ISU Holiday Classic
Sport	College basketball
First season	1995
No. of teams	4
Country	United States
Venue(s)	Hilton Coliseum
Most titles	Iowa State (4)
TV partner(s)	Cyclone Television Network

The ISU Holiday Classic was a four-team college basketball tournament typically held during the early part of NCAA Division I men's basketball season, with the inaugural tournament beginning in 1995 and lasting until 1999. Games were hosted at Iowa State University's Hilton Coliseum.

All-time brackets

1995 ISU Holiday Classic

Semifinals December 21, 1995		Championship Round December 22, 1995

Princeton	47

Iowa State	50
		Samford	59

		Iowa State	71
Samford	69

Nicholls State	53	3rd Place Game


		Princeton	86

		Nicholls State	51

1996 ISU Holiday Classic

Semifinals December 21, 1996			Championship Round December 22, 1996

	East Tennessee State	49

5	Iowa State	77
				UTEP	48

			5	Iowa State	59
UTEP		77

Nevada		65	3rd Place Game


			Nevada		68

			East Tennessee State		49

1997 ISU Holiday Classic

Semifinals December 20, 1997		Championship Round December 21, 1997

Alaska-Anchorage	55

Iowa State	57
		Detroit Mercy	67

		Iowa State	56
Detroit Mercy	74

Grambling	56	3rd Place Game


		Alaska-Anchorage	79 OT

		Grambling	73

1998 The Tribune Holiday Classic

Semifinals December 22, 1998		Championship Round December 23, 1998

New Orleans	51

Iowa State	61
		Rice	45

		Iowa State	50
Rice	81 OT

St. Mary's (CA)	70	3rd Place Game


		New Orleans	72

		St. Mary's (CA)	68

1999 The Tribune Holiday Classic

Semifinals December 21, 1999		Championship Round December 22, 1999

Idaho State	49

Iowa State	89
		Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	64

		Iowa State	86
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	76

Samford	74	3rd Place Game


		Samford	86

		Idaho State	67

All-time results


Team	W	L	Pct.	Outright Titles	Last Appearance
Detroit Mercy	2	0	1.000	1	1997
Iowa State	9	1	.900	4	1999
Samford	2	2	.500		1999
Alaska-Anchorage	1	1	.500		1997
Nevada	1	1	.500		1996
New Orleans	1	1	.500		1998
Princeton	1	1	.500		1995
Rice	1	1	.500		1998
Texas-El Paso	1	1	.500		1996
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	1	1	.500		1996
East Tennessee State	0	2	.000		1996
Grambling	0	2	.000		1997
Idaho State	0	2	.000		1999
Nicholls State	0	2	.000		1995
St. Mary's (CA)	0	2	.00		1998

References

v t e Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball
Venues	Margaret Hall Gymnasium (1907–1912) State Gymnasium (1913–1947) Iowa State Armory (1947–1971) Hilton Coliseum (1971–present)
Rivalries	Iowa "Big Four" Iowa (Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series)
Culture & lore	Cy the Cardinal "ISU Fights" Iowa State Pep Band ISU Holiday Classic
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

NCAA men's college basketball tournaments

Division I

Early season	Acrisure Invitational Asheville Championship Bahamas Championship Battle 4 Atlantis Belfast Classic Big 5 Classic Cancún Challenge Cayman Islands Classic Charleston Classic Continental Tire Main Event Diamond Head Classic Emerald Coast Classic Empire Classic ESPN Events Invitational Fort Myers Tip-Off Gulf Coast Showcase Hall of Fame Classic Hall of Fame Tip Off Jacksonville Classic Jamaica Classic Las Vegas Invitational Legends Classic Maui Invitational Myrtle Beach Invitational Nassau Championship NIT Season Tip-Off Northern Classic Paradise Jam Phil Knight Invitational Rady Children's Invitational SoCal Challenge Sunshine Slam Wooden Legacy
Defunct Early season	Corpus Christi Coastal Classic Crossover Classic DirecTV Classic Great Alaska Shootout Global Sports Classic Las Vegas Classic Puerto Rico Tip-Off Savannah Invitational Southland Basketball Tip-Off Vancouver Showcase
Conference postseason	ACC America East The American ASUN Atlantic 10 Big 12 Big East Big Sky Big South Big Ten Big West CAA Conference USA Horizon Ivy League MAAC MEAC Mid-American Missouri Valley Mountain West Northeast Ohio Valley Pac-12 Patriot SEC Southern Southland SWAC Sun Belt Summit WAC West Coast
Defunct Conference postseason	American South American West Big Eight East Coast Great Midwest Great West Metro Southwest
Postseason	NCAA Division I Tournament National Invitation Tournament College Basketball Invitational
Defunct Postseason	The Basketball Classic CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament Vegas 16 National Commissioners Invitational Tournament National Intercollegiate Basketball Tournament

Division II

Conference postseason	CCAA CACC Carolinas East Coast Great American GLIAC GLVC G-MAC Great Northwest Gulf South Lone Star Mountain East Northeast-10 Northern Sun Pacific West Peach Belt PSAC RMAC South Atlantic SIAC Sunshine State
Defunct Conference postseason	Heartland
Postseason	NCAA Division II Tournament

Division III

Conference postseason	Allegheny Mountain American Rivers American Southwest Atlantic East C2C Centennial CUNYAC CCIW CCS Commonwealth Coast Empire 8 Great Northeast HCAC Landmark Liberty Little East MASCAC Michigan Middle Atlantic (MAC Commonwealth and MAC Freedom) Midwest Minnesota NESCAC NEWMAC New Jersey North Atlantic NACC NCAC Northwest Ohio Old Dominion Presidents' SAA SCIAC SLIAC Skyline SCAC SUNYAC United East Upper Midwest USA South Wisconsin
Defunct Conference postseason	ACAA Colonial States NECC
Postseason	NCAA Division III Tournament ECAC Tournaments