Sunshine Slam

Sunshine Slam
SportCollege Basketball
Founded2019
FounderGazelle Group
No. of teams8
CountryUnited States
Venue(s)Ocean Center
Daytona Beach, FL
Most recent
champion(s)		Clemson (Beach)
Radford (Ocean)
TV partner(s)FloHoops
CBS Sports Network
Official websiteSunshine Slam

The Sunshine Slam is a two-day college basketball tournament featuring eight teams in two separate four-team brackets founded in 2019. The inaugural tournament in 2019 was a round-robin tournament held at Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee, FL.[1] The Northeast Conference is the host of the tournament.[1] The tournament relocated to the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Florida and has been played there since 2021.[2]

Brackets

* – Denotes overtime period

2024

The format for the Sunshine Slam will consist of a pair of semifinal round games in each bracket on November 25 and a championship and consolation game in each bracket on November 26. Champions will be crowned for both the Beach and Ocean brackets as well as all-tournament teams. In addition to the neutral site games at the Ocean Center, the Sunshine Slam will feature four on-campus games. Each team from the Beach Bracket will host an Ocean Bracket team prior to the event.[3]

Campus games

Beach Bracket

Semifinals
November 25 		Championship
November 26
    
Penn State 85
Fordham 66
Penn State 67
Clemson 75
Clemson 70
San Francisco 55 Consolation Game
November 26
Fordham 64
San Francisco 85

Ocean Bracket

Semifinals
November 25 		Championship
November 26
    
Radford 63
Chicago State 48
Radford 69
Purdue Fort Wayne 56
Drexel 81
Purdue Fort Wayne 87 Consolation Game
November 26
Chicago State 71
Drexel 83

2023

Campus games

Beach Bracket

Semifinals
November 20 		Championship
November 21
    
Florida State 83
UNLV 75
Florida State 77OT
No. 18 Colorado 71
No. 18 Colorado 64
Richmond 56 Consolation Game
November 21
UNLV 65
Richmond 82

Ocean Bracket

Semifinals
November 20 		Championship
November 21
    
Siena 56
Central Michigan 70
Central Michigan 61
Stetson 71
Milwaukee 67
Stetson 85 Consolation Game
November 21
Siena 59
Milwaukee 61

[4]

2022

Campus games

Beach Bracket

Semifinals
November 21 		Championship
November 22
    
Georgia 66
Saint Joseph's 53
Georgia 73
UAB 87
UAB 80
South Florida 65 Consolation Game
November 22
South Florida 75
Saint Joseph's 62

Ocean Bracket

Semifinals
November 21 		Championship
November 22
    
Bucknell 66
Presbyterian 65
Austin Peay 65
Bucknell 79
Austin Peay 74
Albany 59 Consolation Game
November 22
Albany 68
Presbyterian 65

[5]

2021

Utah, Tulsa, URI, and Boston College were in one pod,[6] while the other pod consisted of Bryant, Holy Cross, Air Force, and Bethune-Cookman.[7] 2021 Format: Eight teams in two separate four-team bracketed tournaments.

Campus games

Beach Bracket

Semifinals
November 20 		Championship
November 21
    
Utah 68
Boston College 61
Utah 72
Tulsa 58
Rhode Island 71
Tulsa 77 Consolation Game
November 21
Boston College 65
Rhode Island 71

Ocean Bracket

Semifinals
November 20 		Championship
November 21
    
Air Force 72
Holy Cross 53
Air Force 73
Bethune-Cookman 65
Bryant 72
Bethune-Cookman 81 Consolation Game
November 21
Holy Cross 62
Bryant 78

2019

References

  1. ^ a b "Sunshine Slam Set for 2019 Debut". Sunshine Slam. Gazelle Group. September 10, 2018. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
  2. ^ "Sunshine Slam Details". Sunshine Slam. Gazelle Group.
  3. ^ "Matchups Set For The 2024 Sunshine Slam" (PDF). Sunshine Slam. Gazelle Group. August 22, 2024. Retrieved September 2, 2024.
  4. ^ "2023 Sunshine Slam Bracket". Sunshine Slam. Retrieved September 1, 2023.
  5. ^ "2022-23 Men's College Basketball Early Season Tournaments and Exempt Multi-Team Events (MTEs)". SB Nation. April 22, 2022. Retrieved April 25, 2022.
  6. ^ Newman, Josh [@Joshua_Newman] (June 15, 2021). "Sources: Utah's MTE will be the Sunshine Slam in Daytona, Nov. 20-21. Utes, Tulsa, Rhode Island, Boston College" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  7. ^ Newman, Josh [@Joshua_Newman] (June 16, 2021). "Second pod at this event will have Bryant, Holy Cross, Air Force, Bethune-Cookman" (Tweet) – via Twitter.