2017 Great Alaska Shootout

2017 Great Alaska Shootout

Season	2017–18
Teams	8 (men's), 4 (women's)
Finals site	Alaska Airlines Center Anchorage, Alaska
Champions	Central Michigan (men's) Alaska Anchorage (women's)
MVP	Shelby Cloninger, Alaska Anchorage (women's)
Great Alaska Shootout «2016

The 2017 GCI Great Alaska Shootout was the 39th and last edition of the Great Alaska Shootout,[1] an annual college basketball tournament that featured colleges from all over the United States. All games were played at the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage, Alaska. The event took place November 21 through November 25, 2017[2] with eight schools participating in the men's tournament and four in the women's tournament. The men's first round, semifinals, and championship game were televised on CBS Sports Network. Central Michigan won the men's tournament, defeating Cal State Bakersfield. In the women's tournament, Alaska Anchorage defeated Tulsa.

Brackets

* – Denotes overtime period

Men's

[3][4]

	5th Place Game November 25				Consolation 2nd Round November 23				First Round November 22				Semifinals November 24				Championship November 25
									Cal Poly	73[5]
									College of Charleston	68
					College of Charleston	59							Cal Poly	53
					Sam Houston State	49							Central Michigan	56
									Central Michigan	71
									Sam Houston State	60
	College of Charleston	55															Central Michigan	75
	Alaska Anchorage	46															Cal State Bakersfield	72
									Idaho	69
									Santa Clara	59
	7th Place Game				Santa Clara	73							Idaho	62			3rd Place Game
					Alaska Anchorage	78*							Cal State Bakersfield	64
	Sam Houston State	73							Cal State Bakersfield	59							Cal Poly	53
	Santa Clara	59							Alaska Anchorage	39							Idaho	75

Women's

[6][7]

	First Round November 21				Championship Game November 23
	Tulsa	60
	Binghamton	55
					Alaska Anchorage	59
					Tulsa	53
	Alaska Anchorage	69
	Maryland Eastern Shore	59			3rd Place Game November 23
					Binghamton	68
					Maryland Eastern Shore	51

References

1. "Great Alaska Shootout will end after 2017". ESPN.com. ESPN. August 24, 2017.
2. "2017 GCI Great Alaska Shootout Schedule". GoSeawolves.com. University of Alaska Anchorage Athletics. November 22, 2017.
3. "Year-by-Year Results". Retrieved August 28, 2017.
4. "2017 Great Alaska Shootout Bracket" (PDF).
5. "Cal Poly beats Charleston 73-68 in Great Alaska Shootout". USAToday.com. USA Today. November 22, 2017.
6. "Women's Year-by-Year Results". Retrieved August 28, 2017.
7. "2017 Great Alaska Shootout Women's Bracket" (PDF).