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Wooden Legacy
Wooden Legacy Logo.png
Formerly Wooden Classic and DirecTV Classic
Sport College Basketball
Founded 2013
No. of teams 8 (2013–2019)
4 (2020–present)
Most recent
champion(s)
BYU
Sponsor(s) Paycom
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The Paycom Wooden Legacy is an annual early-season men's college basketball competition that began in 2013. It is named in honor of basketball coach John Wooden, whose UCLA Bruins teams won 10 national championships over the 12 seasons from 1964 to 1975.

History and format

The Wooden Legacy was formed in 2013 by a merger between the Wooden Classic and DirecTV Classic. From 2013 through 2019, eight teams competed in the Wooden Legacy in a three-day, 12-game bracketed tournament, with the games televised on the ESPN Networks (ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3). From 2013 to 2016, the first two rounds were played at Titan Gym on the campus of Cal State Fullerton in Fullerton, California, and the final day of competition took place at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. From 2017 to 2019, all games were played at Titan Gym.

Beginning in 2020, plans called for the Wooden Legacy to have a two-day, four-team format, with all games played at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim. The COVID-19 pandemic forced the cancellation of the 2020 tournament. The four-team, two-day tournament format instead debuted in 2021, with the semifinals and championship game televised by ESPN2 and the third-place game by ESPNU.

Brackets

2023

The tournament is set to take place from November 23-24, 2023 at Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas and will be renamed as Vegas Showdown.

  Semifinals
November 23
    Championship
November 24
                 
   NC State 84  
   Vanderbilt 78    
       NC State 86
       BYU 95
   Arizona State 49    
   BYU 77   3rd place Game
November 24
 
 Vanderbilt 67
   Arizona State 82

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2022

The tournament is set to take place from November 23-24, 2022.

  Semifinals
November 23
    Championship
November 24
                 
   Fresno State 57  
   Washington 62    
       Washington 68*
       Saint Mary's 64
   Saint Mary's 75    
   Vanderbilt 65   Third place
 
      
        

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2021

  Semifinals
November 25
    Championship
November 26
                 
  24  USC 70  
   Saint Joseph's 55    
      24  USC 58
       San Diego State 43
   Georgetown 56    
   San Diego State 73   Third place
 
      
        

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2020

Originally, Georgetown, Kansas, UCLA, and Virginia committed to play in the 2020 Wooden Legacy. In August 2020, the Pac-12 Conference announced the cancellation of all sports events for its member schools until January 1, 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, threatening UCLA's participation; despite this, UCLA never withdrew from the Wooden Legacy. In the first round, Georgetown was expected to face Kansas and UCLA to play Virginia. In September 2020, ESPN announced plans to move the college basketball nonconference events it planned to run in November and December 2020, including the Wooden Legacy, to the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, in an effort to keep players and staffs safer during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The announcement prompted Georgetown and Virginia to withdraw from the tournament, and Seton Hall and Boise State replaced them. Ultimately, however, ESPN canceled all the 2020 tournaments, including the Wooden Legacy, in late October 2020.

2019

5th Place Game
Sunday, November 20
Consolation 2nd Round
Friday, November 29
First Round
Thursday, November 28
Semifinals
Friday, November 29
Championship
Sunday, December 1
Providence 65
Long Beach State 66
Providence 55 Long Beach State 75
College of Charleston 63 Wake Forest 88
Wake Forest 65
College of Charleston 56
College of Charleston 56 Wake Forest 66
UCF 77 14 Arizona 73
UCF 67
Penn 68
7th Place Game UCF 78 Penn 82 3rd Place Game
Pepperdine 65 14 Arizona 92
Providence 80 14 Arizona 93 Long Beach State 79
Pepperdine 77 Pepperdine 91 Penn 95

2018

5th Place Game
Sunday, November 25
Consolation 2nd Round
Friday, November 23
First Round
Thursday, November 22
Semifinals
Friday, November 23
Championship
Sunday, November 25
La Salle 49
Miami (FL) 85
La Salle 74 Miami (FL) 78
Northwestern 91 Fresno State 76
Northwestern 59
Fresno State 78
Northwestern 79 Miami (FL) 81
Utah 57 Seton Hall 83
Seton Hall 82
Grand Canyon 75
7th Place Game Grand Canyon 66 Seton Hall 64 3rd Place Game
Utah 75 Hawai'i 54
La Salle 70 Hawai'i 90 Fresno State 79
Grand Canyon 82 Utah 79 Hawai'i 64

Campus Site Games

November 16
     
Binghamton 52
Northwestern 84

2017

5th Place Game
Sunday, November 26
Consolation 2nd Round
Friday, November 24
First Round
Thursday, November 23
Semifinals
Friday, November 24
Championship
Sunday, November 26
21 Saint Mary's 89
Harvard 71
Harvard 77 21 Saint Mary's 79
Saint Joseph's 71 Washington State 84
Saint Joseph's 71
Washington State 75
Harvard 61 Washington State 93
Cal State Fullerton 70 San Diego State 86
Georgia 64
Cal State Fullerton 57
7th Place Game Cal State Fullerton 68 Georgia 68 3rd Place Game
Sacramento State 63 San Diego State 75
Saint Joseph's 74 San Diego State 89 21 Saint Mary's 81
Sacramento State 69 Sacramento State 52 Georgia 83*

Campus Site Games

Game 1
December 4
     
  Sacramento State 54
  Saint Mary's 70

2016

5th Place Game
Sunday, November 27
Consolation 2nd Round
Friday, November 25
First Round
Thursday, November 24
Semifinals
Friday, November 25
Championship
Sunday, November 27
Texas A&M 95
Cal State Northridge 73
Cal State Northridge 89 Texas A&M 68
New Mexico 105 Virginia Tech 65
New Mexico 72
Virginia Tech 92
New Mexico 57 Texas A&M 67
Dayton 64 14 UCLA 74
Dayton 78
Nebraska 80
7th Place Game Dayton 84 Nebraska 71 3rd Place Game
Portland 74 14 UCLA 82
Cal State Northridge 78 Portland 77 Virginia Tech 66
Portland 96 14 UCLA 99 Nebraska 53

2015

5th Place Game
Sunday, November 29
Consolation 2nd Round
Friday, November 27
First Round
Thursday, November 26
Semifinals
Friday, November 27
Championship
Sunday, November 29
Boise State 71
UC Irvine 64
UC Irvine 80 Boise State 67
Boston College 67 3 Michigan State 77
Boston College 68
3 Michigan State 99
UC Irvine 56 3 Michigan State 77
Evansville 75 Providence 73
Evansville 64
Providence 74
7th Place Game Evansville 69 Providence 69 3rd Place Game
Santa Clara 57 11 Arizona 65
Boston College 45 Santa Clara 73 Boise State 59
Santa Clara 62 11 Arizona 75 11 Arizona 68

2014

5th Place Game
Sunday, November 30
Consolation 2nd Round
Friday, November 28
First Round
Thursday, November 27
Semifinals
Friday, November 28
Championship
Sunday, November 30
Princeton 56
UTEP 62
Princeton 65 UTEP 77
San Diego 75 Xavier 73
San Diego 71
Xavier 82
San Diego 66 UTEP 65
Western Michigan 68 Washington 68
Long Beach State 73
Western Michigan 55
7th Place Game Western Michigan 79 Long Beach State 70 3rd Place Game
San Jose State 60 Washington 80
Princeton 69 San Jose State 56 Xavier 70
San Jose State 54 Washington 78 Long Beach State 73

2013

5th Place Game
Sunday, , December 1
Consolation 2nd Round
Friday, November 29
First Round
Thursday, November 28
Semifinals
Friday, November 29
Championship
Sunday, December 1
Miami (FL) 63
George Washington 71*
Miami (FL) 48 George Washington 60
Cal State Fullerton 46 25 Marquette 76
25 Marquette 86
Cal State Fullerton 66
Miami (FL) 60 25 Marquette 59
Arizona State 57 San Diego State 67
College of Charleston 52
San Diego State 72
7th Place Game College of Charleston 58 San Diego State 86 3rd Place Game
Arizona State 80 20 Creighton 80
Cal State Fullerton 48 20 Creighton 88 George Washington 60
College of Charleston 61 Arizona State 60 20 Creighton 53

See also

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