||
| 4 | Michigan | 74 | ||||||
| UNLV | 61 | |||||||
| Consolation November 21 ESPN2 | ||||||||
| Wichita State | 74 | |||||||
| UNLV | 73 | |||||||
Campus-game contender(s):North Dakota State beatTarleton State 54–53.
The event had a unique format due to theCOVID-19 pandemic. It also adopted the temporary name "Men's Vegas Bubble" and aired onFloHoops. Despite including Baylor as the 2020 champion, no other records from this year are included in the tournament's history and records page.[3]
| Date | Time | Winner | Loser | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 inPacific Time. | ||||
| First Round November 24 ESPN3/ESPN2 | Championship November 26 ESPN2 | |||||||
| 23 | Colorado | 56 | ||||||
| Wyoming | 41 | |||||||
| 21 | Colorado | 71 | ||||||
| Clemson | 67 | |||||||
| Clemson | 62* | |||||||
| TCU | 60 | |||||||
| Consolation November 26 FloSports | ||||||||
| Wyoming | 47 | |||||||
| TCU | 64 | |||||||
| Detroit Mercy | UC Irvine | Louisiana | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Mercy | — | 86–74 | 62–81 |
| UC Irvine | 74–86 | — | 92–67 |
| Louisiana | 81–62 | 67–92 | — |
| First Round November 19 ESPNU/ESPN3 | Championship November 21 ESPNU | ||||||||
| Arizona State | 72 | ||||||||
| 15 | Mississippi State | 67 | |||||||
| Arizona State | 87 | ||||||||
| Utah State | 82 | ||||||||
| Saint Mary's | 63 | ||||||||
| Utah State | 80 | Consolation November 21 BD Global | |||||||
| 15 | Mississippi State | 61 | |||||||
| Saint Mary's | 57 | ||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||
Campus-game contender(s):McNeese State (Iona did not play any campus games.)
| 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 | ||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||
| First Round November 21 YouTube | Championship November 23 ESPN2 | ||||||||
| Saint Louis | 62 | ||||||||
| BYU | 92 | ||||||||
| BYU | 89 | ||||||||
| Valparaiso | 92 | ||||||||
| Alabama | 60 | ||||||||
| Valparaiso | 68 | Consolation November 23 YouTube | |||||||
| Saint Louis | 57 | ||||||||
| Alabama | 62 | ||||||||
| Ball State | Coppin State | Coastal Carolina | Southern Utah | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ball State | — | 79–77 | — | 94–83 |
| Coppin State | 77–79 | — | 59–89 | — |
| Coastal Carolina | — | 89-59 | — | 83–68 |
| Southern Utah | 94–83 | — | 68–83 | — |
| First Round November 23 YouTube | Championship November 25 ESPN2 | ||||||||
| Clemson | 65 | ||||||||
| UMass | 82 | ||||||||
| UMass | 76 | ||||||||
| Creighton | 97 | ||||||||
| Creighton | 85 | ||||||||
| Rutgers | 75 | Consolation November 25 ESPN2 | |||||||
| Clemson | 76 | ||||||||
| Rutgers | 58 | ||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||
| First Round November 24 ESPN3/ESPNU | Championship November 26 ESPN2 | ||||||||
| Oregon State | 53 | ||||||||
| Oklahoma State | 66 | ||||||||
| Oklahoma State | 73 | ||||||||
| Tulsa | 58 | ||||||||
| Auburn | 35 | ||||||||
| Tulsa | 53 | Consolation November 26 ESPN3 | |||||||
| Oregon State | 69 | ||||||||
| Auburn | 71 | ||||||||
On October 6, 2014, the Middleweight Bracket was revised to around-robin format.[8]
| Milwaukee | Louisiana–Lafayette | Oral Roberts | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milwaukee | — | 56–52 | 66–69 |
| Louisiana–Lafayette | 52–56 | — | 76–52 |
| Oral Roberts | 69–66 | 52–76 | — |