Sunshine Slam
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| Sport | College Basketball |
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| Founded | 2019 |
| Founder | Gazelle Group |
| No. of teams | 8 |
| Country | United States |
| Venue(s) | Ocean Center Daytona Beach, FL |
| Most recent champion(s) | Clemson (Beach) Radford (Ocean) |
| Broadcaster(s) | FloHoops CBS Sports Network |
| Official website | Sunshine Slam |
The Sunshine Slam is a two-day college basketball tournament featuring eight teams in two separate four-team brackets founded in 2019. The inaugural tournament in 2019 was a round-robin tournament held at Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee, FL.[1] The Northeast Conference is the host of the tournament.[1] The tournament relocated to the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Florida and has been played there since 2021.[2]
Brackets
OT – Denotes overtime period
2025
Teams:[3]
- Bethune-Cookman
- Florida Atlantic
- George Mason
- Jacksonville
- Loyola Marymount
- Ohio
- Pacific
- Stony Brook
2024
The format for the Sunshine Slam will consist of a pair of semifinal round games in each bracket on November 25 and a championship and consolation game in each bracket on November 26. Champions will be crowned for both the Beach and Ocean brackets as well as all-tournament teams. In addition to the neutral site games at the Ocean Center, the Sunshine Slam will feature four on-campus games. Each team from the Beach Bracket will host an Ocean Bracket team prior to the event.[4]
Campus games
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Beach Bracket
| Semifinals November 25 | Championship November 26 | ||||||
| Penn State | 85 | ||||||
| Fordham | 66 | ||||||
| Penn State | 67 | ||||||
| Clemson | 75 | ||||||
| Clemson | 70 | ||||||
| San Francisco | 55 | Consolation Game November 26 | |||||
| Fordham | 64 | ||||||
| San Francisco | 85 | ||||||
Ocean Bracket
| Semifinals November 25 | Championship November 26 | ||||||
| Radford | 63 | ||||||
| Chicago State | 48 | ||||||
| Radford | 69 | ||||||
| Purdue Fort Wayne | 56 | ||||||
| Drexel | 81 | ||||||
| Purdue Fort Wayne | 87 | Consolation Game November 26 | |||||
| Chicago State | 71 | ||||||
| Drexel | 83 | ||||||
2023
Campus games
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Beach Bracket
| Semifinals November 20 | Championship November 21 | ||||||
| Florida State | 83 | ||||||
| UNLV | 75 | ||||||
| Florida State | 77OT | ||||||
| No. 18 Colorado | 71 | ||||||
| No. 18 Colorado | 64 | ||||||
| Richmond | 56 | Consolation Game November 21 | |||||
| UNLV | 65 | ||||||
| Richmond | 82 | ||||||
Ocean Bracket
| Semifinals November 20 | Championship November 21 | ||||||
| Siena | 56 | ||||||
| Central Michigan | 70 | ||||||
| Central Michigan | 61 | ||||||
| Stetson | 71 | ||||||
| Milwaukee | 67 | ||||||
| Stetson | 85 | Consolation Game November 21 | |||||
| Siena | 59 | ||||||
| Milwaukee | 61 | ||||||
2022
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Beach Bracket
| Semifinals November 21 | Championship November 22 | ||||||
| Georgia | 66 | ||||||
| Saint Joseph's | 53 | ||||||
| Georgia | 73 | ||||||
| UAB | 87 | ||||||
| UAB | 80 | ||||||
| South Florida | 65 | Consolation Game November 22 | |||||
| South Florida | 75 | ||||||
| Saint Joseph's | 62 | ||||||
Ocean Bracket
| Semifinals November 21 | Championship November 22 | ||||||
| Bucknell | 66 | ||||||
| Presbyterian | 65 | ||||||
| Austin Peay | 65 | ||||||
| Bucknell | 79 | ||||||
| Austin Peay | 74 | ||||||
| Albany | 59 | Consolation Game November 22 | |||||
| Albany | 68 | ||||||
| Presbyterian | 65 | ||||||
2021
Utah, Tulsa, URI, and Boston College were in one pod,[7] while the other pod consisted of Bryant, Holy Cross, Air Force, and Bethune-Cookman.[8] 2021 Format: Eight teams in two separate four-team bracketed tournaments.
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Beach Bracket
| Semifinals November 20 | Championship November 21 | ||||||
| Utah | 68 | ||||||
| Boston College | 61 | ||||||
| Utah | 72 | ||||||
| Tulsa | 58 | ||||||
| Rhode Island | 71 | ||||||
| Tulsa | 77 | Consolation Game November 21 | |||||
| Boston College | 65 | ||||||
| Rhode Island | 71 | ||||||
Ocean Bracket
| Semifinals November 20 | Championship November 21 | ||||||
| Air Force | 72 | ||||||
| Holy Cross | 53 | ||||||
| Air Force | 73 | ||||||
| Bethune-Cookman | 65 | ||||||
| Bryant | 72 | ||||||
| Bethune-Cookman | 81 | Consolation Game November 21 | |||||
| Holy Cross | 62 | ||||||
| Bryant | 78 | ||||||
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References
- ^ a b "Sunshine Slam Set for 2019 Debut". Sunshine Slam. Gazelle Group. September 10, 2018. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
- ^ "Sunshine Slam Details". Sunshine Slam. Gazelle Group.
- ^ "Sunshine Slam Teams". Retrieved August 12, 2025.
- ^ "Matchups Set For The 2024 Sunshine Slam" (PDF). Sunshine Slam. Gazelle Group. August 22, 2024. Retrieved September 2, 2024.
- ^ "2023 Sunshine Slam Bracket". Sunshine Slam. Retrieved September 1, 2023.
- ^ "2022-23 Men's College Basketball Early Season Tournaments and Exempt Multi-Team Events (MTEs)". SB Nation. April 22, 2022. Retrieved April 25, 2022.
- ^ Newman, Josh [@Joshua_Newman] (June 15, 2021). "Sources: Utah's MTE will be the Sunshine Slam in Daytona, Nov. 20-21. Utes, Tulsa, Rhode Island, Boston College" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ Newman, Josh [@Joshua_Newman] (June 16, 2021). "Second pod at this event will have Bryant, Holy Cross, Air Force, Bethune-Cookman" (Tweet) – via Twitter.