Chicago Invitational Challenge

Chicago Invitational Challenge
Sport	College Basketball
Founded	2006; 18 years ago
Ceased	2011; 13 years ago
No. of teams	8
Country	United States
Venue(s)	Sears Centre Arena, Hoffman Estates, Illinois
Last; champion(s)	Wisconsin Badgers ; (2011)

The Chicago Invitational Challenge was an annual early-season college basketball tournament that took place around Thanksgiving week Division I college basketball tournament is an annual early-season college basketball tournament that takes place Thanksgiving week. The Chicago Invitational Challenge was first held during the 2006-07 season, the final event occurred during the 2011–12 season. For the format of the tournament the opening two rounds were played on campus sites, The semifinals and finals were contested using a 4 team tournament with a 3rd place game. Throughout the duration of the tournament expect in 2009 the semifinal and final rounds were played at the Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, In 2009 the village of Hoffman Estates, Illinois acquired the NOW Arena^[1] (formerly Sears Centre Arena) through a Deed in Lieu of Foreclosure process, as a result the 2009 was Chicago Invitational Challenge was moved to UIC Pavilion. The tournament was owned and operated by Basketball Tournaments, Inc.

Tournament History

Champions

Year	Teams
2006	Illinois
2007	Xavier
2009	Northwestern
2010	Richmond
2011	Wisconsin

Brackets

* – Denotes overtime period

2011

Eleventh ranked Wisconsin won the final edition of the tournament 73–56 victory over BYU.^[2]

First and Second Rounds

First Round			Second Round

				Bradley	66
	Bradley	68		Wofford	70
	UMKC	58

First Round			Second Round

			11	Wisconsin	77
14	Wisconsin	69		UMKC	31
	Wofford	33

First Round			Second Round

				BYU	90
	BYU	92		Prairie View A&M	51
	Longwood	60

First Round			Second Round

				Nevada	80
	Nevada	60		Longwood	78
	Prairie View A&M	47

First and Second Round Game played at on campus sites

Championship Round

Upper Bracket November 23			First Place Game November 24

	Bradley	44

11	Wisconsin	66
			11	Wisconsin	73

				BYU	56
BYU		76

Nevada		55	3rd place game November 24


			Bradley		59

			Nevada		64

Lower Bracket November 23		Fifth Place Game November 24

Longwood	70

Prairie View A&M	67
		Longwood	53

		UMKC	93
UMKC	64

Wofford	58	Seventh Place Game November 24


		Prairie View A&M	49

		Wofford	56

2010

Richmond was crowned champions of the 2010 Chicago Invitational Challenge as the Spiders upset tenth ranked Purdue 65–54.^[3]^[4]

First and Second Rounds

First Round			Second Round

			14	Purdue	82
10	Purdue	87		Oakland	67
	Austin Peay	65

First Round			Second Round

				Southern Illinois	85
	Southern Illinois	72		Charleston Southern	67
	Austin Peay	65

First Round			Second Round

				Richmond	81
	Richmond	82		Southern	40
	Charleston Southern	71

First Round			Second Round

				Wright State	66
	Wright State	82		Southern	43
	Austin Peay	79

First and Second Round Game played at on campus sites

Championship Round

Upper Bracket November 26			First Place Game November 27

10	Purdue	79

	Southern Illinois	60
			10	Purdue	54

				Richmond	65
Richmond		71

Wright State		61	3rd place game November 24


			Southern Illinois		56

			Wright State		50

Lower Bracket November 26		Fifth Place Game November 27

Austin Peay	70

Charleston Southern	64
		Austin Peay	70

		Oakland	78*
Oakland	105

Southern	53	Seventh Place Game November 27


		Charleston Southern	89

		Southern	54

2009

With the temporary closing of Sears Centre Arena on October 1, 2009, The fourth annual Chicago Invitational Challenge was moved to UIC Pavilion in Chicago, Illinois.^[5]^[6] Northwestern defeated Iowa State 67–65 in the championship game.^[7]^[8]

First and Second Rounds

First Round			Second Round

				Iowa State	84
	Iowa State	96		Tennessee State	53
	Mississippi Valley State	55

First Round			Second Round

				Northwestern	69
	Northwestern	69		Tennessee State	62
	Liberty	53

First Round			Second Round

				Notre Dame	80
23	Notre Dame	91		Kennesaw State	62
	Liberty	72

First Round			Second Round

				Saint Louis	75
	Saint Louis	76		Mississippi Valley State	39
	Kennesaw State	66

First and Second Round Game played at on campus sites

Championship Round

Upper Bracket November 27			First Place Game November 28

Iowa State		65

Saint Louis		54
			Iowa State		65

			Northwestern		67
	Northwestern	72

23	Notre Dame	71	3rd place game November 28


				Saint Louis	52

			23	Notre Dame	64

Lower Bracket November 27		Fifth Place Game November 28

Kennesaw State	67

Tennessee State	73
		Tennessee State	60

		Liberty	63
Liberty	72

Mississippi Valley State	53	Seventh Place Game November 24


		Kennesaw State	85

		Mississippi Valley State	68

2008

The third Chicago Invitational Challenge was held in a non-bracket format for the upper bracket, with matchups set prior to the tournament, the lower bracket was still held as a four team tournament.

