Legends Classic (basketball tournament)

The Legends Classic is an annual, early-season, college basketball tournament which started in 2007 and takes place at the beginning of the college basketball season in November. Eight teams (from eight conferences) compete in the Legends Classic, which has four of the top programs from the most prestigious conferences in the country tip-off the season with Regional Round games played on their home courts. Four teams then go to New York City – at the Barclays Center – to face each other for the Legends Classic championship. The remainder of the field participates in a round-robin series at one subregional site. Every participating team is guaranteed four games. Games have been played at Barclays Center since 2012, The 2011 edition was played at Izod Center (East Rutherford, New Jersey), 2009 and 2010 were played at Boardwalk Hall (Atlantic City, N.J.), and 2007 and 2008 were played at the Prudential Center (Newark, N.J.).

Notre Dame is the defending champion, having defeated Northwestern in the 2016 final, 70-66.

The Legends Classic began in 2007 with the first two events being played at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ. In that first year, only the four regional-round hosts were guaranteed to play four games, as Texas, Tennessee, West Virginia, and New Mexico State each hosted a pair of games, before advancing to the seminfinals in Newark. Since the 2008–09 season, each team has been guaranteed to play four games.

In 2013, the field for the event decreased from 12 teams to 8 teams from eight separate conferences, which it continues to be. Two games are held at four different regional sites selected before the tournament. Four teams advance to the semifinals and finals at Barclays Center in New York City, while the remaining four teams play in a tournament format at a predetermined on-campus site.

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