Great Alaska Shootout

Great Alaska Shootout

The Great Alaska Shootout (originally known as the Sea Wolf Classic) is an annual college basketball tournament in Anchorage, Alaska that features colleges from all over the United States. The University of Alaska Anchorage hosts the tournament every Thanksgiving. Tournament games are played at Sullivan Arena in Anchorage. Prior to the Sullivan Arena opening in 1983, games were played at Buckner Fieldhouse. The men's tournament, held annually since 1978, includes eight teams while the women's tournament, held annually since 1980, has four participants.

Under NCAA rules teams are normally limited to 28 regular season games, however games in "exempted events", traditionally played early in the season, are not counted against that limit. The most recent policy from the NCAA in this regard allows all teams to play in one exempted event per season. Those teams who choose to take advantage of that opportunity may play up to thirty-one games per season, including games played in those exempted events but excluding postseason tournament games. A previous incarnation of this rule allowed for all games played outside the United States mainland to be exempt from the (then) twenty-seven game limit. This version of the rule was partially responsible for the genesis of tournaments such as the Great Alaska Shootout.

The men's tournament field has included at least one team which would qualify for the NCAA Division I tournament later in the season during each of its 29 editions. The 1985 field included an event record six teams that would go on to be invited to the NCAA tournament. Five times the tournament field has included the defending NCAA Champion, most recently in 1996 when the University of Kentucky took part in the tournament.

The 2007 men's tournament (scheduled for November 20 through November 24) featured Butler, Eastern Washington, Gonzaga, Michigan, Texas Tech, Virginia Tech, Western Kentucky, and host school Alaska Anchorage. Yale, Xavier, Washington State, and Liberty had all agreed to play in the tournament but subsequently dropped out. Bradley, Cleveland State, Santa Clara and defending champion Alaska Anchorage comprised the 2007 women's field.

Past Tournament Champions, Runners Up, and MVPs

Men's Tournament

Women's Tournament

1Tournament was played in a round robin format.
2The tournament was moved to earlier in the season beginning in the 1994-95 season; hence the first 1994 tournament corresponds to the 1993-94 season and the second tournament to the 1994-95 season.

2007 Men's tournament field

*November 21-24: Sullivan Arena, Anchorage"Number of asterisks denotes number of overtime periods played."

8TeamBracket | RD1= Quarter-final
RD2= Semi-final | RD3= Final
RD1-seed1=23
RD1-team1=Butler
RD1-score1=79
RD1-seed2=
RD1-team2=cbb link|team=Michigan Wolverines|title=Michigan|season=2007-08
RD1-score2=65

RD1-seed3=
RD1-team3=Eastern Washington
RD1-score3=52
RD1-seed4=
RD1-team4=Virginia Tech
RD1-score4=69

RD1-seed5=
RD1-team5=cbb link|team=Texas Tech Red Raiders|title=Texas Tech|season=2007-08
RD1-score5=74
RD1-seed6=
RD1-team6=Alaska Anchorage
RD1-score6=47

RD1-seed7=
RD1-team7=Western Kentucky
RD1-score7=71
RD1-seed8=14
RD1-team8=Gonzaga
RD1-score8=74

RD2-seed1=23
RD2-team1=Butler
RD2-score1=84*
RD2-seed2=
RD2-team2=Virginia Tech
RD2-score2=78

RD2-seed3=
RD2-team3=Texas Tech
RD2-score3=73
RD2-seed4=14
RD2-team4=Gonzaga
RD2-score4=63

RD3-seed1=23
RD3-team1=Butler
RD3-score1=81
RD3-seed2=
RD3-team2=Texas Tech
RD3-score2=71

2TeamBracket | RD1=3rd Place game
RD1-seed1=
RD1-team1=Virginia Tech
RD1-score1=64
RD1-seed2=14
RD1-team2=Gonzaga
RD1-score2=82

4TeamBracket | RD1= Loser's Bracket | RD2= 5th Place Game
RD1-seed1=
RD1-team1=Michigan
RD1-score1=61
RD1-seed2=
RD1-team2=Eastern Washington
RD1-score2=53

RD1-seed3=
RD1-team3=Western Kentucky
RD1-score3=71
RD1-seed4=
RD1-team4=Alaska Anchorage
RD1-score4=67

RD2-seed1=
RD2-team1=Michigan
RD2-score1=69
RD2-seed2=
RD2-team2=Western Kentucky
RD2-score2=73

2TeamBracket | RD1=7th Place game
RD1-seed1=
RD1-team1=Eastern Washington
RD1-score1=64
RD1-seed2=
RD1-team2=Alaska Anchorage
RD1-score2=62

2007 Women's tournament field

*November 20-21: Sullivan Arena, Anchorage"Number of asterisks denotes number of overtime periods played."

4TeamBracket | RD1= Semi-Final | RD2= Final
RD1-seed1=
RD1-team1=Cleveland State
RD1-score1=72
RD1-seed2=
RD1-team2=Alaska Anchorage
RD1-score2=80*

RD1-seed3=
RD1-team3=Bradley
RD1-score3=61
RD1-seed4=
RD1-team4=Santa Clara
RD1-score4=69

RD2-seed1=
RD2-team1=Alaska Anchorage
RD2-score1=52
RD2-seed2=
RD2-team2=Santa Clara
RD2-score2=50

2TeamBracket | RD1=3rd Place game
RD1-seed1=
RD1-team1=Cleveland State
RD1-score1=82
RD1-seed2=
RD1-team2=Bradley
RD1-score2=61

External links

* [http://www.goseawolves.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=13400&SPID=6647&SPSID=61085 Great Alaska Shootout home page]
* [http://www.shootout.net Shootout.Net - Your Online Ticket]


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