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.
| Season | 2023–24 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teams | 15 | ||||
| Finals site | Ocean Center Daytona Beach, Florida | ||||
| Champions | Seattle (1st title) | ||||
| Runner-up | High Point (1st title game) | ||||
| Semifinalists |
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| Winning coach | Chris Victor (1st title) | ||||
| MVP | Cameron Tyson (Seattle) | ||||
| Attendance | 3,620 (tournament) 671 (championship) | ||||
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Participating teams
editTeams 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
edit| 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 | ||
| 2 | 3:30 p.m. | (2) UC San Diego vs. (15) Chicago State | 75–77 | ||||
| 3 | 5:30 p.m. | (3) Seattle vs. (14) Delaware State | 79–66 | ||||
| First round – Sunday, March 24 | |||||||
| 4 | 11:00 a.m. | (8) Northern Colorado vs. (9) Cleveland State | 49–51 | FloHoops | 829 | ||
| 5 | 1:00 p.m. | (5) Montana vs. (12) Presbyterian | 82–79OT | ||||
| 6 | 3:30 p.m. | (7) Fairfield vs. (10) Little Rock | 82–75 | ||||
| 7 | 5:30 p.m. | (6) Quinnipiac vs. (11) Evansville | 63–64 | ||||
| Quarterfinals – Monday, March 25 | |||||||
| 8 | 12:00 p.m. | (1) High Point vs. (9) Cleveland State | 93–74 | FloHoops | 724 | ||
| 9 | 2:00 p.m. | (4) Arkansas State vs. (5) Montana | 74–61 | ||||
| 10 | 4:30 p.m. | (15) Chicago State vs. (7) Fairfield | 74–77 | ||||
| 11 | 6:30 p.m. | (3) Seattle vs. (11) Evansville | 71–57 | ||||
| Semifinals – Tuesday, March 26 | |||||||
| 12 | 7:00 p.m. | (1) High Point vs. (4) Arkansas State | 81–80 | ESPN2 | 601 | ||
| 13 | 9:00 p.m. | (7) Fairfield vs. (3) Seattle | 58–75 | ||||
| Championship – Wednesday, March 27 | |||||||
| 14 | 5:00 p.m. | (1) High Point vs. (3) Seattle | 67–77 | ESPN2 | 671 | ||
| Game times in Eastern Time. (#) Rankings denote tournament seed.[3] | |||||||
Bracket
edit| 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
edit- ^ "College Basketball Invitational returns to Daytona Beach and ESPN2 in 2024". College Basketball Invitational. Gazelle Group. January 29, 2024. Retrieved March 6, 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Bracket" (PDF). College Basketball Invitational. Gazelle Group. March 2024. Retrieved March 6, 2024.