AAR Invitational

AAR Invitational December 18-20, 2025 The HAECO Invitational was founded in 1976 as the Little 4 Invitational. The women’s side of the tournament began in 1980.

At that time, the Big Four Atlantic Coast Conference schools, Duke, N.C. State, UNC-Chapel Hill and Wake Forest, competed in the Big 4 Tournament in the Greensboro Coliseum. The HAECO Invitational was created to mirror the tournament that showcased North Carolina’s ACC teams and raise funds for the participating high schools’ athletic programs. In 1978, the tournament expanded to eight teams with Ragsdale, High Point Andrews, High Point Central and Thomasville High School joining the original four. The next two years, in 1979 and ’80, the tournament returned to its original four schools before expanding to eight teams and focusing on schools located in Guilford County permanently in 1981. The HAECO Invitational is now widely considered the most successful holiday basketball tournament in North Carolina.

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