The Basketball Classic
| Sport | Basketball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2022 |
| Founder | CollegeInsider.com (under their anti-racism organization's name "Eracism") |
| First season | 2021–22 |
| Ceased | 2022 |
| No. of teams | 32 |
| Country | United States |
| Last champion(s) | Fresno State |
| Most titles | Fresno State (1) |
| Broadcaster(s) | ESPN+ |
| Related competitions | NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament National Invitational Tournament College Basketball Invitational |
| Official website | Website |
The Basketball Classic presented by Eracism was a single-elimination, fully-bracketed men's college basketball postseason tournament created in 2022 as a successor to the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament after its scheduled 2020 and 2021 tournaments were cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The tournament featured up to 32 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams not selected to participate in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, the NIT, or the College Basketball Invitational. All games were streamed on ESPN+. In lieu of a traditional bracket, The Basketball Classic used the old NIT model in which the matchups were set after each round.