Men's tournaments

[jasonleone]

Oswego State (NY) is looking for 1 more team to complete the field for the Max Ziel Tip-Off Tournament Nov 7-8 2025. Union and SUNY Poly are the other teams that have committed. We provide a $500 guarantee, 5 hotel rooms, and 1 team meal.

Oswego State is 30 miles from the Syracuse NY Airport. Practice/Shoot Around times are not an issue for this tourney.

Contact Head Coach Jason Leone with interest: jason.leone@oswego.edu

[AU]

Alfred University (Empire 8) and Alfred State College (AMCC) are looking for 1 team to complete our tip off tournament in 2025-26 in NY

-First round games will be Friday November 7th at 5:00p and 7:00p
-Consolation/championship Saturday November 8th at 2:00p and 4:00p
-One game each at Alfred University and Alfred State (literally right across the street from each other)
-$500 guarantee
-t shirts for all participants
-shootaround times Saturday AM
-all games uploaded to Synergy
-all-tournament teams

Please email Alfred University head coach Erich Kaempffe, kaempffe@alfred.edu, if interested

[Garoot24]

Beginning in 2025'26, Centre Berea College (located in beautiful Central Kentucky 40 mins apart) will co-host a post Christmas Classic sponsored by Lee's Famous Recipe.

Details for 2025/26 (2 Teams Needed)   
Games played at Centre College (Danville,KY)
Dates: December 29 & 30, 2025
Games vs Centre & Berea
$1000 Guarantee
Post Game Meals Provided
Hotel discounts available upon request

Please reach out to Centre Head Coach Greg Mason (greg.mason@centre.edu or 859-238-5491) or Berea College Head Coach Austin Newton (Newtonj2@berea.edu or 859-985-3482) with interest or questions.

[CoachMee]

Vassar College is looking for two teams to fill our Hochberg Family Tipoff Tournament in Poughkeepsie, NY for the 2025-2026 season. Please email Ryan Mee, rmee@vassar.edu if interested. More info is below.

Dates: Friday, November 14 & Saturday, November 15, 2025
Game times: 5:30/7:30pm & 2:00/4:00pm
Guarantee:
$500 + 6 Rooms
-Post game food & drink after one game.
-All Tournament Team awards

[HobartCollegeMensBBall]

Hobart College is looking for one more team to join our tournament on Friday, November 21st and Saturday, November 22nd, 2025.

We are offering:

- Guarantee $
- Covering cost of 4 hotel rooms per team and providing discounted rated on any additional hotel rooms
- Post-game meal on Friday & discounted meals on Saturday

Please contact Head Coach Stefan Thompson at 315-383-7152 or sthompson@hws.edu.

[Stockton basketball]

Stockton Men's Basketball is still looking for one more team for a post New Year's tournament on January 3rd and 4th of 2026. We will be providing 6 Hotel Rooms for the nights of January 2nd and January 3rd and post game get on the road food after game 2. 
Stockton is located in Galloway Twp NJ roughly a 15 minute ride into Atlantic City.

Contact Scott Bittner if interested
bittners@stockton.edu

[LukeFredsell]

Utica University Men's Basketball is looking for 3 teams to fill its 2025 Utica Classic Tournament
Monday, December 29th and Tuesday, December 30th.

Potential guarantee + 1 team meal
Discounted hotel rooms

Email rscoffey@utica.edu or lwfredse@utica.edu if you're interested in joining this tournament.

[WLBBALL]

Washington and Lee University is looking for one more team for its 2025-2026 holiday tournament. Dates are December 29-30th, 2025. We offer a $1500 guarantee and postgame meals. Please email Chris McHugh at mchughc@wlu.edu if you are interested.

[kscmbb]

Keene State Men's Basketball is looking for 2 more teams for its 2025-2026 tournament.

November 21-22, 2025

Guarantee of 6 hotel rooms per team and post game meals.

Please reach out to Steve Enright with interest - steven.enright@keene.edu

[dcahill4]

Nazareth University is still looking for teams to play in the Mike Daley Tip Off Tournament at Nazareth University on November 7-8th 2025. Tournament participants will receive the following:
$500 guarantee
6 hotel rooms at the Woodcliff Hotel and Spa, one of the nicest hotels in Rochester NY
T-shirts for all players and coaches
Trophies and All Tournament Teams
Mark's Pizza after both games
Please contact us if you are interested. 315-529-0917 or 585-389-2814 or kbroder0@naz.edu

[UW Oshkosh Basketball]

UW-Oshkosh is looking for ONE TEAM for our 2025 Winter Classic on Dec. 28-29, 2025. It is played at Oshkosh Arena, home of the Wisconsin Herd (G-League). We co-host this with our women's program and it is an exciting two days of basketball in a great facility! Teams that are committed: UW-Oshkosh, UW-Stout, Heidelberg.

Included:
Large guarantee
Hotels for 2 nights
Post game meals after both games
Awards

Past Participants (Non-WIAC teams):
Calvin
Babson
Nebraska Wesleyan
Ripon
Marian (WI)
Ohio Wesleyan
Keene State (2024 participant)
Hamline (2024 participant)

Please contact Matt Lewis (lewism@uwosh.edu/504-390-5597) with any questions. Thank you!

[Williams Scheduling]

Williams College, in Williamstown, MA is currently looking for ONE MORE TEAM interested in our 2025 Tip-Off Tournament.

Games will be played on Saturday, November 15th and Sunday, November 16th 2025.

We offer $1000 guarantees, team-rated hotel options, and a post-game meal after one of the games.

Please email Assistant Coach Tom Doran, tpd2@williams.edu, if potentially interested.

[Trinity(TX) Basketball]

Trinity University, in San Antonio, TX needs one team to complete our opening weekend tournament.

Dates are November 7th and 8th.  We offer a $3000 guarantee and also have a deal in place with a Marriott property where you get 2 free hotel rooms per night and each additional room is $109.

Reach out to Jimmy Smith, jsmith14@trinity.edu, with any interest.  Thanks! 

[MessiahMBB]

Messiah University in Mechanicsburg, PA is looking for 1 more team for our Springhill Suites Classic (Nov 14-15, 2025).


Participating teams receive:
-4 Room at the Springhill Suite in Camp Hill
-Post game meal
-All-Tournament awards


All games are played in Hitchcock Arena.  If interested, please contact Brady Vest at Brady.Vest@messiah.edu or 336-602-5679.

[Claude Shields]

William Peace University - in the heart of downtown Raleigh, the capital of North Carolina, is hosting a tournament opening weekend in 2025-2026. Flexible with dates, based on interest. Nov 7/8 or Nov 8/9.

We will provide post game meals after day 1 and t-shirts.

If you have any interest, please reach out.

Claude Shields
cbshields@peace.edu