The Basketball Classic

Not to be confused with The Basketball League, The Basketball Tournament, or Entertainer's Basketball Classic.
The Basketball Classic
SportBasketball
Founded2022
FounderCollegeInsider.com (under their anti-racism organization's name "Eracism")
First season2021–22
Ceased2022[1]
No. of teams32
CountryUnited States
Last
champion(s)		Fresno State
Most titlesFresno State (1)
TV partner(s)ESPN+
Related
competitions		NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
National Invitational Tournament
College Basketball Invitational
Official websiteWebsite

The Basketball Classic presented by Eracism was[2] a single-elimination, fully-bracketed men's college basketball postseason tournament created in 2022 as a successor to the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament after its scheduled 2020 and 2021 tournaments were cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The tournament featured up to 32 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams not selected to participate in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, the NIT, or the College Basketball Invitational. All games were streamed on ESPN+.[3] In lieu of a traditional bracket, The Basketball Classic used the old NIT model in which the matchups were set after each round.

  1. ^ "NCAA Basketball: An ode to The Basketball Classic (2022-2022)". Retrieved March 22, 2023.
  2. ^ "Announcement Regarding Happening Hoops CBI/Basketball Classic Bracketology". Retrieved March 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "The Basketball Classic presented by Eracism" (PDF) (Press release). The Basketball Classic. Retrieved February 9, 2022.