Alaska Thanksgiving tournament been happening since 1978.
Men's TournamentYear Winner Score Opponent Tournament MVP 1978 North Carolina State 72-66 Louisville Clyde Austin, North Carolina State 1979 Kentucky 57-50 Iona Jeff Ruland, Iona 1980 North Carolina 64-58 Arkansas Scott Hastings, Arkansas 1981 Southwestern Louisiana 81-64 Marquette Steve Burtt, Iona 1982 Louisville 80-70 Vanderbilt Lancaster Gordon, Louisville 1983 North Carolina State 65-60 Arkansas Joe Kleine, Arkansas 1984 UAB 50-46 Kansas Steve Mitchell, UAB 1985 North Carolina 65-60 UNLV Brad Daugherty, North Carolina 1986 Iowa 103-80 Northeastern Roy Marble, Iowa 1987 Arizona 80-69 Syracuse Sean Elliott, Arizona 1988 Seton Hall 92-81 Kansas Chris Mills, Kentucky 1989 Michigan State 73-68 Kansas State Steve Smith, Michigan State 1990 UCLA 89-74 Virginia Don MacLean, UCLA 1991 Massachusetts 68-56 New Orleans Jim McCoy, Massachusetts 1992 New Mexico State 95-94 Illinois Sam Crawford, New Mexico State 1993 Purdue 88-73 Portland Glenn Robinson, Purdue 1994 Minnesota 79-74 Brigham Young Townsend Orr, Minnesota 1995 Duke 88-81 Iowa Ray Allen, Connecticut 1996 Kentucky 92-65 College of Charleston Ron Mercer, Kentucky 1997 North Carolina 73-69 Purdue Antawn Jamison, North Carolina 1998 Cincinnati 77-75 Duke William Avery, Duke 1999 Kansas 84-70 Georgia Tech Drew Gooden, Kansas 2000 Syracuse 84-62 Missouri Preston Shumpert, Syracuse 2001 Marquette 72-63 Gonzaga Dwyane Wade, Marquette 2002 College of Charleston 71-69 Villanova Troy Wheless, College of Charleston 2003 Purdue 78-68 Duke Kenneth Lowe, Purdue 2004 Washington 79-76 Alabama Nate Robinson, Washington 2005 Marquette 92-89 (OT) South Carolina Steve Novak, Marquette 2006 California 78-70 Loyola Marymount Ryan Anderson, California 2007 Butler 81-71 Texas Tech Mike Green, Butler 2008 San Diego State 76-47 Hampton Kyle Spain, San Diego State 2009 Washington State 93-56 San Diego Klay Thompson, Washington State 2010 St. John's 67-58 Arizona State Justin Brownlee, St Johns