Main Event (college basketball)
The Continental Tire Main Event was a four-team college basketball tournament held during Monday and Wednesday of Thanksgiving week of the NCAA Division I men's basketball season, with the inaugural tournament beginning in 2014.
Tournament format
The tournament originally featured two four-team brackets with each team playing two games in Las Vegas. Members of the Heavyweight bracket each host at least one member of the Middleweight bracket on campus before the tournament. Since the Middleweight bracket's dissolution in 2021, the tournament continues to find opponents for members of the formerly named Heavyweight bracket to host on campus that would have played in the Middleweight bracket.While the Heavyweight bracket pool always features four teams, the Middleweight bracket pool's size is variable, ranging from as little as two teams to as many as five. Despite this, only up to four teams in the Middleweight bracket pool played in Las Vegas. Since 2021, two teams that would have played in the Middleweight bracket each play two Heavyweight opponents before facing each other on campus.
Tournament champions
Brackets
2023 – Continental Tire Main Event
2022 – Continental Tire Main Event
Campus-game contender: Norfolk State beat Monmouth 64–59.2021 – Roman Main Event
Campus-game contender: North Dakota State beat Tarleton State 54–53.2020 – Men's Vegas Bubble
The event had a unique format due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It also adopted the temporary name "Men's Vegas Bubble" and aired on FloHoops. Despite including Baylor as the 2020 champion, no other records from this year are included in the tournament's history and records page.Schedule
2019 – MGM Resorts Main Event
Heavyweight Bracket
Middleweight Bracket
2018 – MGM Resorts Main Event
Heavyweight Bracket
Middleweight Bracket
Campus-game contender: McNeese State2017 – MGM Resorts Main Event
Heavyweight Bracket
Middleweight Bracket
2016 – Men Who Speak Up Main Event
Heavyweight Bracket
Middleweight Bracket
2015 – Men Who Speak Up Main Event
Heavyweight Bracket
Middleweight Bracket
2014 – MGM Grand Main Event
Heavyweight Bracket
Middleweight Bracket
On October 6, 2014, the Middleweight Bracket was revised to a round-robin format.| Milwaukee | Louisiana–Lafayette | Oral Roberts | |
| Milwaukee | — | 56–52 | 66–69 |
| Louisiana–Lafayette | 52–56 | — | 76–52 |
| Oral Roberts | 69–66 | 52–76 | — |