Sunshine Slam

Sunshine Slam

Sport	College Basketball
Founded	2019
Founder	Gazelle Group
No. of teams	8
Country	United States
Venue(s)	Ocean Center Daytona Beach, FL
TV partner(s)	FloHoops CBS Sports Network
Official website	Sunshine Slam

The Sunshine Slam is a two-day college basketball tournament featuring eight teams in two separate four-team brackets founded in 2019. The inaugural tournament in 2019 was a round-robin tournament held at Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee, FL.^[1] The Northeast Conference is the host of the tournament.^[1] The tournament relocated to the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Florida and has been played there since 2021.^[2]

Brackets

* – Denotes overtime period

2023

Campus games

	November 11

	Siena	48
	Richmond	90

	November 11

	Stetson	55
	UNLV	71

	November 13

	Central Michigan	67
	Florida State	94

	November 14

	Milwaukee	79
	No. 25 Colorado	106

Beach Bracket

Semifinals November 20		Championship November 21

Florida State	83

UNLV	75
		Florida State	77^OT

		No. 18 Colorado	71
No. 18 Colorado	64

Richmond	56	Consolation Game November 21


		UNLV	65

		Richmond	82

Ocean Bracket

Semifinals November 20		Championship November 21

Siena	56

Central Michigan	70
		Central Michigan	61

		Stetson	71
Milwaukee	67

Stetson	85	Consolation Game November 21


		Siena	59

		Milwaukee	61

^[3]

2022

Campus games

	November 16

	Presbyterian	61
	UAB	92

	November 17

	Austin Peay	62
	South Florida	60

	November 17

	Albany	79
	Saint Joseph's	99

	November 18

	Bucknell	61
	Georgia	65

Beach Bracket

Semifinals November 21		Championship November 22

Georgia	66

Saint Joseph's	53
		Georgia	73

		UAB	87
UAB	80

South Florida	65	Consolation Game November 22


		South Florida	75

		Saint Joseph's	62

Ocean Bracket

Semifinals November 21		Championship November 22

Bucknell	66

Presbyterian	65
		Austin Peay	65

		Bucknell	79
Austin Peay	74

Albany	59	Consolation Game November 22


		Albany	68

		Presbyterian	65

^[4]

2021

Utah, Tulsa, URI, and Boston College were in one pod,^[5] while the other pod consisted of Bryant, Holy Cross, Air Force, and Bethune-Cookman.^[6] 2021 Format: Eight teams in two separate four-team bracketed tournaments.

Campus games

	November 12

	Boston College	85
	Holy Cross	55

	November 12

	Rhode Island	83
	Bryant	64

	November 13

	Tulsa	58
	Air Force	59

	November 15

	Utah	86
	Bethune-Cookman	55

Beach Bracket

Semifinals November 20		Championship November 21

Utah	68

Boston College	61
		Utah	72

		Tulsa	58
Rhode Island	71

Tulsa	77	Consolation Game November 21


		Boston College	65

		Rhode Island	71

Ocean Bracket

Semifinals November 20		Championship November 21

Air Force	72

Holy Cross	53
		Air Force	73

		Bethune-Cookman	65
Bryant	72

Bethune-Cookman	81	Consolation Game November 21


		Holy Cross	62

		Bryant	78

2019

	November 8

	Delaware	56
	Oakland	53

	November 8

	Southern Illinois	72
	UTSA	60

	November 9

	Delaware	65
	Southern Illinois	62

	November 9

	Oakland	75
	UTSA	62

	November 10

	Delaware	91
	UTSA	70

References

^ ^a ^b "Sunshine Slam Set for 2019 Debut". Sunshine Slam. Gazelle Group. September 10, 2018. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
^ "Sunshine Slam Details". Sunshine Slam. Gazelle Group.
^ "2023 Sunshine Slam Bracket". Sunshine Slam. Retrieved September 1, 2023.
^ "2022-23 Men's College Basketball Early Season Tournaments and Exempt Multi-Team Events (MTEs)". SB Nation. April 22, 2022. Retrieved April 25, 2022.
^ Newman, Josh [@Joshua_Newman] (June 15, 2021). "Sources: Utah's MTE will be the Sunshine Slam in Daytona, Nov. 20-21. Utes, Tulsa, Rhode Island, Boston College" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ Newman, Josh [@Joshua_Newman] (June 15, 2021). "Second pod at this event will have Bryant, Holy Cross, Air Force, Bethune-Cookman" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

External links

Sunshine Slam

NCAA men's college basketball tournaments

Division I

Early season	Acrisure Invitational Asheville Championship Bahamas Championship Battle 4 Atlantis Belfast Classic Big 5 Classic Cancún Challenge Cayman Islands Classic Charleston Classic Continental Tire Main Event Diamond Head Classic Emerald Coast Classic Empire Classic ESPN Events Invitational Fort Myers Tip-Off Gulf Coast Showcase Hall of Fame Classic Hall of Fame Tip Off Jacksonville Classic Jamaica Classic Las Vegas Invitational Legends Classic Maui Invitational Myrtle Beach Invitational Nassau Championship NIT Season Tip-Off Northern Classic Paradise Jam Phil Knight Invitational Rady Children's Invitational SoCal Challenge Sunshine Slam Wooden Legacy
Defunct Early season	All-College Basketball Classic Coaches vs. Cancer Classic Corpus Christi Coastal Classic Crossover Classic DirecTV Classic Great Alaska Shootout Global Sports Classic Las Vegas Classic Puerto Rico Tip-Off Savannah Invitational Southland Basketball Tip-Off Vancouver Showcase
Conference postseason	ACC America East The American ASUN Atlantic 10 Big 12 Big East Big Sky Big South Big Ten Big West CAA Conference USA Horizon Ivy League MAAC MEAC Mid-American Missouri Valley Mountain West Northeast Ohio Valley Pac-12 Patriot SEC Southern Southland SWAC Sun Belt Summit WAC West Coast
Defunct Conference postseason	American South American West Big Eight East Coast Great Midwest Great West Metro Southwest
Postseason	NCAA Division I Tournament National Invitation Tournament College Basketball Invitational CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament College Basketball Crown (starting in 2025)
Defunct Postseason	The Basketball Classic Vegas 16 National Commissioners Invitational Tournament National Intercollegiate Basketball Tournament

Division II

Conference postseason	CCAA CACC Carolinas East Coast Great American GLIAC GLVC G-MAC Great Northwest Gulf South Lone Star Mountain East Northeast-10 Northern Sun Pacific West Peach Belt PSAC RMAC South Atlantic SIAC Sunshine State
Defunct Conference postseason	Heartland
Postseason	NCAA Division II Tournament

Division III

Conference postseason	Allegheny Mountain American Rivers American Southwest Atlantic East C2C Centennial CUNYAC CCIW CCS Commonwealth Coast Empire 8 Great Northeast HCAC Landmark Liberty Little East MASCAC Michigan Middle Atlantic (MAC Commonwealth and MAC Freedom) Midwest Minnesota NESCAC NEWMAC New Jersey North Atlantic NACC NCAC Northwest Ohio Old Dominion Presidents' SAA SCIAC SLIAC Skyline SCAC SUNYAC United East Upper Midwest USA South Wisconsin
Defunct Conference postseason	ACAA Colonial States NECC
Postseason	NCAA Division III Tournament ECAC Tournaments