The AC8 (Atlantic City 8) is an annual post-season college basketball event created and hosted by HoopsHD.com. It was largely inspired by the (understandably) short lived Vegas 16, which lasted for just one year and only had eight teams in the field. The AC8 is not played in Atlantic City, and it has 11 teams, not 8. It was created due to our desire to see even more postseason basketball. Please read the history of this amazing event, below.
HERE IS THE 2024 FIELD!!! WE ARE EXCITED FOR AN AMAZING EVENT THAT MAY ACTUALLY GET PLAYED THIS SEASON!!! PLUS WE HAVE A GREAT COURT — AN AMAZING COURT — A SUPREME COURT TO PLAY ON! AND IT COMES WITH 9 REFS!!!!
BREAKING NEWS: This year’s HoopsHD AC8 Tournament has officially been cancelled as we discovered that the three point line distances on both ends of the court were different. While the NCAA may play through this type of problem — the AC8 will have none of it. We will try again next season…
HISTORY OF THE AC8:
The AC8 began in 2017 when we tried to schedule it on a luxury aircraft carrier. Unfortunately, we had some trouble booking that ship, and our actual boat . . . well . . . kinda sank:
For 2018, we had a new playing court that would likely not sink. Plus, even more importantly, all fans in attendance were scheduled to get FREE CHILI!!!!! Unfortunately, due to low supplies of Free Chili, and a minor riot among fans in attendance, the 2018 AC8 Tournament had to be cancelled:
For 2019, David Griggs attempted to arrange for the event to take place on Pablo Escobar’s private island in the Bahamas. Unfortunately, the island was abandoned and unsafe — and armed guards escorted us back to our boats. As a result, the event had to once again be cancelled. In lieu of refunds for pre-purchased tickets, we will be sending out Free Chili to anyone that can provide proof of purchase:
The 2020 AC8 was ready to go and even had a great new venue as, much like early season exempt tournaments, it was going to be played in a hotel ballroom. Unfortunately, the COVID-19 health pandemic resulted in its cancellation. Apparently, the hotel owners were grateful for this, as we did not actually have a playing court or baskets, and the reserved ballroom was slightly smaller in size than a regulation basketball court:
In 2021, all players were to be playing in a Bubble. It had to be cancelled again. Apparently, having players locked in giant bubbles with no way for breathable air to get in or out is a bad idea. Luckily, no humans and only a few insignificant puppets were injured before we found this out:
The 2022 AC8 has been cancelled due to a complete failure by the event organizers to make any travel arrangements with the teams, or for that matter even tell them where the games would be played.:
The 2023 AC8 was unfortunately cancelled as all funds to pay for the event were spent instead cleaning up a Las Vegas hotel that David Griggs was seen partying in right before the UConn men’s basketball team showed up for their West Regional NCAA Tournament games:
