South Padre Island Invitational
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The South Padre Island Invitational is an annual NCAA Men's Basketball pre-season tournament. The tournament features a field of eight teams. The preliminary rounds are held at campus sites, with the third and final rounds being held at the South Padre Island Convention Centre
South Padre Island Convention Centre
The South Padre Island Convention Centre is a facility located in downtown South Padre Island, Texas. It can accommodate groups from 20 to 2,500 in size. It hosts the annual South Padre Island Invitational, a college basketball tournament, and is the host for the 2011 NBA D-League...

. The tournament is normally held over Thanksgiving weekend.

Round Robin Round

Third Round
  • Rice
    Rice Owls men's basketball
    The Rice Owls men's basketball program is the intercollegiate men's basketball program of Rice University. The program is classified in the NCAA's Division I, and the team competes in Conference USA...

     vs. Northern Iowa
    Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball
    The Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball team represents the University of Northern Iowa, located in Cedar Falls, Iowa, in NCAA Division I basketball competition...

  • Providence
    2011–12 Providence Friars men's basketball team
    The 2011–12 Providence Friars men's basketball team will represent Providence College in the Big East Conference.After finishing with a 4–14 conference record for the second straight season in 2010–11, head coach Keno Davis was fired in March 2011 after three seasons with the team...

     vs. Iowa State
    2011–12 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team
    The 2011–12 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team represents Iowa State University in the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach is Fred Hoiberg who is entering his second season as a head coach. The team plays its home games at Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa and are...



Championship Round - both games on CBS Sports Network
  • Northern Iowa
    Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball
    The Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball team represents the University of Northern Iowa, located in Cedar Falls, Iowa, in NCAA Division I basketball competition...

     vs. Providence
    2011–12 Providence Friars men's basketball team
    The 2011–12 Providence Friars men's basketball team will represent Providence College in the Big East Conference.After finishing with a 4–14 conference record for the second straight season in 2010–11, head coach Keno Davis was fired in March 2011 after three seasons with the team...

  • Iowa State
    2011–12 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team
    The 2011–12 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team represents Iowa State University in the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach is Fred Hoiberg who is entering his second season as a head coach. The team plays its home games at Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa and are...

     vs. Rice
    Rice Owls men's basketball
    The Rice Owls men's basketball program is the intercollegiate men's basketball program of Rice University. The program is classified in the NCAA's Division I, and the team competes in Conference USA...



2010 Tournament Field

  • November 26–27: South Padre Island Convention Centre
    South Padre Island Convention Centre
    The South Padre Island Convention Centre is a facility located in downtown South Padre Island, Texas. It can accommodate groups from 20 to 2,500 in size. It hosts the annual South Padre Island Invitational, a college basketball tournament, and is the host for the 2011 NBA D-League...


2007

Preliminary Round

11/10/07 at Nashville, TN

VANDERBILT 81, Austin Peay 67



11/12/07 at Valparaiso, IN

VALPARAISO 90, Grace 59



11/18/07 at campus sites

IOWA 62, Florida Gulf Coast 49

BRADLEY 98, Umes 71



11/20/07 at campus sites

IOWA 65, Umes 48

UTAH STATE 71, Austin Peay 68

VANDERBILT 87, Valparaiso 78

BRADLEY 82, Florida Gulf Coast 74



3rd Round

11/23/07 at SPI Convention Centre, South Padre Island, TX

Austin Peay 67, Florida Gulf Coast 57

Valparaiso 66, Umes 55

Bradley 67, Iowa 56

Vanderbilt 77, Utah State 56



Final Round

11/24/07 at SPI Convention Centre, South Padre Island, TX

Florida Gulf Coast 71, Umes 58

Valparaiso 61, Austin Peay 47

Utah State 75, Iowa 62

Vanderbilt 95, Bradley 86

2008

The field for 2008 is:
  • Texas A&M University
    Texas A&M University
    Texas A&M University is a coeducational public research university located in College Station, Texas . It is the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University System. The sixth-largest university in the United States, A&M's enrollment for Fall 2011 was over 50,000 for the first time in school...

  • University Of Illinois
  • University of Tulsa
    University of Tulsa
    The University of Tulsa is a private university awarding bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. It is currently ranked 75th among doctoral degree granting universities in the nation by US News and World Report and is listed as one of the "Best 366 Colleges" by...

  • Kent State University
    Kent State University
    Kent State University is a public research university located in Kent, Ohio, United States. The university has eight campuses around the northeast Ohio region with the main campus in Kent being the largest...

  • Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi
    Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi
    Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi is a state university located in Corpus Christi, Texas, United States, on Ward Island in Oso Bay. The university is part of the Texas A&M University System...

  • UNC Wilmington
  • Jackson State
  • North Carolina Central University
    North Carolina Central University
    North Carolina Central University is a public historically black university in the University of North Carolina system, located in Durham, North Carolina, offering programs at the baccalaureate, master’s, professional and doctoral levels....


2009

The field for 2009 is:
  • University of Missouri
    University of Missouri
    The University of Missouri System is a state university system providing centralized administration for four universities, a health care system, an extension program, five research and technology parks, and a publishing press. More than 64,000 students are currently enrolled at its four campuses...

     -- host
  • University of Richmond
    University of Richmond
    The University of Richmond is a selective, private, nonsectarian, liberal arts university located on the border of the city of Richmond and Henrico County, Virginia. The University of Richmond is a primarily undergraduate, residential university with approximately 4,000 undergraduate and graduate...

     -- host
  • Mississippi State University
    Mississippi State University
    The Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science commonly known as Mississippi State University is a land-grant university located in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, United States, partially in the town of Starkville and partially in an unincorporated area...

     -- host
  • Old Dominion University
    Old Dominion University
    Old Dominion University is a state university located in Norfolk, Virginia, United States, and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools...

     -- host
  • University of Texas-Pan American
  • Chattanooga University
  • Longwood University
    Longwood University
    Longwood University is a four-year public, liberal-arts university located in Farmville, Virginia, United States. It was founded in 1839 and became a university on July 1, 2002...

  • Bethune-Cookman University

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