2024 College Basketball Invitational

2024 College Basketball Invitational
Season2023–24
Teams15
Finals siteOcean Center,
Daytona Beach, Florida
ChampionsSeattle Redhawks (1st title)
Runner-upHigh Point Panthers (1st title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coachChris Victor (1st title)
MVPCameron Tyson (Seattle)
Attendance3,620 (tournament)
671 (championship)
College Basketball Invitationals
«2023 2025»

The 2024 College Basketball Invitational (CBI) was a single-elimination, fully-bracketed men's college basketball postseason tournament featuring 15 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams not selected to participate in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament or the National Invitation Tournament (NIT). The 16th edition of the tournament began on March 23 and concluded March 27.[1][2] All games were played at Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Florida and the semifinal and championship games aired on ESPN2. The tournament was won by Seattle.

Participating teams

Teams in the CBI will be seeded 1–15.
Note: Team records are before playing in the tournament

Seed Team Conference Record Appearance Last bid
1 High Point Big South 25–8 1st Never
2 UC San Diego Big West 21–11 1st Never
3 Seattle WAC 19–14 4th 2018
4 Arkansas State Sun Belt 18–16 1st Never
5 Montana Big Sky 23–11 3rd 2016
6 Quinnipiac MAAC 24–9 2nd 2012
7 Fairfield MAAC 22–12 1st Never
8 Northern Colorado Big Sky 19–13 2nd 2022
9 Cleveland State Horizon 20–14 2nd 2023
10 Little Rock Ohio Valley 21–12 1st Never
11 Evansville Missouri Valley 16–17 3rd 2012
12 Presbyterian Big South 14–18 1st Never
13 Bethune–Cookman SWAC 17–16 1st Never
14 Delaware State MEAC 15–18 2nd 2015
15 Chicago State Independent 12–18 1st Never

Schedule

Game Time Matchup Score Television Attendance Box score
First round – Saturday, March 23
1 1:00 p.m. (4) Arkansas State vs. (13) Bethune–Cookman 86–85 FloHoops 795 [3]
2 3:30 p.m. (2) UC San Diego vs. (15) Chicago State 75–77 [4]
3 5:30 p.m. (3) Seattle vs. (14) Delaware State 79–66 [5]
First round – Sunday, March 24
4 11:00 a.m. (8) Northern Colorado vs. (9) Cleveland State 49–51 FloHoops 829 [6]
5 1:00 p.m. (5) Montana vs. (12) Presbyterian 82–79OT [7]
6 3:30 p.m. (7) Fairfield vs. (10) Little Rock 82–75 [8]
7 5:30 p.m. (6) Quinnipiac vs. (11) Evansville 63–64 [9]
Quarterfinals – Monday, March 25
8 12:00 p.m. (1) High Point vs. (9) Cleveland State 93–74 FloHoops 724 [10]
9 2:00 p.m. (4) Arkansas State vs. (5) Montana 74–61 [11]
10 4:30 p.m. (7) Fairfield vs. (15) Chicago State 77–74 [12]
11 6:30 p.m. (3) Seattle vs. (11) Evansville 71–57 [13]
Semifinals – Tuesday, March 26
12 7:00 p.m. (1) High Point vs. (4) Arkansas State 81–80 ESPN2 601 [14]
13 9:00 p.m. (3) Seattle vs. (7) Fairfield 75–58 [15]
Championship – Wednesday, March 27
14 5:00 p.m. (1) High Point vs. (3) Seattle 67–77 ESPN2 671 [16]
Game times in Eastern Time. (#) Rankings denote tournament seed.[17]

Bracket

First round
March 23 & 24 		Quarterfinals
March 25 		Semifinals
March 26 		Championship
March 27
            
1 High Point 93
9 Cleveland State 74
8 Northern Colorado 49
9 Cleveland State 51
1 High Point 81
4 Arkansas State 80
4 Arkansas State 86
13 Bethune–Cookman 85
4 Arkansas State 74
5 Montana 61
5 Montana 82OT
12 Presbyterian 79
1 High Point 67
3 Seattle 77
2 UC San Diego 75
15 Chicago State 77
15 Chicago State 74
7 Fairfield 77
7 Fairfield 82
10 Little Rock 75
7 Fairfield 58
3 Seattle 75
3 Seattle 79
14 Delaware State 66
3 Seattle 71
11 Evansville 57
6 Quinnipiac 63
11 Evansville 64

References

  1. ^ "College Basketball Invitational returns to Daytona Beach and ESPN2 in 2024". College Basketball Invitational. Gazelle Group. January 29, 2024. Retrieved March 6, 2024.
  2. ^ Vinel, Chris (January 29, 2024). "College Basketball Invitational will return to Daytona Beach's Ocean Center in March". The Daytona Beach News-Journal. Retrieved March 6, 2024.
  3. ^ "Arkansas St. Red Wolves 86 Bethune–Cookman Wildcats 85". NCAA Statistics. March 23, 2024. Retrieved February 24, 2025.
  4. ^ "UC San Diego Tritons 75 Chicago St. Cougars 77". NCAA Statistics. March 23, 2024. Retrieved February 24, 2025.
  5. ^ "Seattle U Redhawks 79 Delaware St Hornets 66". NCAA Statistics. March 23, 2024. Retrieved February 24, 2025.
  6. ^ "Northern Colo. Bears 49 Cleveland St. Vikings 51". NCAA Statistics. March 24, 2024. Retrieved February 24, 2025.
  7. ^ "Montana Grizzlies 82 Presbyterian Blue Hose 79". NCAA Statistics. March 24, 2024. Retrieved February 24, 2025.
  8. ^ "Fairfield Stags 82 Little Rock Trojans 75". NCAA Statistics. March 24, 2024. Retrieved February 24, 2025.
  9. ^ "Quinnipiac Bobcats 63 Evansville Purple Aces 64". NCAA Statistics. March 24, 2024. Retrieved February 24, 2025.
  10. ^ "High Point Panthers 93 Cleveland St. Vikings 74". NCAA Statistics. March 25, 2024. Retrieved February 24, 2025.
  11. ^ "Arkansas St. Red Wolves 74 Montana Grizzlies 61". NCAA Statistics. March 25, 2024. Retrieved February 24, 2025.
  12. ^ "Fairfield Stags 77 Chicago St. Cougars 74". NCAA Statistics. March 25, 2024. Retrieved February 24, 2025.
  13. ^ "Seattle U Redhawks 71 Evansville Purple Aces 57". NCAA Statistics. March 25, 2024. Retrieved February 24, 2025.
  14. ^ "High Point Panthers 81 Arkansas St. Red Wolves 80". NCAA Statistics. March 26, 2024. Retrieved February 24, 2025.
  15. ^ "Seattle U Redhawks 75 Fairfield Stags 58". NCAA Statistics. March 26, 2024. Retrieved February 24, 2025.
  16. ^ "High Point Panthers 67 Seattle U Redhawks 77". NCAA Statistics. March 27, 2024. Retrieved February 24, 2025.
  17. ^ "Bracket" (PDF). College Basketball Invitational. Gazelle Group. March 2024. Retrieved March 6, 2024.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.