Season | 2018–19 | ||||
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Teams | 26 | ||||
Finals site | Cam Henderson Center Huntington, West Virginia | ||||
Champions | Marshall (1st title) | ||||
Runner-up | Green Bay (1st title game) | ||||
Semifinalists |
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Winning coach | Dan D'Antoni (1st title) | ||||
MVP | C.J. Burks (Marshall) | ||||
Attendance | 60,058 | ||||
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The 2019 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) was a postseason single-elimination tournament of NCAA Division I basketball teams. The tournament began on March 18, 2019, and concluded on April 4, 2019.
This was the last CIT contested before the tournament went on a four-year hiatus. The 2020 and 2021 editions were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2022, the CIT was replaced by The Basketball Classic. The Basketball Classic was not contested in 2023, and the CIT was revived in 2024.
The following teams received an invitation to the 2019 CIT:
Note: Team records are before playing in the tournament
Team | Conference | Overall record | Conference record |
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Cal State Bakersfield | WAC | 16–15 | 7–9 |
Cal State Fullerton | Big West | 16–17 | 10–6 |
Charleston Southern | Big South | 17–15 | 9–7 |
Cornell | Ivy League | 15–15 | 7–7 |
Drake | Missouri Valley | 24–9 | 12–6 |
East Tennessee State | Southern | 24–9 | 13–5 |
Florida Atlantic | C-USA | 17–15 | 8–10 |
FIU | C-USA | 19–13 | 10–8 |
Grambling State [1] | SWAC | 17–16 | 10–8 |
Green Bay | Horizon | 17–16 | 10–8 |
Hampton | Big South | 16–17 | 9–7 |
IUPUI | Horizon | 16–16 | 8–10 |
Kent State | MAC | 22–10 | 11–7 |
Louisiana–Monroe | Sun Belt | 18–15 | 9–9 |
Marshall | C-USA | 19–14 | 11–7 |
New Orleans [2] | Southland | 19–13 | 12–6 |
NJIT | Atlantic Sun | 21–12 | 8–8 |
Presbyterian | Big South | 18–15 | 9–7 |
Quinnipiac | MAAC | 16–14 | 11–7 |
Robert Morris | Northeast | 17–16 | 11–7 |
Seattle | WAC | 18–14 | 6–10 |
Southern Utah | Big Sky | 16–16 | 9–11 |
St. Francis Brooklyn | Northeast | 17–15 | 9–9 |
UTRGV [3] | WAC | 19–16 | 9–7 |
Texas Southern | SWAC | 21–13 | 14–4 |
Texas State | Sun Belt | 24–9 | 12–6 |
The top three seeds remaining after the first round received byes to the quarterfinals. Marshall received the number 1 seed. [4] Louisiana-Monroe and NJIT also received byes to the quarterfinals after winning their first round matchup.
The following programs declined an invitation to play in the CIT.
