The 2022 College Basketball Invitational (CBI) was a single-elimination, fully-bracketed men’s college basketball postseason tournament featuring 16 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 tournament began on March 19 and concluded on March 23.[1] Semifinal and championship games aired on ESPN2. The tournament was won by UNC Wilmington.
| Teams | 16 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finals site | Ocean Center Daytona Beach, Florida | ||||
| Champions | UNC Wilmington (1st title) | ||||
| Runner-up | Middle Tennessee (1st title game) | ||||
| Semifinalists |
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| Winning coach | Takayo Siddle (1st title) | ||||
| MVP | Jaylen Sims (UNC Wilmington) | ||||
| Attendance | 5,057 (tournament) 624 (championship game) | ||||
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In 2021, CBI was held for the first time in Daytona Beach, Florida, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Previously, the tournament had been held on campus sites. In response to feedback received for the 2021 playing, CBI returned to the Ocean Center in 2022, which was the 14th edition of the tournament.
Participating teams
editTeams in the CBI were seeded 1–16.
Note: Team records are before playing in the tournament
| Seed | Team | Conference | Record | Appearance | Last bid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Drake | Missouri Valley | 24–10 | 1st | Never |
| 2 | Middle Tennessee | Conference USA | 23–10 | 1st | Never |
| 3 | Ohio | Mid-American | 24–9 | 3rd | 2016 |
| 4 | Stephen F. Austin | WAC | 22–9 | 1st | Never |
| 5 | Florida Atlantic[2] | Conference USA | 19–14 | 1st | Never |
| 6 | Abilene Christian | WAC | 23–10 | 1st | Never |
| 7 | UNC Greensboro | SoCon | 17–14 | 2nd | 2016 |
| 8 | VMI[3] | SoCon | 16–15 | 1st | Never |
| 9 | UNC Wilmington | Colonial | 23–9 | 1st | Never |
| 10 | Boston University[4] | Patriot League | 21–12 | 2nd | 2010 |
| 11 | Troy[5] | Sun Belt | 20–11 | 2nd | 2009 |
| 12 | Northern Colorado | Big Sky | 20–15 | 1st | Never |
| 13 | UNC Asheville[6] | Big South | 16–14 | 1st | Never |
| 14 | Rice[7] | Conference USA | 16–16 | 2nd | 2017 |
| 15 | California Baptist | WAC | 18–15 | 2nd | 2019 |
| 16 | Purdue Fort Wayne | Horizon | 21–11 | 1st | Never |
Declined invitation
editThere has been speculation that the following program might have declined an invitation to play in the 2022 CBI:
Schedule
edit| Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television | Attendance | Box score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round – Saturday, March 19 | |||||||
| 1 | 12:00 p.m. | (1) Drake vs. (16) Purdue Fort Wayne | 87–65 | FloHoops | 367 | Box | |
| 2 | 2:30 p.m. | (4) Stephen F. Austin vs. (13) UNC Asheville | 68–80 | 588 | Box | ||
| 3 | 5:00 p.m. | (2) Middle Tennessee vs. (15) California Baptist | 64–58 | 578 | Box | ||
| 4 | 7:30 p.m. | (3) Ohio vs. (14) Rice | 65–64 | 799 | Box | ||
| First round – Sunday, March 20 | |||||||
| 5 | 12:00 p.m. | (8) VMI vs. (9) UNC Wilmington | 78–93 | FloHoops | 762 | Box | |
| 6 | 2:30 p.m. | (5) Florida Atlantic vs. (12) Northern Colorado | 71–74 | Box | |||
| 7 | 5:00 p.m. | (7) UNC Greensboro vs. (10) Boston University | 68–71 | Box | |||
| 8 | 7:30 p.m. | (6) Abilene Christian vs. (11) Troy | 82–70 | Box | |||
| Quarterfinals – Monday, March 21 | |||||||
| 9 | 1:00 p.m. | (1) Drake vs. (9) UNC Wilmington | 75–76 | FloHoops | 706 | Box | |
| 10 | 3:30 p.m. | (12) Northern Colorado vs. (13) UNC Asheville | 87–84 | Box | |||
| 11 | 6:00 p.m. | (2) Middle Tennessee vs. (10) Boston University | 76–46 | Box | |||
| 12 | 8:30 p.m. | (3) Ohio vs. (6) Abilene Christian | 86–91 | Box | |||
| Semifinals – Tuesday, March 22 | |||||||
| 13 | 7:00 p.m. | (9) UNC Wilmington vs. (12) Northern Colorado | 80–64 | ESPN2 | 633 | Box | |
| 14 | 9:30 p.m. | (2) Middle Tennessee vs. (6) Abilene Christian | 85–69 | Box | |||
| Championship – Wednesday, March 23 | |||||||
| 15 | 5:00 p.m. | (2) Middle Tennessee vs. (9) UNC Wilmington | 90–96 2OT | ESPN2 | 624 | Box | |
| Game times in Eastern Time. (#) Rankings denote tournament seed.[9] | |||||||
Bracket
edit| First round March 19 & 20 | Quarterfinals March 21 | Semifinals March 22 | Championship March 23 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Drake | 87 | |||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Purdue Fort Wayne | 65 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Drake | 75 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | UNC Wilmington | 76 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | VMI | 78 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | UNC Wilmington | 93 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | UNC Wilmington | 80 | |||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Northern Colorado | 64 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Stephen F. Austin | 68 | |||||||||||||||||
| 13 | UNC Asheville | 80 | |||||||||||||||||
| 13 | UNC Asheville | 84 | |||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Northern Colorado | 87 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Florida Atlantic | 71 | |||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Northern Colorado | 74 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | UNC Wilmington | 96** | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Middle Tennessee | 90 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Middle Tennessee | 64 | |||||||||||||||||
| 15 | California Baptist | 58 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Middle Tennessee | 76 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Boston University | 46 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | UNC Greensboro | 68 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Boston University | 71 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Middle Tennessee | 85 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Abilene Christian | 69 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Ohio | 65 | |||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Rice | 64 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Ohio | 86 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Abilene Christian | 91 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Abilene Christian | 82 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Troy | 70 | |||||||||||||||||
* – Denotes overtime period
References
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- ^ "Troy hoops rolls into postseason play for first time in 5 years". WTVY.com. Gray Media Group. March 11, 2022. Retrieved March 12, 2022.
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- ^ "Men's Basketball Accepts Bid to College Basketball Invitational". riceowls.com. Rice University Athletics. Retrieved March 12, 2022.
- ^ Saxon, Jonathan (March 13, 2022). "In Defiance of Dancing: Bellarmine Opts Out of CBI Tournament, Questionable for Postseason". Yahoo!Sports. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
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