2015 College Basketball Invitational

2015 College Basketball Invitational

Teams	16
Finals site	Joseph J. Gentile Arena Fant–Ewing Coliseum Chicago, Illinois Monroe, Louisiana
Champions	Loyola-Chicago Ramblers (1st title)
Runner-up	Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks (1st title game)
Semifinalists	Seattle Redhawks (1st semifinal) Vermont Catamounts (1st semifinal)
Winning coach	Porter Moser (1st title)
MVP	Earl Peterson (Loyola-Chicago)
Attendance	30,963
College Basketball Invitationals «2014 2016»

The 2015 College Basketball Invitational (CBI) was a single-elimination tournament of 16 NCAA Division I teams that did not participate in the NCAA tournament or the NIT. The opening games and the quarterfinals were held in mid-March on the home courts of participating teams. After the quarterfinals, the bracket were reseeded. A best-of-three championship series between the two finalist teams was held,[1] with Loyola-Chicago winning the title with a two-game sweep. One change from this year's CBI Tournament was the use of a 30-second shot clock (instead of a 35-second clock).

Participants

The following teams were announced as participants Sunday, March 15 after the NCAA Selection Show.

Team	Conference	Overall record	Conference record
Colorado	Pac-12	15–17	7–11
Delaware State	MEAC	18–17	9–7
Eastern Michigan	MAC	21–13	8–10
Gardner–Webb	Big South	20–14	10–8
Hofstra	CAA	20–13	10–8
Louisiana–Monroe	Sun Belt	21–12	15–7
Loyola-Chicago	MVC	19–13	8–10
Mercer	SoCon	18–15	12–6
Oral Roberts	Summit	18–14	10–6
Pepperdine	WCC	18–13	10–8
Radford	Big South	21–11	12–6
Rider	MAAC	21–11	15–5
Seattle	WAC	16–15	7–7
Stony Brook	America East	23–11	12–4
UC Santa Barbara	Big West	19–13	11–5
Vermont	America East	18–13	12–4

Declined invitations

The following programs declined to participate in the 2015 CBI:[2]

• California
• Florida
• Florida State
• Indiana
• Kansas State
• Memphis
• Minnesota
• Northwestern
• Oregon State
• Penn State
• Pittsburgh
• South Carolina
• TCU
• Tennessee

Schedule

Source:[3]

Date	Time*	Matchup	Television	Score	Attendance
First round
March 17	8:00 pm	Rider at Loyola–Chicago	ESPN3	59–62	1,105
March 18	7:00 pm	Vermont at Hofstra		85–81	958
	7:00 pm	Stony Brook at Mercer	ESPN3	70–72	2,432
	8:00 pm	Radford at Delaware State		78–57	1,038
	8:00 pm	Eastern Michigan at Louisiana–Monroe		67–71	3,003
	8:00 pm	UC Santa Barbara at Oral Roberts		87–91	1,687
	9:00 pm	Gardner–Webb at Colorado	P12 Digital	78–87	1,280
	10:00 pm	Pepperdine at Seattle	WAC Digital	45–62	999
Quarterfinals
March 23	7:00 pm	Louisiana–Monroe at Mercer	ESPN3	71–69	2,677
	7:00 pm	Radford at Vermont	NSN	71–78	2,252
	8:00 pm	Oral Roberts at Loyola-Chicago	ESPN3	78–86	1,225
	10:00 pm	Colorado at Seattle	WAC Digital	72–65	999
Semifinals
March 25	8:00 pm	Vermont at Louisiana–Monroe		65–71	3,368
	8:00 pm	Seattle at Loyola-Chicago	ESPN3	48–63	1,265
Finals
March 30	8:00 pm	Louisiana–Monroe at Loyola-Chicago	CBSSN	58–65	2,215
April 1	8:00 pm	Loyola-Chicago at Louisiana–Monroe	CBSSN	63–62	4,460
All game times in Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Winning team in bold.

Bracket

	First round March 17–18					Quarterfinals March 23					Semifinals (Reseeded) March 25					Finals (Best of three) March 30, April 1
		UC Santa Barbara	87
		Oral Roberts	91
							Oral Roberts	78
							Loyola-Chicago	86
		Rider	59
		Loyola-Chicago	62
												Seattle	48
												Loyola-Chicago	63
		Gardner–Webb	78
		Colorado	87
							Colorado	65
							Seattle	72
		Pepperdine	45
		Seattle	62
																	Loyola-Chicago	65	63	–
																	Louisiana–Monroe	58	62	–
		Eastern Michigan	67
		Louisiana–Monroe	71
							Louisiana–Monroe	71
							Mercer	69
		Stony Brook	70
		Mercer	72
												Vermont	65
												Louisiana–Monroe	71
		Radford	78
		Delaware State	57
							Radford	71
							Vermont	78
		Vermont	85
		Hofstra	81

Home teams listed second.

References

1. "2015 CBI Tournament" (PDF). Gazellegroup.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 4, 2015.
2. Felts, Andrew (March 17, 2015). "Declining CBI Bid was the Right Decision for TCU". SB Nation. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
3. CBS Sports CBI Scores