Empire Classic

The Empire Classic, formerly known as the 2K Sports Classic, is an annual college basketball event played in November at the beginning of the season and televised by ESPN. Originally known as the Atlantic City Shootout and produced by the Gazelle Group, Inc., the event was first played in 1995. The following year, it became the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic as a collaboration between the National Association of Basketball Coaches and the American Cancer Society in an effort to raise funds for cancer research. In 2012, the tournament beneficiary became Wounded Warrior Project, resulting in the tournament being renamed the 2K Sports Classic. A new annual college basketball tournament benefiting cancer research, also called the Coaches Vs. Cancer Classic and hosted by the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, was held from 2012 to 2014. In 2019, the event was renamed the 2K Empire Classic Benefiting Wounded Warrior Project, commonly referred to as the "Empire Classic".

This article is about the tournament known as the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic from 1995 to 2011 and 2K Sports Classic from 2012 to 2018. For the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic held from 2012 to 2014, see Coaches vs. Cancer Classic. For the thoroughbred race horse, see Classic Empire. For the video game Empire, see Empire (1977 video game).


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