Show Me Invitational
The Show Me Invitational is a League 15 Tournament consisting of the exhibition season and first three regular season games
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Previous Champions
Season | Champion |
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67 | Pensacola Gulf Bandits |
Selection Process
The Show Me Invitational's current format consists of an 8 team field.
The Selection process is broken down into three tiers. Selection is based on Tier 1 first, with any openings being filled by Tier 2, and any openings after that are filled by Tier 3.
Tier 1: Missouri Local Tier. Joplin, Jefferson City, St. Louis, Branson, Independence, and Kansas City are given first shot at entering tournament.
Tier 2: Defending Show Me Invitational Champions are given Tier 2 priority.
Tier 3: First come first serve open enrollment.
Only 2 teams are allowed entry with current set up.
Groups
The field is broken up into two divisions. The Hamilton Rowan Gamble division and the Claiborne Fox Jackson division, named after two legendary figures in Missouri history. Teams from the same conference will not be in the same division.
I will try to make sure that the groups are as equal as possible. To do this I will attempt to make sure that each group has a total of 18 seed points.
ex: 1,4,5,8 and 2,3,6,7
Championship Rules
The winner of each group will advance to the Championship Round. The two group champions will play in a scrimmage to determine the Show Me Invitational Champion and win the Truman Trophy, named after Missouri's only president.
Scheduling will be a round robin in group play and 3 of the 4 other group members.
Group Championship determining is overall tourney record, group record, head to head, point diffential, total points scored, total rebounds, total steals, total blocks. Resetting after each team loses tiebreak. If 3 teams are still tied after all of these tiebreaks, the 4th place team in that group automatically moves on to championship. Yes...you could still somehow get through because of tiebreak insanity.
Past Results
All Time Records in Show Me Invitational
Team | Record | Seasons |
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Pensacola Gulf Bandits | 7-0 | 67 |
Ames Pride | 5-2 | 67 |
Indianapolis Blue Skys | 5-1 | 67 |
Jackson Highlanders | 3-3 | 67 |
Lexington Bereans | 2-4 | 67 |
St. Louis Fighting Imps | 2-4 | 67 |
Branson Bullfrogs | 1-5 | 67 |
Macon Whoopee | 0-6 | 67 |
Past Honors
All Tournament Teams:
Season 67
Position | Player |
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PG: | John Piper - Ames |
SG: | Jimmy Russell - Ames |
SF: | Erick Upshaw - Jackson |
PF: | Bennie Bacio - Indianapolis |
C: | Mario Barlow - Pensacola |
Top Player: | Jimmy Russell - Ames |
Best Freshman: | Erick Upshaw - Jackson |