- College basketball early season tournaments often feature top teams.
- Popular tournaments include the Maui Invitational and the Battle 4 Atlantis.
College basketball tournaments aren’t the sole provenance of March Madness. As any dedicated hoops fan can tell you, the first month of the college basketball season is loaded with thrilling non-conference tournaments in exotic locations.Â
As a result, college basketball delivers intense showdowns on a near-daily basis throughout the opening weeks of the season.Â
College football – for all that is great about it – rarely delivers such major games between contenders in the non-conference portion of the season.Â
Naturally, the online sportsbook at BetMGM will have college basketball betting odds for each game in each tournament.
So for all the full-season hoops bettors out there who want a complete download on the upcoming schedules for all these college basketball early-season tournaments, I’ve put together a helpful master grid that has all the information you could need.
Once odds become available for these tournaments, I’ll update the table to provide those, too. For now, I’m projecting the team that would likely be favored to win by cross-referencing each tournament field with BetMGM’s college basketball national championship odds and Ken Pomeroy’s early rankings.
College Basketball Early Season Tournaments
| Dates | Tournament | Projected Favorite | Other Notable Teams |
| Nov. 10-12 | Asheville Championship | Maryland | Clemson, UAB, Davidson |
| Nov. 11-21 | Sunshine Slam | Colorado | Florida State, Richmond |
| Nov. 12-22 | Arizona Tip-Off | Grand Canyon | San Francisco, South Carolina, DePaul |
| Nov. 13-22 | SoCal Challenge | Bradley | Cal, Tulane |
| Nov. 15-18 | Cancun Challenge | Fresno State | James Madison, Radford, New Mexico State |
| Nov. 15-22 | Jacksonville Classic | South Dakota State | George Mason, Southern Miss, UCF |
| Nov. 16-17 | Legends Classic | Auburn | Oklahoma State, St. Bonaventure, Notre Dame |
| Nov. 16-19 | Myrtle Beach Invitational | College of Charleston | Vermont, Wichita State, Saint Louis |
| Nov. 16-19 | Shriner's Charleston Classic | Houston | LSU, Dayton, Wake Forest, Utah |
| Nov. 17-19 | Bahamas Championship | Miami (FL) | Kansas State, Providence, Georgia |
| Nov. 17-19 | Continental Tire Main Event | Xavier | San Diego State, Saint Mary's, Washington |
| Nov. 17-20 | U.S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam | Kent State | Florida Gulf Coast, San Jose State, Missouri State |
| Nov. 17-25 | Emerald Coast Classic | Alabama | Ohio State, Oregon |
| Nov. 18-19 | Hall of Fame Tip-Off | Mississippi State | Washington State, Northwestern, Rhode Island |
| Nov. 19-20 | Empire Classic | UConn | Indiana, Texas, Louisville |
| Nov. 19-21 | Cayman Islands Classic | Drake | Marshall, Stephen F. Austin, Akron, Oakland |
| Nov. 20-22 | Gulf Coast Showcase | Hofstra | Iona, Wright State, Long Beach State |
| Nov. 20-22 | Maui Invitational | Kansas | Purdue, Gonzaga, UCLA, Marquette, Tennessee |
| Nov. 20-22 | Fort Myers Tip-Off | West Virginia | Virginia, Wisconsin, SMU |
| Nov. 22-23 | Hall of Fame Classic | Creighton | Boston College, Colorado State, Loyola Chicago |
| Nov. 22-24 | Battle 4 Atlantis | Arkansas | North Carolina, Villanova, Memphis, Michigan |
| Nov. 22-24 | NIT Season Tip-Off | Baylor | Oregeon State, Florida, Pittsburgh |
| Nov. 23-24 | Rady Children's Invitational | USC | Iowa, Oklahoma, Seton Hill |
| Nov. 23-24 | Vegas Showdown | BYU | Arizona State, Vanderbilt, NC State |
| Nov. 23-26 | ESPN Events Invitational | Florida Atlantic | Texas A&M, VCU, Iowa State, Butler, Virginia Tech |
| Nov. 24-25 | Acrisure Invitational | Hawai'i | San Diego, Arkansas State, UTRGV |
| Nov. 24-26 | Nassau Championship | UNC-Greensboro | Ohio, Middle Tennessee |
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