CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament

CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament

Current season, competition or edition: 2016 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament
CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament
Sport	Basketball
Founded	2009
Founder	College Insider
Inaugural season	2009
No. of teams	32
Country	United States
Most recent champion(s)	Columbia
Most titles	No team has more than one title.
TV partner(s)	Fox College Sports (2009–2012) CBS Sports Network (2013–present)
Related competitions	College Basketball Invitational National Invitational Tournament Vegas 16
Official website	http://www.collegeinsider.com/tournament/

The CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) is an American men's college basketball tournament created in 2009 by CollegeInsider.com. In 2012 it expanded to its current 32 participating teams. The Tournament is oriented toward mid-major schools who did not get selected to go the NCAA or NIT tournaments.

Format

The tournament consists of five rounds, single elimination-style, and claims to "use the old NIT model in which matchups in future rounds are determined by the results of the previous round".^[1] Criteria for selection include, but are not limited to win-loss record, strength of schedule, strength of conference, and final ten games. Participating teams must finish the regular season with a .500 winning percentage or better to qualify. The only exception to this was the now-defunct Great West Conference Tournament winner, who was given an automatic bid to play in the CIT if they were not given an at-large bid to participate in the NCAA or NIT tournaments, until the dissolution of the conference in 2013–14.^[2] In 2013, the Chicago State Cougars won the Great West Conference Tournament, thus becoming the first team to participate in the CIT with a sub-.500 record (11–21). Beginning with the 2016 Tournament, The Coach John McLendon Classic will be played on the first day of the tournament The Classic will feature at least one historically black college/university. The winner of the John McLendon Classic will advance to the second round of the CIT. This will be the first time in NCAA Division I Basketball history, that a "Classic" has been part of a postseason tournament. Previously the John McLendon Classic was played during the regular season.

Broadcast

In 2013, CBS Sports Network partnered with the CIT, showing only the championship game, with the earlier rounds streamed live online. Free registration is required to view the games. Starting in 2014, CBSSN aired the semifinals and the championship game.^[3]

The following is an overview and list of the announcers and television networks to broadcast the College Basketball Invitational (or CBI).

Year	Network	Play-by-Play	Color analyst	Sideline
2009	Fox College Sports	Dave Baker	Kyle Macy
2010	Fox College Sports	Dave Baker	Kyle Macy
2011	Fox College Sports	Dave Baker	Kyle Macy
2012	Fox College Sports	Dave Baker	Kyle Macy	Dave Calloway
2013[4]	CBSSN	Dave Baker	Kyle Macy
2014[5]	CBSSN	Dave Popkin	Dave Calloway
2015[6]	CBSSN	Dave Popkin	Kyle Macy	Kevaney Martin
2016[7]	CBSSN	Dave Popkin	Kyle Macy	Kevaney Martin

Champions

Year	Champion	Runner-up	MVP
2009	Old Dominion	Bradley	Hassell, FrankFrank Hassell[8]
2010	Missouri State	Pacific	Creekmore, WillWill Creekmore[9]
2011	Santa Clara	Iona	Foster, KevinKevin Foster[10]
2012	Mercer	Utah State	Hall, LangstonLangston Hall[11]
2013	East Carolina	Weber State	Kemp, MauriceMaurice Kemp
2014	Murray State	Yale	Payne, CameronCameron Payne
2015	Evansville	Northern Arizona	Balentine, D. J.D. J. Balentine
2016	Columbia	UC Irvine	Lo, MaodoMaodo Lo

2009

The 2009 CollegeInsider.com Tournament was the second new postseason tournament since the Collegiate Commissioners Association Tournament folded in 1974, following the College Basketball Invitational's debut in 2008.

The 2009 field featured the following schools:

Austin Peay State University Bradley University Belmont University The Citadel Drake University James Madison University Kent State University Liberty University

Mount St. Mary's University Oakland University Old Dominion University Rider University University of Idaho University of Evansville University of the Pacific University of Portland

2010

The 2010 field featured the following schools:

Appalachian State University Creighton University Fairfield University George Mason University Harvard University Louisiana Tech University Loyola Marymount University Marshall University

Middle Tennessee State Missouri State University University of Northern Colorado University of the Pacific University of Portland University of South Dakota University of Southern Mississippi Western Carolina University

2011

The 2011 field was expanded from 16 to 24 teams and featured the following schools:

East Carolina University East Tennessee State University Furman University Iona College (New York) Jacksonville University Marshall University Northern Arizona University Ohio University Oral Roberts University Quinnipiac University Rider University Santa Clara University

