Fort Myers Tip-Off

The Fort Myers Tip-Off is a two-day college basketball tournament held in Fort Myers, Florida at Suncoast Credit Union Arena during Thanksgiving week. The tournament started in 2018.

Fort Myers Tip-Off

Sport	College Basketball
Founded	2018
Founder	Intersport
No. of teams	8
Country	United States
Venue	Suncoast Credit Union Arena
Most recent champions	Michigan (Men's Beach) Miami (OH) (Men's Palms) Michigan (Women's Shell)
Broadcasters	Fox/Fox Sports 1 (Men's) Ion Television (Women's)
Sponsor	Rocket Mortgage
Official website	Fort Myers Tip-Off

Champions

Men's

Year	Division	Champion
2018		Boston College
2019		Pittsburgh
2020		Gonzaga
2021	Beach	Florida
	Palms	Southern Utah
2022		Mississippi State
2023	Beach	Wisconsin
	Palms	Appalachian State
2024	Beach	Michigan
	Palms	Miami (OH)

Women's

Year	Division	Champion
2024	Shell	Michigan

Brackets

* – Denotes overtime period

2025

Men's

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Beach Division

November 25 FS2 Michigan State East Carolina

November 25 FS1 North Carolina St. Bonaventure

November 27 FS1 St. Bonaventure East Carolina

November 27 FOX Michigan State North Carolina

Palms Division

November 24 Bucknell Bowling Green

November 24 VMI Buffalo

November 26 VMI Bowling Green

November 26 Bucknell Buffalo

Women's

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Island Division

November 28 Ion Butler Dayton

November 28 Kansas Georgia 54

November 29 Butler Georgia

November 29 Kansas Dayton

Shell Division

November 28 Ion Abilene Christian Northwestern

November 28 Missouri Bradley 54

November 29 Abilene Christian Bradley

November 29 Missouri Northwestern

2024

Men's

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Beach Division

	Beach Semifinals November 25 FS1					Beach Championship November 27 FS1
		Michigan	75
		Virginia Tech	63
							Michigan	78
						22	Xavier	53
		South Carolina	66
	22	Xavier	75			Beach Consolation November 27 FS1
							Virginia Tech	60
							South Carolina	70

Palms Division

	Palms Semifinals November 25					Palms Championship November 26
		Miami (OH)	70
		Siena	58
							Miami (OH)	75
							Mercer	72
		Jacksonville	89
		Mercer	90			Palms Consolation November 26
							Siena	64
							Jacksonville	75

Women's

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Island Division

November 28 Fox 4 South Carolina 76 15 Iowa State 36

November 28 Purdue 49 Middle Tennessee 54

November 30 4 South Carolina 99 Purdue 51

November 30 Middle Tennessee 59 15 Iowa State 75

Shell Division

	Shell Semifinals November 29					Shell Championship November 30
		Michigan	68
		Belmont	58
							Michigan	76
							Virginia Tech	65
		Virginia Tech	79
		Davidson	50			Shell Consolation November 30
							Belmont	69
							Davidson	59

2023

The tournament took place from November 20–22, 2023.^[5][6]

Beach Division

	Semifinals November 20 FS1					Championship November 22 FS1
		Wisconsin	65
	24	Virginia	41
							Wisconsin	69
							SMU	61
		West Virginia	58
		SMU	70			Consolation November 22 FS1
						24	Virginia	56
							West Virginia	54

Palm Division

November 20 UNC Wilmington 83 Murray State 81

November 21 UNC Wilmington 56 Appalachian State 86

November 22 Appalachian State 67 Murray State 57

2022

The tournament took place from November 21–23, 2022.^[7]

	Semifinals November 21 FS1					Championship November 23 FS1
		Marquette	55
		Mississippi State	58
							Mississippi State	52
							Utah	49
		Georgia Tech	64
		Utah	68			Consolation November 23 FS1
							Marquette	84
							Georgia Tech	60

2021

Florida, Ohio State, Cal and Seton Hall made up the four-team field for the 2021 Rocket Mortgage Fort Myers Tip-Off. The event was once again staged at Suncoast Credit Union Arena on the campus of Florida SouthWestern State College during Thanksgiving week. On June 16, The Fort Myers Tip-Off announced that it will expand to eight teams with two divisions, Beach^[8] and Palms.^[9]

Beach

	Semifinals November 22 FS1					Championship November 24 FS1
		Ohio State	79
	21	Seton Hall	76
							Ohio State	68
						23	Florida	71
		California	60
	23	Florida	80			Consolation November 24 FS1
						21	Seton Hall	62
							California	59

Palms

	Semifinals November 23					Championship November 24
	Southern Utah		88
	Yale		85
						Southern Utah		87
						Bowling Green		73
	Milwaukee		68
	Bowling Green		82			Consolation November 24
							Yale	69
							Milwaukee	56

2020

	Semifinals November 26 FOX/FS1					Championship November 27 FOX
	6	Kansas	90
	1	Gonzaga	102[10]
							Auburn	67
						1	Gonzaga	90[11]
	Saint Joseph's		91OT
	Auburn		96[12]			Consolation November 27 FS1
							Saint Joseph's	72
						6	Kansas	94[13]

2019

	Semifinals November 25 FS1					Championship November 27 FS1
	Kansas State		59
	Pittsburgh		63
						Northwestern		59
						Pittsburgh		72
	Bradley		51
	Northwestern		78			Consolation November 27 FS1
						Bradley		73
						Kansas State		60

2018

	Semifinals November 19 FS1					Championship November 21 FS1
	25	Loyola Chicago	82
		Richmond	66
						25	Loyola Chicago	66
							Boston College	78
	Boston College		88
	Wyoming		76			Consolation November 21 FS1
						Richmond		66
						Wyoming		88