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Myrtle Beach Invitational

Myrtle Beach Invitational

Formerly| Puerto Rico Tip-Off
Sport| College basketball
Founded| 2018
Founder| ESPN Regional Television
No. of teams| 8
Country| United States
Venue(s)| HTC Center
Conway, South Carolina
Most recent
champion(s)| Bradley
TV partner(s)| ESPN
Official website| espnevents.com/myrtle-beach-invitational/

The Myrtle Beach Invitational is an in-season college basketball tournament owned and operated by ESPN Regional Television that takes place in late November of each year, usually the week before Thanksgiving.

The tournament had its inaugural run in 2018.

## Tournament History

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### Champions

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Year  | School  | Score  | Runner-up

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2018  | UCF | 78–62  | Western Kentucky
2019  | Baylor | 87–78  | Villanova
2021  | Utah State | 73–70  | Oklahoma
2022  | Massachusetts | 60–54  | Charlotte
2023  | Liberty | 71–61  | Vermont
2024  | Bradley | 80-69  | Middle Tennessee

## Brackets

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* – Denotes overtime period

### 2024

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The 2024 tournament will take place at the HTC Center in Conway, South Carolina from November 21–24, 2024.[1]

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5th Place Game
Sunday, November 24| | | Consolation 2nd Round
Friday, November 22| | | First Round
Thursday, November 21| | | Semifinals
Friday, November 22| | | Championship
Sunday, November 24
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| Ohio| 81
| | |
| | | Middle Tennessee| 83*| | |
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| Ohio| 85| | Middle Tennessee| 95
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| | | Portland| 73| | | | | South Florida| 88| |
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| | South Florida| 74|
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| | | | Portland| 68| | |
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| Ohio| 65| | Middle Tennessee| 69
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| Texas State| 74| | | | | Bradley| 80
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| | Bradley| 82|
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| | | Texas State| 68| | |
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| 7th Place Game| Texas State| 83| | Bradley| 77| 3rd Place Game
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| | | | Princeton| 80| | | | | Wright State| 74| | |
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| Portland| 67| | Princeton| 62| | South Florida| 73
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| Princeton| 94| | | Wright State| 80| | | Wright State| 72
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### 2023

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The 2023 tournament took place at the HTC Center in Conway, South Carolina from November 16–19, 2023.[2]

Game recaps:[3] [4] [5]

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5th Place Game
Sunday, November 19| | | Consolation 2nd Round
Friday, November 17| | | First Round
Thursday, November 16| | | Semifinals
Friday, November 17| | | Championship
Sunday, November 19
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| Charleston| 64
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| | | Vermont| 73| | |
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| Charleston| 60| | Vermont| 78
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| | | Wyoming| 67| | | | | Saint Louis| 68| |
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| | Saint Louis| 79|
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| | | | Wyoming| 69| | |
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| Wyoming| 78| | Vermont| 61
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| Furman| 71| | | | | Liberty| 71
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| | Wichita State| 86|
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| | | Coastal Carolina| 77| | |
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| 7th Place Game| Coastal Carolina| 80| | Wichita State| 66| 3rd Place Game
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| | | | Furman| 89| | | | | Liberty| 83| | |
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| Charleston| 80| | Furman| 74| | Saint Louis| 69
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| Coastal Carolina| 72| | | Liberty| 88| | | Wichita State| 90
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### 2022

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The 2022 tournament took place at HTC Center in Conway, South Carolina from November 17–20, 2022.[6]

Game recaps: [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5th Place Game
Sunday, November 20| | | Consolation 2nd Round
Friday, November 18| | | First Round
Thursday, November 17| | | Semifinals
Friday, November 18| | | Championship
Sunday, November 20
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| Colorado| 63
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| | | Massachusetts| 66| | |
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| Colorado| 103| | Massachusetts| 71
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| | | #24 Texas A&M| 75| | | | | Murray State| 69| |
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| | Murray State| 88|
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| | | | #24 Texas A&M| 79| | |
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| Colorado| 55| | Massachusetts| 60
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| Boise State| 68| | | | | Charlotte| 54
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| | Boise State| 42|
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| | | Charlotte| 54| | |
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| 7th Place Game| Boise State| 70| | Charlotte| 68| 3rd Place Game
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| | | | Loyola-Chicago| 48| | | | | Tulsa| 65| | |
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| #24 Texas A&M| 67| | Loyola-Chicago| 66| | Murray State| 77
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| Loyola-Chicago| 51| | | Tulsa| 85| | | Tulsa| 60
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### 2021

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[19][20]

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5th Place Game
Sunday, November 21| | | Consolation 2nd Round
Friday, November 19| | | First Round
Thursday, November 18| | | Semifinals
Friday, November 19| | | Championship
Sunday, November 21
| | | | |
| Davidson| 64
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| | | New Mexico State| 75| | |
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| Davidson| 72| | New Mexico State| 58
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| | | Penn| 60| | | | | Utah State| 85| |
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| | Penn| 79|
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| | | | Utah State| 87**| | |
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| Davidson| 76| | Utah State| 73
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| East Carolina| 67| | | | | Oklahoma| 70
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| | Oklahoma| 79|
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| | | East Carolina| 74| | |
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| 7th Place Game| East Carolina| 73| | Oklahoma| 87| 3rd Place Game
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| | | | Old Dominion| 60| | | | | Indiana State| 63| | |
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| Penn| 71| | Indiana State| 77| | New Mexico State| 80
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| Old Dominion| 63| | | Old Dominion| 36| | | Indiana State| 66
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### 2019

