Armed Forces Classic

The Armed Forces Classic is a college basketball event operated by ESPN that involves one or two games played in front of military members and their families. All events to date have been held outside the continental United States, but the 2018 and 2020 editions are slated to be held within the continental U.S. The first game was held on November 9, 2012, between Michigan State and UConn at the Ramstein Air Base in Germany. It was the first college basketball game played between two NCAA Division I teams in Europe.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The 2016 edition broke new ground for the event in several respects. It was the first to feature two games, and also the first not to be played at a military base, with games held at Stan Sheriff Center on the campus of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in Honolulu. Additionally, it was the first time tickets were sold to the general public, although all seats in the arena's lower bowl were reserved for military personnel and their families.^[6] The event was held in Honolulu to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor; surrounding events were held at Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam.

Games

Sites for future games are tentative and may change due to military circumstances.

Armed Forces Classic

Date	Location	Winner	Score	Loser	Attendance
November 9, 2012	Ramstein Air Base, Germany	Connecticut	66–62	Michigan State	3,288
November 8, 2013	Camp Humphreys, Korea[7]	Oregon	82–75	Georgetown	2,100
November 14, 2014	CGAS Borinquen, Puerto Rico	Louisville	81–66	Minnesota	1,400
November 13, 2015	Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler, Japan	Gonzaga vs. Pittsburgh, canceled[n 1]
November 11, 2016	Stan Sheriff Center, Honolulu, Hawaii	Arizona	65–63	Michigan State	9,475
		Indiana	103–99	Kansas
November 10, 2017	Ramstein Air Base, Germany	Texas A&M		West Virginia
November 9, 2018	Fort Bliss, Texas
November 8, 2019	Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson, Alaska
November 13, 2019	Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina

Notes

1. The referees canceled the game at halftime due to dangerous court conditions; it did not count toward either team's win-loss record. Pittsburgh was leading 37–35.^[8]

References

1. http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/preview?gameId=323140041
2. http://www.armedforcesclassic.com
3. http://militarytimes.com/blogs/afteraction/
4. http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=323140041
5. http://stats.statbroadcast.com/statmonitr/?id=151353
6. "Armed Forces Classic: FAQ". ESPN. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
7. http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/boxscore?gameId=400507033
8. Katz, Andy (November 13, 2015). "Armed Forces Classic called off at halftime due to unsafe floor conditions". ESPN.com. Retrieved November 13, 2015.

External links

• Official Site