The Shriners Children's Charleston Classic is an eight team invitational college basketball season-opening tournament held in Charleston, South Carolina. An ESPN-owned and operated event, it is contested at TD Arena, home of the Charleston Cougars. The inaugural tournament was held November 14âÂÂ16, 2008. From 2009 through 2024, it was a four-day invitational with each team playing three games (since the second edition, the tournament has been staged as a Thursday, Friday and Sunday format with a Saturday off day). Starting in 2025, the eight teams were sliced into two four-team brackets, with each team playing two games over three days.
<nowiki>*</nowiki> â Denotes overtime period
The 2025 Shriners Children's Charleston Classic, held annually at TD Arena in Charleston, South Carolina, will take place on November 21 and 23. For the first time in event history, the field of eight teams is being split into two separate four-team brackets (labeled Lowcountry and Palmetto).
The 2024 tournament took place at TD Arena in Charleston, South Carolina from November 21 - 24, 2024.
The 2023 tournament took place at TD Arena in Charleston, South Carolina from November 16 - 19, 2023.
The 2022 tournament took place at TD Arena in Charleston, South Carolina from November 17 - 20, 2022.
<nowiki>Note:</nowiki> The 2011 tournament was the first Charleston Classic without the host Southern Conference (SoCon) sending a representative.<br />