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The ESPN Events Invitational (previously the Orlando Invitational, Orlando Classic, Old Spice Classic, and Advocare Invitational) is an annual college basketball tournament played over Thanksgiving weekend—Thursday, Friday, and Sunday. The inaugural tournament was held November 23, 24, and 26, 2006.
ESPN continues to provide television coverage of the tournament. In 2011 the NCAA and ESPN agreed to a $500 million agreement through 2023–24 for rights to cover championships in several sports, including the NIT; [57] this compares with the 11-year, $6.2 billion TV contract with CBS and Turner Sports for the NCAA tournament.
After pleas from ESPN analyst Fran Fraschilla, Yahoo Sports columnist Jeff Eisenberg, and SportsCenter host Scott Van Pelt, [20] the NCAA adopted the ritual for March Madness in 2018. [21] [22] After the game, a portable bracket was brought into the winning team's locker room. One player, or a group of players, advanced the team to the next round.
How the March Madness Bracket Is Made. Before diving into the chaos, you'll want to familiarize yourself with the basics of the tournament.The NCAA men's tournament consists of 68 teams divided ...
The event was co-promoted with ESPN.com's ESPN Tournament Challenge bracket game, and contained charitable appeals for the Jimmy V Foundation. The event was revived in 2018, with a 25-hour marathon of tournament-related programming. [65] [66] ESPNU airs a National Signing Day, first premiering in 2008.
After Day 1 of Round 1 of the @espn Men’s Tournament Challenge:. 💯 161 brackets out of 17.3 million picked all 16 games correctly. 0️⃣ Only 12 brackets managed to go 0 for 16.
In 2001, ESPN Regional Television moved beyond broadcasting college football bowl games, when it purchased the Las Vegas Bowl from Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. ESPN Regional did so to help partner conferences that had bowl qualified teams but no bowl available. The company bought four more bowls and started two others. [4]
ESPN International held broadcast rights to the tournament outside of the United States: it produced its own broadcasts of the semi-final and championship game, called by ESPN College Basketball personalities Brad Nessler (play-by-play), Dick Vitale (analyst for the final and one semi-final), and Jay Bilas (analyst for the other semi-final). [30]