Coaches Vs. Cancer Classic

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The Coaches Vs. Cancer Classic (as of 2006 named the 2k Sports College Hoops Classic Benefiting Coaches Vs. Cancer) is an annual college basketball tournament played in November at the beginning of the season. The tournament was first formed in 1995 as a collaboration between the National Association of Basketball Coaches and the American Cancer Society, with help from The Gazelle Group, Inc., in an effort to raise funds for cancer research. In the current format, 16 teams from 16 separate conferences are invited to the tournament. First and second Round games are held at regional sites selected before the tournament. The semi-finals and finals are held at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

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[edit] History

The first Coaches Vs. Cancer Classic was held in December 1995 at the Atlantic City Convention Center and consisted of only four teams playing two separate games with no championship game. In 1997, the tournament expanded to feature a championship game between the two winners and a consolation game between the losers. The venue was moved to Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey and was moved again in 1998 to its current location at Madison Square Garden. In 2002, the championship game was dropped and four more teams were added to bring the total to eight teams, playing only one game each. In 2004, the tournament expanded to its present format, featuring 16 teams in four different regions. The winners of the two first round games in each region meet to determine who would go to the semi-finals, and the two losers of the first round games meet in a consolation game.

[edit] Past Championship Games

[edit] Most appearances

School Appearances
Memphis
4
Marquette
3
St. John's
3
Syracuse
3
Temple
3
Texas
3
Wake Forest
3
Alabama
2
Florida
2
George Mason
2
Georgia
2
Maryland
2
Princeton
2

[edit] 2007 Participants

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