Acrisure Series
American college basketball tournament
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The Acrisure Series is a multiple-team NCAA Division I college basketball tournament played during Thanksgiving week, at Acrisure Arena in Thousand Palms, California. The event includes several on-campus games followed by multiple four-team brackets and stand-alone games contested at Acrisure Arena.[2]
| Sport | College basketball |
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| Founded | 2023[1] |
| No. of teams | 20 playing at Acrisure Arena in 2025, divided into six brackets and 12 participating only in on-campus games |
| Country | United States |
| Venue | Acrisure Arena |
| Broadcasters | Fox (2023) truTV (2024–) CBS Sports Network (2025) |
| Sponsor | Acrisure |
| Official website | Acrisure Series |
Tournament history
| Year | Division | Winner | Score | Opponent | Other participants† | Tournament MVP |
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| 2025 | Acrisure Classic | Iowa | 59–46 | Grand Canyon | Utah, Ole Miss | Bennett Stirtz, Iowa[3] |
| Acrisure Holiday Classic | Colorado | 81–68 | Washington | Nevada, San Francisco | Bangot Dak, Colorado[4] | |
| Acrisure Holiday Invitational | Tulsa | 63–60 | Northern Iowa | San Jose State, Loyola Chicago | Miles Barnstable, Tulsa[5] | |
| Acrisure Invitational | Stanford | 78–77 | Saint Louis | Santa Clara, Minnesota | Benny Gealer, Stanford[6] | |
| Acrisure Series solo games | California Baptist | 76–61 | San Diego | |||
| Fresno State | 76–53 | Pepperdine | ||||
| 2024 | Acrisure Classic | Arizona State | 68–64 | Saint Mary's | New Mexico, USC | Joson Sanon, Arizona State[7] |
| Acrisure Holiday Invitational | SMU | 77–60 | Washington State | California Baptist, Fresno State | Boopie Miller, SMU[8] | |
| Acrisure Invitational | Washington | 76–69 | Santa Clara | Colorado State, TCU | Great Osobor, Washington[9] | |
| Acrisure Series Showcase | Grand Canyon | 78–71 | Stanford | |||
| 2023 | Acrisure Classic | Arizona | 74–68 | Michigan State | Alcorn State, UT Arlington | Keshad Johnson, Arizona[10] |
| Acrisure Invitational | Hawaii | 77–66 | San Diego | Arkansas State, UT Rio Grande Valley | Noel Coleman, Hawaii[11] | |
| † Excludes teams that played on-campus games only. | ||||||
| Year | Division | Winner | Score | Opponent | Other participants | Tournament MVP |
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| 2024 | Acrisure Classic | Michigan State | 78–70 | Vanderbilt | Arizona, California | Julia Ayrault, Michigan State[12] |
2025
NCAA legislation that ended the ban on teams from the same conference participating in the same muti-team event (MTE) created new flexibility in 2025. Multiple brackets of the Acrisure Series could now be treated as a single qualifying MTE. Therefore, teams participating only in on-campus games could play those games against teams in different brackets. Each of the 24 teams (16 playing at Acrisure Arena and eight playing only in on-campus games)[13] participated in three games in the event.
Acrisure Series on-campus games
Twenty on-campus games were played among teams participating in the Acrisure Classic, the Acrisure Holiday Classic, the Acrisure Holiday Invitational and the Acrisure Invitational brackets. Each of the 16 teams in the four brackets[14] hosted one on-campus game, and four additional on-campus games were contested among teams not playing at Acrisure Arena.
Game recaps: [15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34]
Home teams listed second.
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Acrisure Classic
Acrisure Holiday Classic
| Third Place truTV November 28 | Semifinals CBSSN November 27 | Championship truTV November 28 | |||||||||||
| San Francisco | 69 | ||||||||||||
| Colorado | 79 | ||||||||||||
| San Francisco | 65 | Colorado | 81 | ||||||||||
| Nevada | 81 | Washington | 68 | ||||||||||
| Washington | 83 | ||||||||||||
| Nevada | 66 | ||||||||||||
Acrisure Holiday Invitational
| Third Place truTV November 28 | Semifinals CBSSN November 27 | Championship truTV November 28 | |||||||||||
| San Jose State | 51 | ||||||||||||
| Tulsa | 81 | ||||||||||||
| San Jose State | 63 | Tulsa | 63 | ||||||||||
| Loyola Chicago | 51 | Northern Iowa | 60 | ||||||||||
| Northern Iowa | 72 | ||||||||||||
| Loyola Chicago | 51 | ||||||||||||
Acrisure Invitational
| Third Place truTV November 28 | Semifinals CBSSN November 27 | Championship truTV November 28 | |||||||||||
| Saint Louis | 71 | ||||||||||||
| Santa Clara | 70 | ||||||||||||
| Santa Clara | 86 | Saint Louis | 77 | ||||||||||
| Minnesota | 75 | Stanford | 78 | ||||||||||
| Minnesota | 68 | ||||||||||||
| Stanford | 72 | ||||||||||||
Acrisure Series solo games first bracket
California Baptist met San Diego in the first of the 2025 Acrisure Series solo games. Each team also played home games against UC Riverside and Grambling State. UC Riverside hosted Grambling State, creating an MTE in which each team played three games.
On-campus games
Game recaps: [51][52][53][54][55]
Home teams listed second.
