South Padre Island Invitational Champions
South Padre Island Invitational Champions
Full list of South Padre Island Invitational champions, including head coach, by year. The South Padre Island Invitational was an early season Division I men’s college basketball tournament that was held annually in late November from 2005 through 2012. Eight programs would meet in South Padre Island, Texas to play in a pair of four-team bracketed tournament and crown two champions (an Upper Bracket champion and Lower Bracket champion). Teams that lost went into consolation rounds, so every team was guaranteed to play in two games during the event. Tournament games were hosted at the South Padre Island Convention Centre. Champions below represent the winner of the Upper Bracket.
Year | Champion | Head Coach |
2005 | Illinois | Bruce Weber |
2006 | Oklahoma State | Sean Sutton |
2007 | Vanderbilt | Kevin Stallings |
2008 | Illinois (2) | Bruce Weber (2) |
2009 | Richmond | Chris Mooney |
2010 | BYU | Dave Rose |
2011* | Iowa State | Fred Hoiberg |
Northern Iowa | Ben Jacobson | |
2012 | Northwestern | Bill Carmody |
* the 2011 Upper Bracket was not a tournament, but rather a pair of Third Round and Championship Round games
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