Southern Methodist University Tennessee Technological University United States Air Force Academy University at Buffalo University of Hawaii University of Idaho University of North Dakota University of Northern Iowa University of Portland University of San Francisco Valparaiso University Western Michigan University

2012

The 2012 field was expanded from 24 to 32 teams and featured the following schools:

American University Bowling Green University Cal State Bakersfield Cal State Fullerton Coastal Carolina University Drake University Fairfield University Georgia State University Indiana State University Kent State University Loyola Marymount University Manhattan College McNeese State University Mercer University Oakland University Old Dominion University

Rice University Robert Morris University Tennessee State University Tennessee Tech University UC Santa Barbara UL-Lafayette University at Albany University at Buffalo University of Idaho University of North Dakota University of South Carolina Upstate University of Toledo Utah State University Utah Valley University Weber State University Yale University

2013

The 2013 field continued to have 32 teams.

Boston University Bradley University California Polytechnic State University Canisius College Chicago State University East Carolina University Eastern Kentucky University Elon University Fairfield University Gardner–Webb University High Point University Kent State University Loyola University Maryland Oakland University Oral Roberts University Rider University

Savannah State University Tennessee State University University of California, Irvine Tulane University United States Air Force Academy University of Evansville University of Hartford University of Hawaii University of Illinois at Chicago University of North Dakota University of Northern Iowa University of South Alabama University of Texas at Arlington University of Wisconsin–Green Bay Weber State University Youngstown State University

2014

The 2014 field featured the following teams:

Brown University Canisius College Chattanooga State University Columbia University East Carolina University East Tennessee State University Grand Canyon College Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne College of the Holy Cross Missouri State University Murray State University University of Nebraska–Omaha Northern Colorado University University of the Pacific Quinnipiac University University of San Diego

University of South Carolina Upstate Valparaiso University Virginia Military Institute Wright State University Yale University Ohio University University of Akron Eastern Michigan University Norfolk State University Alabama State University Sam Houston State University Portland State University Towson College Cleveland State University University of North Dakota Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi

2015

The 2015 field featured the following teams:

New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) University Of New Hampshire Eastern Illinois University Oakland University James Madison University South Carolina-Upstate Bowling Green University Saint Francis University Norfolk State University Eastern Kentucky University University of Louisiana at Lafayette University of the Incarnate Word University of Maryland Eastern Shore High Point University Dartmouth College Canisius College

Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Florida Gulf Coast University Cleveland State University Western Michigan University Kent State University Middle Tennessee State University University of North Carolina at Wilmington Sam Houston State University Northern Arizona University Grand Canyon University Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne University of Evansville Sacramento State University University of Portland University of Tennessee at Martin Northwestern State University

2016

Originally set to include 32 teams, this year's tournament consisted of 26 participants. After all 26 teams played in the first round, the top-three highest rated teams based on the Pomeroy College Basketball Ratings regular season rating automatically advanced to the quarterfinals.

Army Ball State Boston University Central Michigan Coastal Carolina Columbia Fairfield Fordham Furman Grand Canyon Jackson State Louisiana–Lafayette Louisiana–Monroe

Mercer New Hampshire NJIT Norfolk State North Dakota Sam Houston State Savannah State South Carolina State Tennessee–Martin Tennessee State Texas–Arlington Texas A&M–Corpus Christi UC Irvine

References

1. "CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament". collegeinsider.com. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
2. "CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament Guide". collegeinsider.com. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
3. "CIT Semis and Championship on CBS Sports Network". CollegeInsider.com. Retrieved March 7, 2014.
4. "2013 March Madness: CiT Tournament Semifinals and Championship" (Press release). Eye on Sky and Air Sports. Retrieved 2013-03-28.
5. "2014 CollegeInsider.com Tournament (CiT) Semifinals & Championship TV Schedule" (Press release). Eye on Sky and Air Sports. Retrieved 2014-03-29.
6. "2015 CBI, CIT, & NIT TV & National Radio Info" (Press release). Eye on Sky and Air Sports. Retrieved 2015-03-29.
7. "2016 CBI, CIT, & NIT TV & National Radio Info" (Press release). Eye on Sky and Air Sports. Retrieved 2016-03-26.
8. Old Dominion Monarchs vs. Bradley Braves - Recap - March 31, 2009 - ESPN
9. Player Bio: Will Creekmore - Missouri State University Official Athletic Site
10. Santa Clara University Athletics
11. Mercer Bears vs. Utah State Aggies - Recap - March 28, 2012 - ESPN

External links

• Official website
• CIT record book