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What Is It?
How Long Has This Event Been Around?
Don't confuse this tournament with the Cancun Governors Cup, an ESPN-run event that took place just once, in 2010.
Vanderbilt defeated VCU in the inaugural final in 2008. That particular event featured four host schools playing a two-round tournament and six visitors, who each played two games in Cancun. It was not until the following season that the split-bracket format was implemented.