Acrisure Invitational

American college basketball tournament

Not to be confused with the Acrisure Classic or the Acrisure Holiday Invitational.

Acrisure Invitational

Logo for inaugural event

Sport| College Basketball
Founded| 2023
No. of teams| 4
Country| United States
Venue(s)| Acrisure Arena
Most recent
champion(s)| Washington
Most titles| Hawai'i, Washington (1)
TV partner(s)| TruTV[1] (2024)
Sponsor(s)| Acrisure
Official website| Acrisure Invitational

The Acrisure Invitational is a four-team NCAA Division I college basketball tournament played on the two days following Thanksgiving, at Acrisure Arena in Thousand Palms, California. The tournament is a part of the Acrisure series.[2]

## Bracket

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### 2024

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| Semifinals
November 28
TruTV | | | Championship
November 29
TruTV |

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| TCU | 52 | |
| Santa Clara | 69 |
| | Santa Clara | 69 |
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| | | Washington | 76 |
| Washington | 73 |
| Colorado State | 67 | | | Third Place
November 29
TruTV
| | TCU | 72
| | Colorado State | 76*

### 2023

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The 2023 event featured Arkansas State, Hawaii, San Diego and UT Rio Grande Valley.[3][4]

Game recaps: [5][6][7][8]

| Semifinals
November 24 | | | Championship
November 25 |

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| UT Rio Grande Valley | 57 | |
| Hawai'i | 76 |
| | San Diego | 66 |
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| | | Hawai'i | 77 |
| San Diego | 71 |
| Arkansas State | 57 | | | Third Place
| | Arkansas State | 75
| | UT Rio Grande Valley | 58

Noel Coleman of Hawaii was named most valuable player.[9]

## References

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1. ^ "TNT Sports to Present Comprehensive Live Coverage of NCAA College Basketball Acrisure Series in Palm Springs – Tuesday, Nov. 26-Friday, Nov. 29 – on truTV & Max". August 22, 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
2. ^ "Acrisure Series". Acrisure Arena. Acrisure Arena. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
3. ^ "Acrisure Invitational: Day 1". Acrisure Arena. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
4. ^ Dobbertean, Chris (November 30, 2023). "2023–24 Men's College Basketball Early Season Tournaments and Exempt Multi-Team Events (MTEs)". SBNation. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
5. ^ "Cotton's 23 Points Lead Hawaii past UT Rio Grande Valley 76–57". The Associated Press. November 24, 2023. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
6. ^ "Turner Scores 18 and San Diego Defeats Arkansas State 71–57". The Associated Press. November 25, 2023. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
7. ^ "Hawaii Off to 5–0 Start with Win over San Diego". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. November 25, 2023. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
8. ^ "Arkansas State Bounces Back with Win over UTRGV". KTLO. November 26, 2023. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
9. ^ Powers, Shad (November 25, 2023). "Hawaii Smothers San Diego to Earn Inaugural Acrisure Invitational Championship". Palm Springs Desert Sun. Retrieved December 6, 2023.

## External links

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NCAA men's college basketball tournaments

Division I|

| Early season|

* Acrisure Classic
* Acrisure Holiday Invitational
* Acrisure Invitational
* Arizona Tip-Off
* Bahamas Championship
* Battle 4 Atlantis
* Big 5 Classic
* Boardwalk Battle
* Cancún Challenge
* Cayman Islands Classic
* Charleston Classic
* Diamond Head Classic
* Empire Classic
* Emerald Coast Classic
* ESPN Events Invitational
* Fort Myers Tip-Off
* Greenbrier Tip-Off
* Gulf Coast Showcase
* Hall of Fame Tip-Off
* Jacksonville Classic
* Legends Classic
* Maui Invitational
* Myrtle Beach Invitational
* Nassau Championship
* NIT Season Tip-Off
* Paradise Jam
* Phil Knight Invitational
* Players Era Festival
* Rady Children's Invitational
* Sunshine Slam
* Vegas Showdown

|

Defunct
Early season|

* All-College Basketball Classic
* Asheville Championship
* Belfast Classic
* Coaches vs. Cancer Classic
* Continental Tire Main Event
* Corpus Christi Coastal Classic
* Crossover Classic
* DirecTV Classic
* Great Alaska Shootout
* Global Sports Classic
* Jamaica Classic
* Las Vegas Classic
* Las Vegas Invitational
* Northern Classic
* Puerto Rico Tip-Off
* Savannah Invitational
* SoCal Challenge
* Southland Basketball Tip-Off
* Vancouver Showcase

Conference
postseason|

* ACC
* America East
* The American
* ASUN
* Atlantic 10
* Big 12
* Big East
* Big Sky
* Big South
* Big Ten
* Big West
* CAA
* Conference USA
* Horizon
* Ivy League
* MAAC
* MEAC
* Mid-American
* Missouri Valley
* Mountain West
* Northeast
* Ohio Valley
* Pac-12 (on hiatus until 2027)
* Patriot
* SEC
* Southern
* Southland
* SWAC
* Sun Belt
* Summit
* WAC
* West Coast

Defunct
Conference
postseason|

* American South
* American West
* Big Eight
* East Coast
* Great Midwest
* Great West
* Metro
* Southwest

Postseason|

* NCAA Division I Tournament
* National Invitation Tournament
* College Basketball Invitational
* CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament
* College Basketball Crown (starting in 2025)

