Teams | 16 | ||||
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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 |
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Winning coach | Allen Edwards (1st title) | ||||
MVP | Justin James (Wyoming) | ||||
Attendance | 27,731 (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.
The following teams were announced as participants Sunday, March 12 after the NCAA Selection Show. [1]
Team | Conference | Overall record | Conference record |
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Coastal Carolina | Sun Belt | 16–17 | 10–8 |
Eastern Washington | Big Sky | 22–11 | 13–5 |
George Mason | Atlantic 10 | 20–13 | 9–9 |
George Washington | Atlantic 10 | 19–14 | 10–8 |
Georgia Southern | Sun Belt | 18–14 | 11–7 |
Green Bay | Horizon | 18–13 | 12–6 |
Hampton | MEAC | 14–16 | 11–5 |
UIC | Horizon | 15–18 | 7–11 |
Loyola (MD) | Patriot | 15–16 | 8–10 |
Rice | C-USA | 22–11 | 11–7 |
San Francisco | West Coast | 20–12 | 10–8 |
Stony Brook | America East | 18–13 | 12–4 |
Toledo | Mid-American | 17–16 | 9–9 |
UMKC | WAC | 17–16 | 8–6 |
Utah Valley | WAC | 15–16 | 6–8 |
Wyoming | Mountain West | 18–14 | 8–10 |
The following team declined an invitation to the 2017 CBI:
Source: [3]
Date | Time* | Matchup | Television | Score | Attendance |
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First round | |||||
March 15 | 7:00 pm | Loyola (MD) at George Mason | A10 DN | 73–58 | 1,400 [4] |
7:00 pm | Hampton at Coastal Carolina | Sinclair RSN's | 67–83 | 937 [5] | |
7:00 pm | Toledo at George Washington | A10 DN | 69–73 | 1,016 | |
7:00 pm | Utah Valley at Georgia Southern | 74–49 | 603 | ||
8:00 pm | Green Bay at UMKC | Roo's All-Access | 82–92 | 1,128 | |
8:00 pm | San Francisco at Rice | CUSA.TV | 76–85 | 1,349 | |
9:00 pm | Eastern Washington at Wyoming | MW Net | 81–91 | 1,803 | |
March 16 | 8:00 pm | Stony Brook at UIC | 69–71 | 1,197 [6] | |
Quarterfinals | |||||
March 20 | 7:00 pm | Loyola (MD) at Coastal Carolina | Sinclair RSN's | 63–72 | 948 [7] |
8:00 pm | George Washington at UIC | ESPN3 | 71–80 | 1,048 | |
8:00 pm | Utah Valley at Rice | CUSA.TV | 85–79 | 1,584 | |
9:00 pm | UMKC at Wyoming | MW Net | 61–72 | 2,311 | |
Semifinals | |||||
March 22 | 7:00 pm | UIC at Coastal Carolina | Sinclair RSN's | 78–89 | 847 [8] |
9:00 pm | Utah Valley at Wyoming | MW Net | 68–74 | 2,577 | |
Finals | |||||
March 27 | 8:30 pm | Wyoming at Coastal Carolina | ESPNU | 81–91 | 1,583 |
March 29 | 8:30 pm | Coastal Carolina at Wyoming | 57–81 | 3,811 | |
March 31 | 7:00 pm | Coastal Carolina at Wyoming | 59–83 | 6,321 | |
*All times are listed as Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4). Winning team in bold. |
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 Carolina | 72 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Loyola (MD) | 63 | ||||||||||||||||||||
George Mason | 58 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Loyola (MD) | 73 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Coastal Carolina | 89 | ||||||||||||||||||||
UIC | 78 | ||||||||||||||||||||
UIC | 71 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Stony Brook | 69 | ||||||||||||||||||||
UIC | 80 | ||||||||||||||||||||
George Washington | 71 | ||||||||||||||||||||
George Washington | 73 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Toledo | 69 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Coastal Carolina | 91 | 57 | 59 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wyoming | 81 | 81 | 83 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wyoming | 91 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Washington | 81 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wyoming | 72 | ||||||||||||||||||||
UMKC | 61 | ||||||||||||||||||||
UMKC | 92 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Green Bay | 82 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wyoming | 74 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Utah Valley | 68 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Rice | 85 | ||||||||||||||||||||
San Francisco | 76 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Rice | 79 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Utah Valley | 85 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia Southern | 49 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Utah Valley | 74 |
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