Main Event (college basketball)

The tournament originally featured two four-team brackets (labeled Heavyweight and Middleweight) with each team playing two games in Las Vegas. Members of the Heavyweight bracket each host at least one member of the Middleweight bracket on campus before the tournament. Since the Middleweight bracket's dissolution in 2021, the tournament continues to find opponents for members of the formerly named Heavyweight bracket to host on campus that would have played in the Middleweight bracket. While the Heavyweight bracket pool always features four teams, the Middleweight bracket pool's size is variable, ranging from as little as two teams to as many as five. Despite this, only up to four teams in the Middleweight bracket pool played in Las Vegas. Since 2021, two teams that would have played in the Middleweight bracket each play two Heavyweight opponents before facing each other on campus. == Tournament champions ==

• – Denotes overtime period 2023 – Continental Tire Main Event Source: 2022 – Continental Tire Main Event Campus-game contender(s): Norfolk State beat Monmouth 64–59. 2021 – Roman Main Event Campus-game contender(s): North Dakota State beat Tarleton State 54–53. 2020 – Men's Vegas Bubble The event had a unique format due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It also adopted the temporary name "Men's Vegas Bubble" and aired on FloHoops. Despite including Baylor as the 2020 champion, no other records from this year are included in the tournament's history and records page. Schedule 2019 – MGM Resorts Main Event Heavyweight Bracket Middleweight Bracket 2018 – MGM Resorts Main Event Heavyweight Bracket Middleweight Bracket Campus-game contender(s): McNeese State (Iona did not play any campus games.) 2017 – MGM Resorts Main Event Source: Heavyweight Bracket Middleweight Bracket 2016 – Men Who Speak Up Main Event Source: Heavyweight Bracket Middleweight Bracket 2015 – Men Who Speak Up Main Event Source: Heavyweight Bracket Middleweight Bracket 2014 – MGM Grand Main Event Source: Heavyweight Bracket Middleweight Bracket On October 6, 2014, the Middleweight Bracket was revised to a round-robin format. ==References==