Boardwalk Battle
College basketball tournament
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The GEICO Boardwalk Battle, owned and operated by The Gazelle Group,[1] is an eight team early-season college basketball tournament that was first contested during the 2024–25 season, that takes place in late November of each year, in Daytona Beach, Florida, at the Ocean Center.[2] The Northeast Conference is the sponsor of the tournament, Boardwalk Battle was created to showcase the top mid-major programs.[3] All games in the tournament are streamed by BallerTV.
SportCollege basketball
Month playedNovember
Established2024
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | College basketball |
| Location | Ocean Center Daytona Beach, Florida |
| Month played | November |
| Established | 2024 |
| Administrator | Gazelle Group |
| Teams | 8 |
| Website | GEICO Boardwalk Battle |
| Current champion | |
| High Point (1) | |
Champions
| Year | Champion |
|---|---|
| 2024 | UC San Diego |
| 2025 | High Point |
Bracket
* – Denotes overtime period
2025
| Semifinals November 20 | Championship November 22 | ||||||||
| Incarnate Word | 87 | ||||||||
| Southern Indiana | 81 | ||||||||
| Incarnate Word | 80 | ||||||||
| High Point | 91 | ||||||||
| High Point | 90 | ||||||||
| UIC | 80 | 3rd place Game November 22 | |||||||
| Southern Indiana | 73 | ||||||||
| UIC | 84 | ||||||||
2024
| 5th Place Game November 23 | Consolation 2nd Round November 22 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Championship November 23 | |||||||||||||||||||
| James Madison | 99 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| UIC | 81 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| UIC | 96 | James Madison | 67 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| La Salle | 83 | UC San Diego | 73 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| La Salle | 67 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| UC San Diego | 72 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| UIC | 55 | UC San Diego | 80 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| East Carolina | 72 | Toledo | 45 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| East Carolina | 78 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jacksonville State | 85 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7th Place Game November 23 | East Carolina | 71 | Jacksonville State | 80 | 3rd Place Game November 23 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stetson | 64 | Toledo | 82 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| La Salle | 92 | Toledo | 103 | James Madison | 71 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stetson | 77 | Stetson | 78 | Jacksonville State | 65 | ||||||||||||||||||
