The CBS Sports Classic is an annual American men's college basketball event that began in 2014.
Four teams participate: Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio State, and UCLA. Each team has played one game each year (except for 2021 due to Covid cancellations), with the four teams completing a double-header. [1] Both games are annually broadcast on U.S. television on CBS, the Classic's namesake.
On July 21, 2022, the CBS Sports Classic was renewed through 2026. [2] It is uncertain what will happen with UCLA & Ohio State, as UCLA is moving to the Big Ten at the end of the 2023-24 season, and neutral events generally avoid including multiple teams from one conference.
Date | Location | Winning team | Losing team | Attendance | ||
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December 20, 2014 |
United Center ( Chicago, Illinois) |
No. 24 North Carolina | 82 | No. 12 Ohio State | 74 | 19,726 |
No. 1 Kentucky | 83 | UCLA | 44 | |||
December 19, 2015 |
Barclays Center ( Brooklyn, New York City, New York) |
No. 11 North Carolina | 89 | No. 22 UCLA | 76 | 16,311 [3] |
Ohio State | 74 | No. 4 Kentucky | 67 | |||
December 17, 2016 |
T-Mobile Arena ( Las Vegas, Nevada) |
No. 2 UCLA | 86 | Ohio State | 73 | 19,298 |
No. 6 Kentucky | 103 | No. 7 North Carolina | 100 | |||
December 23, 2017 |
Smoothie King Center ( New Orleans, Louisiana) |
No. 5 North Carolina | 86 | Ohio State | 72 | 8,119 |
UCLA | 83 | No. 7 Kentucky | 75 | |||
December 22, 2018 | United Center (Chicago, Illinois) |
No. 15 Ohio State | 80 | UCLA | 66 | 19,726 |
No. 19 Kentucky | 80 | No. 9 North Carolina | 72 | |||
December 21, 2019 | T-Mobile Arena (Las Vegas, Nevada) [4] |
North Carolina | 74 | UCLA | 64 | 12,740 |
No. 5 Ohio State | 71 | No. 6 Kentucky | 65 | |||
December 19, 2020 |
Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse ( Cleveland, Ohio) [5] |
No. 22 North Carolina | 75 | Kentucky | 63 | 0 a |
No. 20 Ohio State | 77 | UCLA | 70 | |||
December 18, 2021 | T-Mobile Arena (Las Vegas, Nevada) |
North Carolina | No. 4 UCLA | Canceled b | ||
No. 15 Ohio State | No. 21 Kentucky | Canceled c | ||||
No. 21 Kentucky | 98 | North Carolina | 69 | 12,117 d | ||
December 17, 2022 |
Madison Square Garden ( New York, NY) [6] |
North Carolina | 89 | No. 23 Ohio State | 84 | 20,261 |
No. 16 UCLA | 63 | No. 13 Kentucky | 53 | |||
December 16, 2023 |
State Farm Arena
( Atlanta, GA) [7] |
Ohio State | 67 | UCLA | 60 | 17,058 |
No. 14 Kentucky | 87 | No. 9 North Carolina | 83 |
Date | Location | Match-ups | |
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2024 | TBD | ||
Kentucky vs. Ohio State | UCLA vs. North Carolina | ||
2025 | |||
Kentucky vs. UCLA | Ohio State vs. North Carolina | ||
2026 | |||
Kentucky vs. North Carolina | UCLA vs. Ohio State |
Kentucky | North Carolina | Ohio State | UCLA | |
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vs. Kentucky | – | 1–4 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
vs. North Carolina | 4–1 | – | 0–3 | 0–2 |
vs. Ohio State | 0–2 | 3–0 | – | 1–3 |
vs. UCLA | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | – |
Total | 5–5 | 6–4 | 5–4 | 3–6 |
Percentage | .500 | .600 | .556 | .333 |