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[21][22]

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5th Place Game
November 24| | | Consolation 2nd Round
November 24| | | First Round
November 21| | | Semifinals
November 22| | | Championship
November 24
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| 17| Villanova| 98
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| | | | Middle Tennessee| 69| | |
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| Middle Tennessee| 74| | 17| Villanova| 83
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| | | Tulane| 86| | | | | | Mississippi State| 76| |
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| | Mississippi State| 80|
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| | | | Tulane| 66| | |
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| Tulane| 65| | 17| Villanova| 78
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| Utah| 61| | | | | 24| Baylor| 87
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| | | Ohio| 53|
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| | | 24| Baylor| 76| | |
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| 7th Place Game| Ohio| 66| | 24| Baylor| 77| 3rd Place Game
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| | | | Utah| 80| | | | | | Coastal Carolina| 65| | |
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| Middle Tennessee| 63| | Utah| 57| | Mississippi State| 81
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| Ohio| 75| | | Coastal Carolina| 79| | | Coastal Carolina| 56
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### 2018

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[23][24][25]

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5th Place Game
November 18| | | Consolation 2nd Round
November 16| | | First Round
November 15| | | Semifinals
November 16| | | Championship
November 18
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| Saint Joseph's| 89
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| | | Wake Forest| 69| | |
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| Wake Forest| 66| | Saint Joseph's| 57
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| | | Cal State Fullerton| 59| | | | | UCF| 77| |
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| | UCF| 68|
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| | | | Cal State Fullerton| 52| | |
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| Wake Forest| 69| | UCF| 78
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| Valparaiso| 63| | | | | Western Kentucky| 62
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| | Valparaiso| 71|
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| | | Western Kentucky| 83| | |
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| 7th Place Game| Valparaiso| 64| | Western Kentucky| 63| 3rd Place Game
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| | | | Monmouth| 53| | | | | West Virginia| 57| | |
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| Cal State Fullerton| 87| | Monmouth| 53| | Saint Joseph's| 90
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| Monmouth| 63| | | West Virginia| 71| | | West Virginia| 97
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## References

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1. ^ "2024–25 Myrtle Beach Invitational". ESPN Events. Retrieved August 16, 2024.
2. ^ "2022–23 Myrtle Beach Invitational". ESPN Events. April 22, 2022. Retrieved April 25, 2022.
3. ^ "Veretto scores 18, Vermont defeats Charleston 73-64 in the Myrtle Beach Invitational". ESPN. November 16, 2023.
4. ^ "Saint Louis defeats Wyoming 79-69 in the Myrtle Beach Invitational". ESPN. November 16, 2023.
5. ^ "Bell has 20 in Wichita State's 86-77 victory over Coastal Carolina in the Myrtle Beach Invitational". ESPN. November 16, 2023.
6. ^ "2022–23 Men's College Basketball Early Season Tournaments and Exempt Multi-Team Events (MTEs)". SB Nation. April 22, 2022. Retrieved April 25, 2022.
7. ^ "UMass Beats Colorado 66–63 in Myrtle Beach Invite". ESPN. November 17, 2022. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
8. ^ "Murray State Takes Down No. 24 Texas A&M 88–79". ESPN. November 17, 2022. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
9. ^ "Williams Scores 12 as Charlotte Knocks off Boise State 54–42". ESPN. November 17, 2022. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
10. ^ "Griffin Puts Up 20 as Tulsa Takes Down Loyola Chicago 85–66". ESPN. November 18, 2022. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
11. ^ "Colorado Takes Down Another Ranked Team, No. 24 Texas A&M". ESPN. November 18, 2022. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
12. ^ "Boise State Wins 70–48 over Loyola Chicago". ESPN. November 18, 2022. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
13. ^ "Fernandes' Winning 3 Continues UMass Magic, Downs Murray St". The Associated Press. November 18, 2022. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
14. ^ "Khalifa Puts Up 14, Charlotte Takes Down Tulsa 68–65". ESPN. November 18, 2022. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
15. ^ "Shaver Has 20 & 10 Boards, Boise St. Beats Colorado 68–55". ESPN. November 20, 2022. Retrieved November 23, 2022.
16. ^ "No. 24 Texas A&M Dumps Loyola Chicago 67–49 at Tournament". ESPN. November 20, 2022. Retrieved November 23, 2022.
17. ^ "Cross Helps UMass Turn Back Charlotte 60–54". ESPN. November 20, 2022. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
18. ^ "Murray State Earns 77–60 Victory over Tulsa". ESPN. November 20, 2022. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
19. ^ "Field for 2021 Myrtle Beach Invitational Revealed". ESPNEvents. May 20, 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
20. ^ "2021 Myrtle Beach Invitational Bracket". Myrtle Beach Invitational. ESPN Events.
21. ^ Alan Blondin. "As the inaugural Myrtle Beach Invitational tips off, 2019 participants are revealed". myrtlebeachonline.com. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
22. ^ "2019 Myrtle Beach Invitational Bracket". Myrtle Beach Invitational. ESPN Events.
23. ^ "2018–19 College Basketball Early Season Tournaments, Events, And Neutral-Site Games". Blogging the Bracket. Retrieved 2017-12-01.
24. ^ "Ultimate guide to early-season tournaments". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
25. ^ "2018 Myrtle Beach Invitational Bracket". Myrtle Beach Invitational. ESPN Events.

## External links

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* Official site of the Myrtle Beach Invitational

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