Defunct
Postseason|

* The Basketball Classic
* Vegas 16
* National Commissioners Invitational Tournament
* National Intercollegiate Basketball Tournament

Division II|

| Conference
postseason|

* CCAA
* CACC
* Carolinas
* East Coast
* Great American
* GLIAC
* GLVC
* G-MAC
* Great Northwest
* Gulf South
* Lone Star
* Mountain East
* Northeast-10
* Northern Sun
* Pacific West
* Peach Belt
* PSAC
* RMAC
* South Atlantic
* SIAC
* Sunshine State

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Defunct
Conference
postseason|

* Heartland

Postseason|

* NCAA Division II Tournament

Division III|

| Conference
postseason|

* Allegheny Mountain
* American Rivers
* American Southwest
* Atlantic East
* C2C
* Centennial
* CUNYAC
* CCIW
* CCS
* Commonwealth Coast
* Empire 8
* Great Northeast
* HCAC
* Landmark
* Liberty
* Little East
* MASCAC
* Michigan
* Middle Atlantic (MAC Commonwealth and MAC Freedom)
* Midwest
* Minnesota
* NESCAC
* NEWMAC
* New Jersey
* North Atlantic
* NACC
* NCAC
* Northwest
* Ohio
* Old Dominion
* Presidents'
* SAA
* SCIAC
* SLIAC
* Skyline
* SCAC
* SUNYAC
* United East
* Upper Midwest
* USA South
* Wisconsin

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Defunct
Conference
postseason|

* ACAA
* Colonial States
* NECC

Postseason|

* NCAA Division III Tournament
* ECAC Tournaments

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Thanksgiving

History and
traditions

| Canada|

* Samuel de Champlain
* Martin Frobisher
* First Nations

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United States|

* Pilgrims
* Mayflower
* Plymouth Colony
* Plymouth, Massachusetts
* William Bradford
* Edward Winslow
* Mary Brewster
* Susanna White
* Native Americans
* Samoset
* Squanto
* Massasoit
* Wampanoag
* Cornucopia
* National Thanksgiving Proclamation
* Franksgiving
* National Thanksgiving Turkey Presentation
* Sarah Josepha Hale
* Blackout Wednesday
* Abraham Lincoln
* Freedom from Want
* Mourt's Relation
* Friendsgiving

Germany|

* Erntedankfest Düsseldorf-Urdenbach

Cuisine|

* Thanksgiving dinner
* Turkey
* Deep-fried
* Tofurkey
* Turducken
* Stuffing
* Gravy
* Butternut squash
* Apple cider
* Cranberry sauce
* Creamed corn
* Mashed potatoes
* Sweet potatoes
* Succotash
* Green bean casserole
* Pie
* Apple
* Pumpkin
* Pecan
* Sweet Potato

Media

| Songs|

* "Alice's Restaurant"
* "Bless This House"
* "Bringing In the Sheaves"
* "Come, Ye Thankful People, Come"
* "For the Beauty of the Earth"
* "Jingle Bells"
* "Let All Things Now Living"
* "Over the River and Through the Wood"
* "The Thanksgiving Song"
* "We Gather Together"
* "We Plough the Fields and Scatter"
* "You Name It"

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Television|

* "Bart vs. Thanksgiving"
* The Berenstain Bears Meet Bigpaw
* Bugs Bunny's Thanksgiving Diet
* A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
* Garfield's Thanksgiving
* Intergalactic Thanksgiving
* Lady Gaga and the Muppets Holiday Spectacular
* The Mouse on the Mayflower
* "Oprah's Favorite Things"
* Saints & Strangers
* "Slapsgiving"
* "Slapsgiving 2: Revenge of the Slap"
* Star Wars Holiday Special
* "Thanksgiving"
* "Thanksgiving Orphans"
* The Thanksgiving Special
* Turkey Hollow
* "Turkeys Away"
* A Very Gaga Thanksgiving
* A Winnie the Pooh Thanksgiving

Associated
events

| Cultural|

* Christmas and holiday season
* Harvest festival
* List
* Thanksgiving in film
* Thanksgiving television specials
* Winter festivals
* Lighting of the Macy's Great Tree
* National Adoption Day
* Black Friday
* Cyber Black Friday
* National Day of Listening
* Native American Heritage Day
* Small Business Saturday
* Cyber Monday
* Giving Tuesday
* Thanksgivukkah

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Parades|

* Novant Health (Charlotte)
* Chicago
* America's (Detroit)
* Oktoberfest (Kitchener-Waterloo)
* Hollywood Christmas (Los Angeles)
* Macy's (New York City)
* 6abc-Dunkin' Donuts (Philadelphia)
* Celebrate the Season (Pittsburgh)
* America's Hometown (Plymouth)

Protests|

* National Day of Mourning
* Unthanksgiving Day
* Buy Nothing Day

Sports|

| Football|

* NFL on Thanksgiving Day
* CFL Thanksgiving Classic
* Turkey Day Classic

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Turkey trots|

* Berwick Run for the Diamonds
* Buffalo Turkey Trot
* Dallas Turkey Trot
* Feaster Five Road Race
* Manchester Road Race

Others|

* National Dog Show
* Pumpkin chucking / Pumpkin shoot
* Turkey bowling
* Turkey Night Grand Prix

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