First and Second Rounds

First Round			Second Round

				Auburn	61
	Auburn	74		Bethune–Cookman	46
	Mercer	78

First Round			Second Round

				Dayton	71
	Dayton	78		Mercer	53
	Bethune–Cookman	38

First Round			Second Round

			15	Marquette	85
15	Marquette	106		Texas Southern	68
	Chicago State	87

First Round			Second Round

				Northern Iowa	74
	Northern Iowa	81		Texas Southern	67
	Chicago State	70

First and Second Round Game played at on campus sites

Championship Round

November 28

Dayton		60

Auburn		59*



15	Marquette	73

	Northern Iowa	43

November 29

Northern Iowa		67

Auburn		61



	Dayton	89

15	Marquette	75

Lower Bracket November 28		Fifth Place Game November 29

Bethune-Cookman	64

Chicago State	79
			Chicago State	77

			Mercer	88
Mercer	71

Texas Southern	68	3rd place game November 27


			Bethune-Cookman	68

			Texas Southern	61

2007

Xavier won the second Chicago Invitational Challenge defeating eighth ranked Indiana 80-65 in the championship game.^[9]^[10]

First and Second Rounds

First Round			Second Round

				Illinois State	90
	Illinois State	89		Southeast Missouri State	71
	UNC Wilmington	73

First Round			Second Round

			8	Indiana	95
8	Indiana	100		UNC Wilmington	71
	Longwood	49

First Round			Second Round

				Kent State	80
	Kent State	74		Longwood	62
	Coppin State	51

First Round			Second Round

				Xavier	90
	Xavier	98		Southeast Missouri State	59
	Coppin State	49

First and Second Round Game played at on campus sites

Championship Round

Upper Bracket November 23			First Place Game November 24

	Illinois State	57

8	Indiana	70
			8	Indiana	65

				Xavier	80
Kent State		65

Xavier		78	3rd place game November 24


			Illinois State		59

			Kent State		65

Lower Bracket November 23		Fifth Place Game November 24

Coppin State	102

Southeast Missouri State	99
		Coppin State	57

		UNC Wilmington	78
Longwood	65

UNC Wilmington	80	3rd place game November 24


		Southeast Missouri State	59

		Longwood	65

2006

Illinois won the inaugural Chicago Invitational Challenge defeating Bradley 75–71 in the championship game.^[11]^[12]

First and Second Rounds

First Round			Second Round

				Bradley	81
	Bradley	107		UIC	72
	Florida A&M	75

	Finals

	Rutgers		70

	Jackson State		71

	Finals

	Illinois	84

	Florida A&M	63

	Finals

	Illinois	76

	Jackson State	55

	November 23

	Illinois	81

	Savannah State	34

First Round			Second Round

				Miami (Ohio)	72
	Miami (Ohio)	52		UIC	61
	Florida A&M	33

First and Second Round Game played at on campus sites

Championship Round

Upper Bracket November 24		Championship Game November 25

Bradley	101

Rutgers	72
		Bradley	71

		Illinois	75
Illinois	51

Miami (Ohio)	49	3rd place game November 25


		Rutgers	44

		Miami (Ohio)	57

Lower Bracket November 24		Fifth Place Game November 25

Florida A&M	57

UIC	75
		UIC	68

		Jackson State	71
Jackson State	72

Savannah State	71	Seventh Place Game November 24


		Florida A&M	74

		Savannah State	65

References

^ "NOW Arena Information". Village of Hoffman Estates.
^ "Chicago Champs! Badgers bury BYU to take home title". uwbadgers. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
^ "No. 10 Purdue Falls to Richmond, 65-54". purduesports. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
^ "Richmond Handles No. 8 Ranked Purdue". richmondspiders. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
^ "UIC Pavilion Press Releases". UICPavillion.com.
^ "Chicago Invitational Moved To UIC Pavilion". Cyclones.com. Iowa State Athletics. September 11, 2009.
^ "Cyclones Fall To Northwestern, 67-65". cyclones. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
^ "NU Claims Tournament Title with 67-65 Win Over Iowa State". nusports. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
^ "No. 8 Indiana Falls At Chicago Invitational". iuhoosiers. Retrieved 24 November 2007.
^ "Xavier Tops No. 8 Indiana For Chicago Invitational Title". goxavier. Retrieved 24 November 2007.
^ "Illinois Knocks Off Bradley in Come-From-Behind Style, 75-71". bradleybraves. Retrieved 26 November 2006.
^ "Illinois Puts Together Second-Half Rally to Edge Bradley, 75-71". fightingillini. Retrieved 25 November 2006.

[1] "NOW Arena Information". Village of Hoffman Estates.

[2] "Chicago Champs! Badgers bury BYU to take home title". uwbadgers. Retrieved 26 November 2011.

[3] "No. 10 Purdue Falls to Richmond, 65-54". purduesports. Retrieved 27 November 2010.

[4] "Richmond Handles No. 8 Ranked Purdue". richmondspiders. Retrieved 27 November 2010.

[5] "UIC Pavilion Press Releases". UICPavillion.com.

[6] "Chicago Invitational Moved To UIC Pavilion". Cyclones.com. Iowa State Athletics. September 11, 2009.

[7] "Cyclones Fall To Northwestern, 67-65". cyclones. Retrieved 28 November 2009.

[8] "NU Claims Tournament Title with 67-65 Win Over Iowa State". nusports. Retrieved 28 November 2009.

[9] "No. 8 Indiana Falls At Chicago Invitational". iuhoosiers. Retrieved 24 November 2007.

[10] "Xavier Tops No. 8 Indiana For Chicago Invitational Title". goxavier. Retrieved 24 November 2007.

[11] "Illinois Knocks Off Bradley in Come-From-Behind Style, 75-71". bradleybraves. Retrieved 26 November 2006.

[12] "Illinois Puts Together Second-Half Rally to Edge Bradley, 75-71". fightingillini. Retrieved 25 November 2006.

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