2017 College Basketball Invitational

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2017 College Basketball Invitational
Teams16
Finals site HTC Center
Arena-Auditorium
Conway, South Carolina
Laramie, Wyoming
Champions Wyoming Cowboys (1st title)
Runner-up Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (1st title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Allen Edwards (1st title)
MVPJustin James (Wyoming)
Attendance27,731 (3 games not reported)
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The 2017 College Basketball Invitational (CBI) was a single-elimination tournament of 16 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams that did not participate on the 2017 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament or the NIT. The opening games were held on March 15 and the quarterfinals were held on March 20 on campus sites. After the quarterfinals, the brackets were reseeded for the semi-finals which was held on March 22. A best of three championship series closed out the tournament on March 27, 29, and 31.

Contents

Participants

The following teams were announced as participants Sunday, March 12 after the NCAA Selection Show. [1]

TeamConferenceOverall recordConference record
Coastal Carolina Sun Belt 16–1710–8
Eastern Washington Big Sky 22–1113–5
George Mason Atlantic 10 20–139–9
George Washington Atlantic 1019–1410–8
Georgia Southern Sun Belt18–1411–7
Green Bay Horizon 18–1312–6
Hampton MEAC 14–1611–5
UIC Horizon15–187–11
Loyola (MD) Patriot 15–168–10
UMKC WAC 17–168–6
Rice C-USA 22–1111–7
San Francisco West Coast 20–1210–8
Stony Brook America East 18–1312–4
Toledo Mid-American 17–169–9
Utah Valley WAC15–166–8
Wyoming Mountain West 18–148–10

Declined invitations

The following team declined an invitation to the 2017 CBI:

Schedule

Source: [3]

DateTime*MatchupTelevisionScoreAttendance
First round
March 157:00 pmHampton at Coastal Carolina Sinclair RSN's 67–83937 [4]
Loyola (MD) at George MasonA10 DN73–581,400 [5]
Toledo at George Washington69–731,016
Utah Valley at Georgia Southern74–49603
8:00 pmGreen Bay at UMKCRoo's All-Access82–921,128
San Francisco at RiceCUSA.TV76–851,349
9:00 pmEastern Washington at Wyoming MW Net 81–911,803
March 168:00 pmStony Brook at UIC69–711,197 [6]
Quarterfinals
March 207:00 pmLoyola (MD) at Coastal CarolinaSinclair RSN's63–72948 [7]
8:00 pmGeorge Washington at UIC ESPN3 71–801,048
Utah Valley at RiceCUSA.TV85–791,584
9:00 pmUMKC at WyomingMW Net61–722,311
Semifinals
March 227:00 pmUIC at Coastal CarolinaSinclair RSN's78–89847 [8]
9:00 pmUtah Valley at WyomingMW Net68–742,577
Finals
March 278:30 pmWyoming at Coastal Carolina ESPNU 81–911,583
March 298:30 pmCoastal Carolina at Wyoming57–813,811
March 317:00 pmCoastal Carolina at Wyoming59–836,321
*All times are listed as Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4). Winning team in bold.

Bracket

First round
March 15 		Quarterfinals
March 20 		Semifinals
(Reseeded)
March 22 		Finals
(Best of three)
March 27, 29, 31
              
Coastal Carolina 83
Hampton 67
Coastal Carolina72
Loyola (MD) 63
George Mason 58
Loyola (MD) 73
Coastal Carolina89
UIC 78
UIC 71
Stony Brook 69
UIC80
George Washington 71
George Washington 73
Toledo 69
Coastal Carolina 9157 59
Wyoming81 8183
Wyoming 91
Eastern Washington 81
Wyoming72
UMKC 61
UMKC 92
Green Bay 82
Wyoming74
Utah Valley 68
Rice 85
San Francisco 76
Rice 79
Utah Valley85
Georgia Southern 49
Utah Valley 74

Home teams listed first.

References

  1. ↑ "CBI Presented by Five Four Field Is Announced". Gazzelle Group. Archived from the original on March 13, 2017. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
  2. ↑ Stevens, Matthew. "Auburn declines CBI Tournament invite; Tigers season ends at 18-14". Montgomery Advertiser . Gannett Company . Retrieved March 12, 2018.
  3. ↑ CBS Sports CBI Scores
  4. ↑ "2-16-2017 Coastal Carolina Basketball Stats" (PDF). GoCCUSports.
  5. ↑ Loyola Maryland vs. George Mason, 3/15/17 (Official Basketball Box Score, Game Totals & Final Statistics) – Gazelle Group.
  6. ↑ UIC 71, Stony Brook 69, 3/16/17 (box score) – University of Illinois at Chicago Athletics.
  7. ↑ "2-16-2017 Coastal Carolina Basketball Stats" (PDF). GoCCUSports.
  8. ↑ "2-16-2017 Coastal Carolina Basketball Stats" (PDF). GoCCUSports.
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