Emerald Coast Classic


The Emerald Coast Classic is an eight-team college basketball tournament held during Thanksgiving of NCAA Division I men's basketball season, with the inaugural tournament beginning in 2014. The two final round games are played on the campus of Northwest Florida State College in Niceville, Florida. The tournament will be presented by Global Sports. First and second-round games are played at on-campus sites, with the third round and championship round scheduled Thanksgiving weekend at Northwest Florida State College.
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Brackets

* – Denotes overtime period

2025

Men's

The tournament will take place on November 28–29, 2025.

Women's

Bay bracket
Beach bracket

2024

Women's

The Emerald Coast Classic will be a women's college basketball tournament only for the 2024-25 season with four teams comprised in two brackets.
Bay Bracket
Beach Bracket

2023

Men's

The tournament took place from November 24 - 25, 2023.

2022

Men's

The tournament took place on November 25 - 26, 2022.

2021

Men's

LSU, Oregon State, Penn State and Wake Forest headline the field for the 2021 Emerald Coast Classic.
First-round games played at on-campus sites. Second- and championship-round games played on the campus of Northwest Florida State College in Niceville, Florida.

2018

First and Second Round

First and second-round games were played at campus sites November 10–20, 2018 with the third round and championship round scheduled for Thanksgiving weekend, November 23 and 25.

2017

First and Second Round

First and second-round games were played at on-campus sites November 12–21, 2017 with the third round and championship round scheduled for Thanksgiving weekend, November 24 and 25.

2016

First and Second Round

First and second-round games were played at on-campus sites November 13–22, 2016 with the third round and championship round scheduled for Thanksgiving weekend, November 25 and 26.

2014

First and Second Round

First and second-round games were played at on-campus sites November 20–25, 2014 with the third round and championship round scheduled for Thanksgiving weekend, November 28 and 29.

Future fields

2025 men's