College basketball tournament
The 2019 College Basketball Invitational (CBI ) was a single-elimination men's college basketball tournament consisting of 16 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams that did not participate in the 2019 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament or the NIT . It was held from March 19 through April 5, 2019 in various arenas. This event marked the 12th year the tournament has been held.
Participating teams
The following teams were announced as participants Sunday, March 17 after the NCAA Selection Show .[ 1]
Declined invitations
The following programs declined an invitation to play in the CBI.
Bowling Green[ 2]
BYU[ 3]
Fresno State[ 4]
Jacksonville State[ 5]
Omaha[ 6]
San Francisco[ 7]
UTSA
The 2019 CBI had 16 teams organized into four regional brackets of four teams. The four teams that advanced to the semifinals were reseeded. The finals were a best-of-three series.
Schedule
Date
Time*
Matchup
Television
Score
Attendance
First round
March 19
9:00 pm
Cal State Northridge at Utah Valley
WAC DN
84–92
375
March 20
7:00 pm
Grand Canyon at West Virginia
Frontier
63–77
5,313
7:00 pm
Howard at Coastal Carolina
ESPN+
72–81
779
7:00 pm
Stony Brook at South Florida
Bullvision
79–82OT
1,705
7:00 pm
Southern Miss at Longwood
ESPN+
68–90
1,372
7:00 pm
UAB at Brown
ESPN+
78–83
683
8:00 pm
Central Michigan at DePaul
86–100
1,173
10:00 pm
Loyola Marymount at California Baptist
WAC DN
56–55
2,346
Quarterfinals
March 25
7:00 pm
Coastal Carolina at West Virginia
109–91
6,775
7:00 pm
Utah Valley at South Florida
Bullvision
57–66
1,679
8:00 pm
Longwood at DePaul
NBCSN Chicago+
89–97
1,040
10:00 pm
Brown at Loyola Marymount
TheW.tv
63–81
657
Semifinals
March 27
8:00 pm
Coastal Carolina at DePaul
87–92
939
March 28
7:00 pm
Loyola Marymount at South Florida
47–56
1,658
Finals
April 1
7:00 pm
DePaul at South Florida
ESPNU
61–63
2,375
April 3
8:00 pm
South Florida at DePaul
96–100OT
1,704
April 5
7:00 pm
South Florida at DePaul
77–65
1,876
*All times are listed as Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4 ) . Winning team in bold .
Bracket
Home teams listed first .
* Denotes overtime period.
References
^ "It's official. Let the games begin!" . College Basketball Invitational . Twitter. Retrieved March 18, 2019 .
^ "BGSU won't accept postseason tournament invite" . The Blade . Block Communications . March 18, 2019. Retrieved March 18, 2019 .
^ Call, Jeff (March 18, 2019). "BYU shut out of NIT, decides to end its season" . Deseret News . Retrieved March 18, 2019 .
^ Hicks, Stephen (March 18, 2019). "Fresno State snubbed from NIT bid and declines to play in postseason" . KFSN-TV . Retrieved March 18, 2019 .
^ Edwards, Mark (March 17, 2019). "JSU basketball: No NCAA, NIT bid for Gamecocks, who turned down CIT and CBI" . The Anniston Star . Consolidated Publishing Co. Retrieved March 18, 2019 .
^ "Derrin Hansen, UNO men's basketball turn down CBI bid, thank 'growing fanbase' for support" . Omaha World-Herald . March 18, 2019. Retrieved March 18, 2019 .
^ Gorcey, Ryan (March 18, 2019). "USF Dons basketball snubbed from NIT, will not accept invites to CBI or CIT" . The San Francisco Examiner . Retrieved March 18, 2019 . [permanent dead link ]
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