Season | 2013–14 | ||||
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Teams | 32 | ||||
Finals site | CFSB Center Murray, Kentucky | ||||
Champions | Murray State (1st title) | ||||
Runner-up | Yale (1st title game) | ||||
Semifinalists | |||||
Winning coach | Steve Prohm (1st title) | ||||
MVP | Cameron Payne (Murray State) | ||||
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The 2014 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) was a postseason single-elimination tournament of 32 NCAA Division I teams. The first round started March 17, 2014. The semifinals were played on April 1, with the championship game played on April 3, 2014.
32 participants who belong to "mid-major" conferences and were not invited to the 2014 NCAA Tournament, the 2014 National Invitation Tournament (NIT), or the 2014 College Basketball Invitational (CBI) made up the field.
The first three rounds were streamed online through the Collegeinsider.com platform powered by NeuLion. Free registration was required to view the games. Both semifinals and the CIT championship game, were televised on CBS Sports Network [1]
In the championship game, the Murray State Racers defeated the Yale Bulldogs 65–57 in front of a crowd of 4,467 at Murray State's CFSB Center. [2]
The following teams received an invitation to the 2014 CIT:
The sixth annual CIT again used the former NIT model in which match-ups in each round were re-seeded based on the results of the previous round.
Game | Date | Time | Matchup | Television | |
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First round | |||||
1 | March 17 | 7:00 pm | Holy Cross at Brown | ||
2 | March 18 | 7:00 pm | VMI at Canisius | ||
3 | 7:00 pm | Wright State at East Carolina | |||
4 | 7:00 pm | Norfolk State at Eastern Michigan | |||
5 | 7:00 pm | Chattanooga at East Tennessee State | |||
6 | 8:00 pm | Alabama State at Sam Houston State | |||
7 | 8:05 pm | Columbia at Valparaiso | |||
8 | 10:00 pm | Portland State at San Diego | |||
9 | March 19 | 7:00 pm | Quinnipiac at Yale | ||
10 | 7:00 pm | Towson at USC Upstate | |||
11 | 7:00 pm | Cleveland State at Ohio | |||
12 | 7:00 pm | Akron at IPFW | |||
13 | 8:00 pm | North Dakota at Nebraska–Omaha | |||
14 | 8:05 pm | Murray State at Missouri State | |||
15 | 9:00 pm | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi at Northern Colorado | |||
16 | 10:00 pm | Pacific at Grand Canyon | |||
Second round | |||||
17 | March 21 | 7:00 pm | Towson at East Tennessee State | ||
18 | March 22 | 1:00 pm | IPFW at VMI | ||
19 | 2:00 pm | Wright State at Ohio | |||
20 | 7:00 pm | Yale at Holy Cross | |||
21 | 7:00 pm | Eastern Michigan at Columbia | |||
22 | 7:00 pm | San Diego at Sam Houston State | |||
23 | 9:00 pm | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi at Pacific | |||
24 | March 24 | 8:00 pm | Nebraska–Omaha at Murray State | ||
Quarterfinals | |||||
25 | March 26 | 7:00 pm | Yale at Columbia | ||
26 | 7:00 pm | VMI at Ohio | |||
27 | 10:00 pm | San Diego at Pacific | |||
28 | March 27 | 8:00 pm | Towson at Murray State | ||
Semifinals | |||||
29 | April 1 | 7:00 pm | Yale at VMI | CBSSN | |
30 | 9:00 pm | Pacific at Murray State | CBSSN | ||
Championship | |||||
31 | April 3 | 7:00 pm | Yale at Murray State | CBSSN | |
All tipoff times in Eastern Time Zone. Winning team in bold. |
Source: www.collegeinsider.com
Bracket is for visual purposes only. The CIT does not have a set bracket.
First round March 17–19 | Second round March 21–24 | Quarterfinals March 26–27 | Semifinals April 1 | Championship April 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Quinnipiac | 68 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Yale | 69 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Yale | 71 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Holy Cross | 66 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Holy Cross | 68 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Brown | 65 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Yale | 72 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Columbia | 69 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Norfolk State | 54 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Michigan | 58 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Michigan | 56 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Columbia | 69 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Columbia | 58 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Valparaiso | 56 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Yale | 75 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
VMI | 62 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Akron | 91 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
IPFW | 97 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
IPFW | 95 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
VMI | 106 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
VMI | 111 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Canisius | 100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
VMI | 92 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio | 90 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Wright State | 73 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
East Carolina | 59 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Wright State | 54 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio | 56 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Cleveland State | 62 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio | 64 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Yale | 57 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Murray State | 65 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Portland State | 65 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
San Diego | 87 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
San Diego | 77 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Sam Houston State | 72 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Alabama State | 49 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Sam Houston State | 71 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
San Diego | 60 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Pacific | 75 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas A&M–CC | 82 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Colorado | 71 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas A&M–CC | 60 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Pacific | 89 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Pacific | 69 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Grand Canyon | 67 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Pacific | 75 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Murray State | 98 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Towson | 63 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
USC Upstate | 60 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Towson | 83 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
East Tennessee State | 77 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Chattanooga | 66 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
East Tennessee State | 79 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Towson | 73 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Murray State | 85 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
North Dakota | 75 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Nebraska–Omaha | 91 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Nebraska–Omaha | 62 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Murray State | 86 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Murray State | 66 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Missouri State | 63 |
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