2017 Great Alaska Shootout

Season

2017–18

Teams

8 (men's), 4 (women's)

Finals site

Alaska Airlines Center
Anchorage, Alaska

Champions

Central Michigan (men's)
Alaska Anchorage (women's)

MVP

Shelby Cloninger, Alaska Anchorage (women's)

Great Alaska Shootout
«2016

The 2017 GCI Great Alaska Shootout was the 39th and last edition of the Great Alaska Shootout,^[1] an annual college basketball tournament that featured colleges from all over the United States. All games were played at the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage, Alaska. The event took place November 21 through November 25, 2017^[2] 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. Central Michigan won the men's tournament, defeating Cal State Bakersfield. In the women's tournament, Alaska Anchorage defeated Tulsa.

Brackets

* – Denotes overtime period

Men's

^[3]^[4]


5th Place Game November 25		Consolation 2nd Round November 23		First Round November 22		Semifinals November 24		Championship November 25



				Cal Poly	73^[5]

				College of Charleston	68

		College of Charleston	59			Cal Poly	53

		Sam Houston State	49			Central Michigan	56

				Central Michigan	71

				Sam Houston State	60

College of Charleston	55							Central Michigan	75

Alaska Anchorage	46							Cal State Bakersfield	72

				Idaho	69

				Santa Clara	59

7th Place Game		Santa Clara	73			Idaho	62	3rd Place Game

		Alaska Anchorage	78*			Cal State Bakersfield	64

Sam Houston State	73			Cal State Bakersfield	59			Cal Poly	53

Santa Clara	59			Alaska Anchorage	39			Idaho	75

Women's

^[6]^[7]

First Round November 21		Championship Game November 23

Tulsa	60

Binghamton	55
		Alaska Anchorage	59

		Tulsa	53
Alaska Anchorage	69

Maryland Eastern Shore	59	3rd Place Game November 23


		Binghamton	68

		Maryland Eastern Shore	51

References

^ "Great Alaska Shootout will end after 2017". ESPN.com. ESPN. August 24, 2017.
^ "2017 GCI Great Alaska Shootout Schedule". GoSeawolves.com. University of Alaska Anchorage Athletics. November 22, 2017.
^ "Year-by-Year Results". Retrieved August 28, 2017.
^ "2017 Great Alaska Shootout Bracket" (PDF).
^ "Cal Poly beats Charleston 73-68 in Great Alaska Shootout". USAToday.com. USA Today. November 22, 2017.
^ "Women's Year-by-Year Results". Retrieved August 28, 2017.
^ "2017 Great Alaska Shootout Women's Bracket" (PDF).