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Acrisure Arena solo game
Game recap: [56]
| Solo game CBSSN November 25 | |||
| San Diego | 61 | ||
| California Baptist | 76 | ||
Acrisure Series solo games second bracket
Fresno State met Pepperdine in the second of the 2025 Acrisure Series solo games. Each team also played home games against New Orleans and Stephen F. Austin. New Orleans and Stephen F. Austin did not play each other. Therefore, the qualifying MTE includes only the on-campus games, and the game at Acrisure Arena between Fresno State and Pepperdine was a regular-season neutral-site game. Each participating team played two qualifying MTE games.
On-campus games
Home teams listed second.
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Acrisure Arena solo game
Game recap: [61]
| Solo game CBSSN November 26 | |||
| Pepperdine | 53 | ||
| Fresno State | 76 | ||
2024 men's event
The 2024 event included 22 teams, 14 of which played games at Acrisure Arena in the Acrisure Classic, the Acrisure Holiday Invitational, the Acrisure Invitational and the Acrisure Series Showcase.[62] The remaining eight teams participated only in on-campus games. Stanford met Grand Canyon in the only Acrisure Series Showcase game played at Acrisure Arena. The other three brackets each included four teams playing at the neutral site and two teams playing on-campus games.
Acrisure Classic
Five campus-site games were followed by a four-team bracket at Acrisure Arena.
Campus-site games
Game recaps: [63][64][65][66][67]
Home teams listed second.
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Neutral-site games
All four games at Acrisure Arena were broadcast on truTV.
| Third Place November 29 | Semifinals November 28 | Championship November 29 | |||||||||||
| USC | 36 | ||||||||||||
| Saint Mary's | 71 | ||||||||||||
| USC | 73 | Saint Mary's | 64 | ||||||||||
| New Mexico | 83 | Arizona State | 68 | ||||||||||
| Arizona State | 85 | ||||||||||||
| New Mexico | 82 | ||||||||||||
Acrisure Holiday Invitational
Five campus-site games were followed by a four-team bracket at Acrisure Arena.
Campus-site games
Game recaps: [72][73][74][75][76]
Home teams listed second.
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Neutral-site games
All four games at Acrisure Arena were broadcast on truTV.
| Third Place November 27 | Semifinals November 26 | Championship November 27 | |||||||||||
| SMU | 79 | ||||||||||||
| California Baptist | 77 | ||||||||||||
| California Baptist | 862OT | SMU | 77 | ||||||||||
| Fresno State | 81 | Washington State | 60 | ||||||||||
| Washington State | 84 | ||||||||||||
| Fresno State | 73 | ||||||||||||
Acrisure Invitational
Five campus-site games were followed by a four-team bracket at Acrisure Arena.
Campus-site games
Game recaps: [81][82][83][84][85]
Home teams listed second.
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Neutral-site games
All four games at Acrisure Arena were broadcast on truTV.[86]
| Third Place November 29 | Semifinals November 28 | Championship November 29 | |||||||||||
| TCU | 52 | ||||||||||||
| Santa Clara | 69 | ||||||||||||
| TCU | 72 | Santa Clara | 69 | ||||||||||
| Colorado State | 76OT | Washington | 76 | ||||||||||
| Washington | 73 | ||||||||||||
| Colorado State | 67 | ||||||||||||
Acrisure Series Showcase
Stanford and Grand Canyon met in the Acrisure Series Showcase at Acrisure Arena. In addition, each team hosted both UC Davis and Norfolk State in on-campus games. UC Davis hosted Norfolk State to give each participating team three games.
Campus-site games
Game recaps: [91][92][93][94][95]
Home teams listed second.
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Neutral-site game
Game recap: [96]
| Showcase truTV November 26 | |||
| Stanford | 71 | ||
| Grand Canyon | 78 | ||
2024 women's event
The inaugural women's Acrisure Classic was held in 2024.
Acrisure Classic
All four games were broadcast on truTV.
Game recaps: [97][98][99][100]
| Third Place November 27 | Semifinals November 26 | Championship November 27 | |||||||||||
| California | 72 | ||||||||||||
| Michigan State | 78 | ||||||||||||
| California | 74 | Michigan State | 78 | ||||||||||
| Arizona | 62 | Vanderbilt | 70 | ||||||||||
| Arizona | 60 | ||||||||||||
| Vanderbilt | 71 | ||||||||||||
2023
The 2023 event comprised the Acrisure Classic and the Acrisure Invitational. Four teams participated in the Acrisure Classic, two of which played on-campus games only; the other two played a stand-alone game at Acrisure Arena. The Acrisure Invitational included four teams, each of which played two games at Acrisure Arena.
Acrisure Classic

The 2023 Acrisure Classic featured nationally ranked Arizona and Michigan State. On-campus games were hosted by the team listed second below.[101] Three games were played at campus sites in the days leading up to Thanksgiving, and the event culminated with a nationally televised game on Thanksgiving Day.
On-campus games
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Acrisure Arena game
Game recap: [105]
| November 23 (Fox) | |||
| No. 21 Michigan State | 68 | ||
| No. 3 Arizona | 74 | ||
Acrisure Invitational

The 2023 Acrisure Invitational featured Arkansas State, Hawaii, San Diego and UT Rio Grande Valley.[101]
Game recaps: [106][107][108][109]
| Third Place November 25 | Semifinals November 24 | Championship November 25 | |||||||||||
| UT Rio Grande Valley | 57 | ||||||||||||
| Hawaii | 76 | ||||||||||||
| UT Rio Grande Valley | 58 | Hawaii | 77 | ||||||||||
| Arkansas State | 75 | San Diego | 66 | ||||||||||
| San Diego | 71 | ||||||||||||
| Arkansas State | 57 | ||||||||||||