Las Vegas Invitational Champions
Full list of Las Vegas Invitational champions, including head coach, by year. The Las Vegas Invitational is an early season Division I men’s college basketball tournament that has taken place in November annually since 2003. Originally held at Valley High School, the event moved to its current home – the 7,000+ seat Orleans Arena – in 2006. With the exception of 2013, the event has a bracketed tournament format, with one champion each year.
See also: Las Vegas Classic and Continental Tire Main Event
Year | Champion(s) | Head Coach(es) |
2003 | Bradley | Jim Les |
2004 | Southern Illinois | Chris Lowery |
2005 | Boston College | Al Skinner |
2006 | Kansas | Bill Self |
2007 | North Carolina | Roy Williams |
2008 | Kentucky | Billy Gillispie |
2009 | Oklahoma State | Travis Ford |
2010 | Kansas (2) | Bill Self (2) |
2011 | UNLV | Dave Rice |
2012 | Creighton | Greg McDermott |
2013^ | Missouri | Frank Haith |
UCLA | Steve Alford | |
2014 | Illinois | John Groce |
2015 | West Virginia | Bob Huggins |
2016 | Butler | Chris Holtmann |
2017 | Arizona State | Bobby Hurley |
2018 | Michigan State | Tom Izzo |
2019 | San Diego State | Brian Dutcher |
2020 | cancelled | |
2021 | San Francisco | Todd Golden |
2022 | UC Irvine | Russell Turner |
2023 |
^ 2013 event had a round robin format with co-champions named
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