SoCal Challenge
The SoCal Challenge is an eight-team college basketball tournament held during Monday and Wednesday of Thanksgiving week of the NCAA Division I men's basketball season, with the inaugural tournament taking place in 2021. Following games held at campus sites, teams are placed into either the Sand Division or the Surf Division and compete for the tournament title in their division. Semifinal and final games are held at The Pavilion at JSerra in San Juan Capistrano, California. Each of the games played on campus in the days leading up to the main event involves one team from each division. The event is hosted by the Big West Conference. Brackets

2023 
The 2023 tournament will feature one Southern California team: Cal State Bakersfield from the host Big West Conference as well as California from the Pac-12 Conference. On-campus games will be hosted by the team listed second below. Following the on-campus games, teams will be placed into either the Sand Division or the Surf Division without regard to the outcome of those games. Division semifinal winners will meet in the finals. On-campus games
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Showcase
Following the tournament, the SoCal Showcase will match California and San Diego State. 2022 
The 2022 tournament featured two Southern California teams: Cal State Northridge from the host Big West Conference and California Baptist, as well as Minnesota from the Big Ten Conference. On-campus games were hosted by the team listed second below. Following the on-campus games, teams were placed into either the Sand Division or the Surf Division without regard to the outcome of those games. Division semifinal winners met in the finals. A four-game boys' high school basketball showcase event was held at the tournament site two days before the main tournament began. On-campus games
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* – Denotes overtime period

2021 
The inaugural tournament featured Cal Poly from the host Big West Conference, three other schools located in California and TCU from the Big 12 Conference. On-campus games were hosted by the team listed second below. Following the on-campus games, teams were placed into either the Sand Division or the Surf Division without regard to the outcome of those games. Division semifinal winners met in the finals. A women's beach volleyball event was held two weekends before the men's basketball tournament began. On-campus games

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* – Denotes overtime period

Sand Division
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* – Denotes overtime period

Fardaws Aimaq of Utah Valley was named most valuable player for the Sand Division. Surf Division
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Orlando Robinson of Fresno State was named most valuable player for the Surf Division. References

External links
 SoCal Challenge

College basketball competitions
College men's basketball competitions in the United States
Recurring sporting events established in 2021
2021 establishments in California
Basketball in California