| Season | 2023–24 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teams | 15 | ||||
| Finals site | Ocean Center Daytona Beach, Florida | ||||
| Champions | Seattle (1st title) | ||||
| Runner-up | High Point (1st title game) | ||||
| Semifinalists |
| ||||
| Winning coach | Chris Victor (1st title) | ||||
| MVP | Cameron Tyson (Seattle) | ||||
| Attendance | 3,620 (tournament) 671 (championship) | ||||
| |||||
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. 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.
Participating teams
Teams 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
| 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 | 82–79 | ||||
| 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. | |||||||
Bracket
| 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 | 82 | |||||||||||||||||
| 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
- "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.
External links
| College Basketball Invitational | |
|---|---|
| Bids by school | |
| 2024 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournaments | |
|---|---|
| Conference | |
| Postseason | |