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The Show Me Invitational was a League 15 Tournament consisting of the exhibition season and first three regular season games
The Show Me Invitational was a tournament hosted by the Branson Bullfrogs. The tournament consists of teams from Missouri and other teams from across the country. This tournament started with the director seeing the need for more regular season tournament action in League 15. The tournament ran for 5 seasons.
Contents
Previous Champions
| Season | Champion |
|---|---|
| 67 | Pensacola Gulf Bandits |
| 68 | Casper Hania |
| 69 | Detroit Audacity |
| 70 | Indianapolis Blue Skys |
| 71 | Alexandria Flyers |
Selection Process
The Show Me Invitational's current format consists of a 20 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 from a single conference are allowed entry with current set up.
Previous seasons: Season 1 had 8 teams, Season 2 had 12 teams. Season 3 had 16 teams
Groups
The field is broken up into four divisions. The names of the divisions will change, but will feature four 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 group champions will play in a scrimmage to advance in the playoffs and these winners will play 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 1 team from each other group.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Indianapolis Blue Skys | 26-9 | 67-71 |
| Casper Hania | 24-7 | 68-71 |
| Jackson Highlanders | 17-14 | 67-71 |
| Ames Pride | 16-16 | 67-71 |
| Lexington Bereans | 16-16 | 67-71 |
| Lubbock Fury | 15-6 | 68-70 |
| St. Louis Fighting Imps | 14-16 | 67-71 |
| Branson Bullfrogs | 14-19 | 67-71 |
| Pensacola Gulf Bandits | 11-3 | 67, 68 |
| Detroit Audacity | 9-5 | 69-70 |
| Bangor Black Bears | 9-9 | 69-71 |
| Springfield Smokers | 9-16 | 68-71 |
| Alexandria Flyers | 8-0 | 71 |
| Corpus Christi Soup Rocks | 7-7 | 69-70 |
| Duluth Dugongs | 6-6 | 69-70 |
| Louisville Steamboats | 5-3 | 70 |
| Reading Jammers | 4-2 | 69 |
| Macon Whoopee | 3-27 | 67-71 |
| Pasadena Castrators | 2-4 | 69 |
| Myrtle Beach Shaggers | 2-4 | 70 |
| Tucson Tribe | 2-4 | 70 |
| Daytona 500 | 2-10 | 68, 70 |
| Richmond Friars | 1-11 | 70-71 |
| Gainesville Gus Burgers | 0-6 | 70 |
Past Playoff Results
Season 67
Pensacola 87 Ames 85
Season 68
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||
| Lubbock | 74 | ||||||
| Pensacola | 58 | ||||||
| Lubbock | 63 | ||||||
| Casper | 81 | ||||||
| Casper | 87 | ||||||
| Branson | 47 | ||||||
Season 69
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||
| Detroit | 69 | ||||||
| Jackson | 55 | ||||||
| Detroit | 68 | ||||||
| Indianapolis | 66 | ||||||
| Indianapolis | 69 | ||||||
| Corpus Christi | 67 | ||||||
Past Honors
First Team All Tournament by season. These were the headliners of the Show Me Invitational. It is a great honor to be named a 1st team all tournament player.
Season 67
| Position | Player |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Season 68
| Position | Player |
|---|---|
| PG: | Johnny Wade - Pensacola |
| SG: | Jonathan Akins - Springfield |
| SF: | Erick Upshaw - Jackson |
| PF: | Joey Taylor - Branson |
| C: | Arthur Phillips - Indianapolis |
| Top Player: | Johnny Wade - Pensacola |
| Best Freshman: | Lavon Dickinson - St. Louis |
Season 69
| Position | Player |
|---|---|
| PG: | Matthew Stacey - Duluth |
| SG: | Stephen Breedlove - Reading |
| SF: | Benny Bacio - Indianapolis |
| PF: | Erick Winburn - Ames |
| C: | Arthur Phillips - Indianapolis |
| Top Player: | Johnny Wade - Pensacola |
| Best Freshman: | Erick Winburn - Ames |
