| Sport: | College Basketball |
| Founded: | 2011 |
| Teams: | 4 |
| Country: | United States |
| Venue: | Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, Connecticut |
| Champion: | Mississippi State |
| Most Champs: | Purdue (2) |
| Tv: | ESPN/Local networks |
| Sponsor: | Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference |
| Website: | hallfoffametipoff.com |
The Hall of Fame Tip Off is an NCAA-exempt tournament organized by the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame and is sponsored by the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. It features four NCAA Division I men’s college basketball teams. The tournament takes place at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. Under the previous format teams were separated into two divisions, the Springfield and Naismith. Each division had 4 teams.
| Naismith Bracket Champion | Springfield Bracket Champion | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | ||
| 2011 | Kentucky | Long Island | |
| 2012 | Ohio State | Loyola Maryland | |
| 2013 | North Carolina | Belmont | |
| 2014 | Providence | Northeastern | |
| 2015 | Purdue | Buffalo | |
| 2016 | Duke | Grand Canyon | |
| 2017 | Texas Tech | South Alabama | |
| 2018 | Michigan | Holy Cross | |
| 2019 | Virginia | Rider | |
| 2020 | The event was not held in 2020 due to the COVID-19 Pandemic | ||
| 2021 | Purdue | N/A | |
| 2022 | Maryland | N/A | |
| 2023 | Mississippi State | N/A | |
* – Denotes overtime period