2017 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament

Season

2016–17

Teams

Finals site

Dugan Wellness Center
Corpus Christi, Texas

Champions

Saint Peter's (1st title)

Runner-up

Texas A&M–Corpus Christi (1st title game)

Semifinalists

UMBC (1st semifinal)
Furman (1st semifinal)

Winning coach

John Dunne (1st title)

MVP

Quadir Welton (Saint Peter's)

Attendance

30,145 (1 game not reported)

CIT tournaments
«2016	2018»

The 2017 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) was a postseason single-elimination tournament of 26 NCAA Division I basketball teams. The tournament was played March 13–31, 2017.

Participants who belonged to "mid-major" conferences and who were not invited to the 2017 NCAA tournament or the National Invitation Tournament make up the field.

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.

Saint Peter's beat Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 62–61 in the championship game.

Participating teams

The following teams received an invitation to the 2017 CIT:

Team	Conference	Overall record	Conference record
Albany	America East	21–13	10–6
Ball State	MAC	21–12	11–7
Cal State Fullerton	Big West	17–14	10–6
Campbell	Big South	17–17	7–11
Canisius	MAAC	18–15	10–10
Fairfield	MAAC	16–14	11–9
Fort Wayne	Summit	19–12	8–8
Furman	SoCon	21–11	14–4
Georgia State	Sun Belt	20–12	12–6
Houston Baptist	Southland	17–13	12–6
Idaho	Big Sky	18–13	12–6
Jacksonville	ASUN	17–15	5–9
Lamar	Southland	19–14	10–8
Liberty	Big South	19–13	14–4
Norfolk State	MEAC	17–16	12–4
Saint Francis (PA)	NEC	16–16	11–7
Saint Peter's	MAAC	19–13	14–6
Samford	SoCon	19–15	8–10
Stephen F. Austin	Southland	18–14	12–6
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	Southland	20–11	12–6
Texas State	Sun Belt	20–13	11–7
UMBC	America East	18–12	9–7
UNC Asheville	Big South	23–9	15–3
USC Upstate	ASUN	17–15	7–7
UT Martin	OVC	21–12	10–6
Weber State	Big Sky	19–13	12–6

Format

The CIT uses the old NIT model in which there is no set bracket. Future round opponents are determined by the results of the previous round. 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.

Postseason classics

In 2016, the CIT introduced the Coach John McLendon Classic as the first "Classic" game to ever be played during postseason tournament. For 2017, the CIT introduced three more "Classic" games, for a total of four, all to be played in the first round.

Coach John McLendon Classic
Hugh Durham Classic
Lou Henson Classic
Riley Wallace Classic

The winners of each Classic received a trophy and advanced to the second round or quarterfinals if they received a second round bye.

Schedule

Date	Time*	Matchup	Score	Attendance	Television
First round
March 13	7:05 pm	Norfolk State at Liberty (Coach John McLendon Classic)	64–73	574	Facebook Live
March 14	7:00 pm	Saint Francis (PA) at Jacksonville (Hugh Durham Classic)	78–76	734
	7:30 pm	Houston Baptist at Campbell	79–98	1,735
	7:30 pm	Canisus at Samford	74–78	614
March 15	7:00 pm	Ball State at Fort Wayne (Lou Henson Classic)	80–88	1,479
	7:00 pm	Fairfield at UMBC	83–88	688
	8:00 pm	Georgia State at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	64–80	897
	11:00 pm	Stephen F. Austin at Idaho	50–73	1,109
March 16	7:00 pm	Saint Peter's at Albany	59–55	641
	7:00 pm	Furman at USC Upstate	79–57	662
	8:00 pm	UNC Asheville at UT Martin	75–89	504
	8:30 pm	Lamar at Texas State	60–70	1,255
	10:00 pm	Weber State at Cal State Fullerton (Riley Wallace Classic)	80–76	1,293
Second round
March 18	2:00 pm	Saint Francis (PA) at UMBC	79–87	904	Facebook Live
March 20	7:00 pm	Samford at Liberty	58–66	1,388
	7:00 pm	UT Martin at Campbell	56–73	2,031
	8:00 pm	Weber State at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	73–82	1,116
March 22	8:00 pm	Idaho at Texas State	55–64	3,086
Quarterfinals
March 25	2:00 pm	Furman at Campbell	79–64	1,920	Facebook Live
March 25	5:00 pm	Saint Peter's at Texas State	49–44	2,907
March 26	2:00 pm	Liberty at UMBC	68–80	869
March 26	3:00 pm	Fort Wayne at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	62–78	1,151
Semifinals
March 29	7:00 pm	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi at UMBC	79–61	1,388	CBSSN
March 29	9:00 pm	Furman at Saint Peter's	51–77		CBSSN
Championship
March 31	9:00 pm	Saint Peter's at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	62–61	1,200	CBSSN
All times are listed as Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4). Winning team in bold*.

Bracket

Bracket is for visual purposes only. The CIT does not have a set bracket.

First round March 13–16		Second round March 18–22		Quarterfinals March 25–26		Semifinals March 29		Championship March 31

Furman	79
USC Upstate	57	Furman
		Bye
				Furman	79
UNC Asheville	75			Campbell	64
UT Martin	89	UT Martin	56
Houston Baptist	79	Campbell	73
Campbell	98					Furman	51
Saint Peter's	59					Saint Peter's	77
Albany	55	Saint Peter's
		Bye
				Saint Peter's	49
Stephen F. Austin	50			Texas State	44
Idaho	73	Idaho	55
Lamar	60	Texas State	64
Texas State	70							Saint Peter's	62
Ball State	80							TX A&M–CC	61
Fort Wayne	88	Fort Wayne
		Bye
				Fort Wayne	62
Weber State	80			TX A&M–CC	78
Cal State Fullerton	76	Weber State	73
Georgia State	64	TX A&M–CC	82
TX A&M–CC	80					TX A&M–CC	79
Canisus	74					UMBC	61
Samford	78	Samford	58
Norfolk State	64	Liberty	66
Liberty	73			Liberty	68
Saint Francis (PA)	78			UMBC	80
Jacksonville	76	Saint Francis (PA)	79
Fairfield	83	UMBC	87
UMBC	88

Home teams listed second.

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