Acrisure Series

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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]

Founded2023[1]
No. of teams20 playing at Acrisure Arena in 2025, divided into six brackets and 12 participating only in on-campus games
CountryUnited States
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Acrisure Series
SportCollege basketball
Founded2023[1]
No. of teams20 playing at Acrisure Arena in 2025, divided into six brackets and 12 participating only in on-campus games
CountryUnited States
VenueAcrisure Arena
BroadcastersFox (2023)
truTV (2024–)
CBS Sports Network (2025)
SponsorAcrisure
Official websiteAcrisure Series
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Tournament history

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Men's events
Year Division Winner Score Opponent Other participants Tournament MVP
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.
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Women's event
Year Division Winner Score Opponent Other participants Tournament MVP
2024 Acrisure Classic Michigan State 78–70 Vanderbilt Arizona, California Julia Ayrault, Michigan State[12]
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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.

Acrisure Classic

Game recaps: [35][36][37][38]

Third Place
truTV
November 26
Semifinals
CBSSN
November 25
Championship
truTV
November 26
Ole Miss69
Iowa74
Ole Miss74Iowa59
Utah85Grand Canyon46
Utah58
Grand Canyon68

Acrisure Holiday Classic

Game recaps: [39][40][41][42]

Third Place
truTV
November 28
Semifinals
CBSSN
November 27
Championship
truTV
November 28
San Francisco69
Colorado79
San Francisco65Colorado81
Nevada81Washington68
Washington83
Nevada66

Acrisure Holiday Invitational

Game recaps: [43][44][45][46]

Third Place
truTV
November 28
Semifinals
CBSSN
November 27
Championship
truTV
November 28
San Jose State51
Tulsa81
San Jose State63Tulsa63
Loyola Chicago51Northern Iowa60
Northern Iowa72
Loyola Chicago51

Acrisure Invitational

Game recaps: [47][48][49][50]

Third Place
truTV
November 28
Semifinals
CBSSN
November 27
Championship
truTV
November 28
Saint Louis71
Santa Clara70
Santa Clara86Saint Louis77
Minnesota75Stanford78
Minnesota68
Stanford72

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.

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

Game recaps: [57][58][59][60]

Home teams listed second.

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.

Neutral-site games

All four games at Acrisure Arena were broadcast on truTV.

Game recaps: [68][69][70][71]

Third Place
November 29
Semifinals
November 28
Championship
November 29
USC36
Saint Mary's71
USC73Saint Mary's64
New Mexico83Arizona State68
Arizona State85
New Mexico82

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.

Neutral-site games

All four games at Acrisure Arena were broadcast on truTV.

Game recaps: [77][78][79][80]

Third Place
November 27
Semifinals
November 26
Championship
November 27
SMU79
California Baptist77
California Baptist862OTSMU77
Fresno State81Washington State60
Washington State84
Fresno State73

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.

Neutral-site games

All four games at Acrisure Arena were broadcast on truTV.[86]

Game recaps: [87][88][89][90]

Third Place
November 29
Semifinals
November 28
Championship
November 29
TCU52
Santa Clara69
TCU72Santa Clara69
Colorado State76OTWashington76
Washington73
Colorado State67

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.

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
California72
Michigan State78
California74Michigan State78
Arizona62Vanderbilt70
Arizona60
Vanderbilt71

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

Logo of inaugural event.
Logo of inaugural event.

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

Game recaps: [102][103][104]

Acrisure Arena game

Game recap: [105]

November 23 (Fox)
No. 21 Michigan State 68
No. 3 Arizona 74

Acrisure Invitational

Logo of inaugural event.
Logo of inaugural event.

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 Valley57
Hawaii76
UT Rio Grande Valley58Hawaii77
Arkansas State75San Diego66
San Diego71
Arkansas State57

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