2016 Great Alaska Shootout
The 2016 GCI Great Alaska Shootout was the 38th Great Alaska Shootout, the annual college basketball tournament that features colleges from all over the United States. All games were played at the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage, Alaska. The event took place November 23 through November 26, 2016[1] with eight schools participating in the men's tournament and four in the women's tournament. The men's first round, semifinals, and championship game were televised on CBS Sports Network. Iona won the men's tournament, defeating Nevada 75–73.[2][3] In the women's tournament, USC defeated Portland.
| Teams | 8 (men's), 4 (women's) | ||||
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| Finals site | Alaska Airlines Center Anchorage, Alaska | ||||
| Champions | Iona (men's) USC (women's) | ||||
| MVP | Sam Cassell Jr., Iona (men's) Kristen Simon, USC (women's) | ||||
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Brackets
Men's
| 5th Place Game November 26 | Consolation 2nd Round November 25 | First Round November 23,24 | Semifinals November 25 | Championship November 26 | ||||||||||||||
| Buffalo | 85 | |||||||||||||||||
| Alaska Anchorage | 79 | |||||||||||||||||
| Alaska Anchorage | 65 | Buffalo | 62 | |||||||||||||||
| Oakland | 71 | Nevada | 67 | |||||||||||||||
| Nevada | 82 | |||||||||||||||||
| Oakland | 78 | |||||||||||||||||
| Oakland | 79 | Nevada | 73 | |||||||||||||||
| UC Davis | 66 | Iona | 75 | |||||||||||||||
| UC Davis | 58 | |||||||||||||||||
| Weber State | 86 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7th Place Game | UC Davis | 64 | Weber State | 54 | 3rd Place Game | |||||||||||||
| Drake | 58 | Iona | 76 | |||||||||||||||
| Alaska Anchorage | 74 | Drake | 53 | Buffalo | 74 | |||||||||||||
| Drake | 69 | Iona | 64 | Weber State | 72 | |||||||||||||
Women's
| First Round November 22 | Championship Game November 23 | ||||||||
| 1 | Missouri State | 67 | |||||||
| 4 | USC | 89 | |||||||
| USC | 67 | ||||||||
| Portland | 54 | ||||||||
| 3 | Portland | 66 | |||||||
| 2 | Alaska Anchorage | 57 | 3rd Place Game November 23 | ||||||
| Missouri State | 65 | ||||||||
| Alaska Anchorage | 58 | ||||||||
References
- "2016 GCI Great Alaska Shootout schedule & results". GoSeaWolves.com. University of Alaska Anchorage Athletics. June 7, 2016. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
- "Pack falls just short of Great Alaska Shootout title". Reno Gazette Journal. Retrieved August 23, 2017.
- Payne, Terrence (November 27, 2016). "Iona wins Great Alaska Shootout on a buzzer-beater". CollegeBasketballTalk. Retrieved August 23, 2017.
- "Year-by-Year Results". Retrieved August 28, 2017.
- "2016 Great Alaska Shootout Men's Bracket" (PDF). GoSeawolves.com. University of Alaska Anchorage Athletics.
- "Women's Year-by-Year Results". Retrieved August 28, 2017.
- "2016 Great Alaska Shootout Women's Bracket" (PDF). GoSeaWolves.com. University of Alaska Anchorage Athletics.
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