Note: Top 3 seeds will get a bye after first round
Date | Time* | Matchup | Score | Attendance | Television |
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First round | |||||
March 18 | 7:00 pm | Quinnipiac at NJIT | 81–92 | 777 | CBS Sports Live watchcit.com |
March 19 | 7:00 pm | Cornell at Robert Morris | 89–98OT | 622 | |
7:00 pm | IUPUI at Marshall (Jim Phelan Classic) | 73–78 | 3,725 | ||
March 20 | 7:00 pm | Green Bay at East Tennessee State (Hugh Durham Classic) | 102–94 | 2,817 | |
8:00 pm | Texas Southern at New Orleans | 95–89OT | 612 | ||
8:00 pm | Grambling State at UTRGV | 73–74 | 2,071 | ||
10:00 pm | Presbyterian at Seattle | 73–68 | 472 | ||
March 21 | 7:00 pm | St. Francis Brooklyn at Hampton (Coach John McLendon Classic) | 72–81 | 3,124 | |
7:00 pm | Florida Atlantic at Charleston Southern | 66–68 | 696 | ||
8:00 pm | Kent State at Louisiana–Monroe (Lou Henson Classic) | 77–87 | 5,742 | ||
10:00 pm | Cal State Bakersfield at Cal State Fullerton (Riley Wallace Classic) | 66–58 | 677 | ||
March 22 | 8:30 pm | Drake at Southern Utah | 73–80OT | 2,714 | |
March 23 | 7:00 pm | FIU at Texas State | 87–81 | 1,237 | |
Second round | |||||
March 24 | 1:00 pm | Presbyterian at Robert Morris [12] | 77–70 | 541 | CBS Sports Live watchcit.com |
March 25 | 8:00 pm | Texas Southern at UTRGV [13] | 94–85 | 2,216 | |
8:30 pm | Cal State Bakersfield at Southern Utah | 70–67 | 3,027 | ||
March 26 | 7:00 pm | Charleston Southern at Hampton | 67–73 | 3,523 | |
8:00 pm | FIU at Green Bay | 68–98 | 1,341 | ||
Quarterfinals | |||||
March 26 | 7:00 pm | Presbyterian at Marshall | 66–83 | 3,383 | CBS Sports Live watchcit.com |
March 28 | 7:00 pm | Hampton at NJIT | 82–70 | 776 | |
8:00 pm | Texas Southern at Louisiana–Monroe | 108–1023OT | 6,004 | ||
March 29 | 7:00 pm | Cal State Bakersfield at Green Bay | 65–80 | 1,822 | |
Semifinals | |||||
April 2 | 7:00 pm | Hampton at Marshall | 78–80 | 4,122 | CBS Sports Live watchcit.com |
9:00 pm | Texas Southern at Green Bay | 86–87OT | 2,269 | ||
Championship | |||||
April 4 | 7:00 pm | Green Bay at Marshall | 70–90 | 5,748 | CBS Sports Live |
*All times are listed as Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4). Winning team in bold. |
Bracket is for visual purposes only. The CIT does not use a set bracket.
First round March 18–23 | Second round March 24–26 | Quarterfinals March 26–29 | Semifinals April 2 | Championship April 4 | |||||||||||||||
Texas Southern | 95* | ||||||||||||||||||
New Orleans | 89 | Texas Southern | 94 | ||||||||||||||||
Grambling State | 73 | UTRGV | 85 | ||||||||||||||||
UTRGV | 74 | Texas Southern | 108*** | ||||||||||||||||
Kent State | 77 | Louisiana–Monroe | 102 | ||||||||||||||||
Louisiana–Monroe | 87 | Louisiana–Monroe | |||||||||||||||||
(bye) | |||||||||||||||||||
Texas Southern | 86 | ||||||||||||||||||
Cal State Bakersfield | 66 | Green Bay | 87* | ||||||||||||||||
Cal State Fullerton | 58 | Cal State Bakersfield | 70 | ||||||||||||||||
Drake | 73 | Southern Utah | 67 | ||||||||||||||||
Southern Utah | 80* | Cal State Bakersfield | 65 | ||||||||||||||||
FIU | 87 | Green Bay | 80 | ||||||||||||||||
Texas State | 81 | FIU | 68 | ||||||||||||||||
Green Bay | 102 | Green Bay | 98 | ||||||||||||||||
East Tennessee State | 94 | Green Bay | 70 | ||||||||||||||||
Florida Atlantic | 66 | Marshall | 90 | ||||||||||||||||
Charleston Southern | 68 | Charleston Southern | 67 | ||||||||||||||||
St. Francis (NY) | 72 | Hampton | 73 | ||||||||||||||||
Hampton | 81 | Hampton | 82 | ||||||||||||||||
Quinnipiac | 81 | NJIT | 70 | ||||||||||||||||
NJIT | 92 | NJIT | |||||||||||||||||
(bye) | |||||||||||||||||||
Hampton | 78 | ||||||||||||||||||
Presbyterian | 73 | Marshall | 80 | ||||||||||||||||
Seattle | 68 | Presbyterian | 77 | ||||||||||||||||
Cornell | 89 | Robert Morris | 70 | ||||||||||||||||
Robert Morris | 98* | Presbyterian | 66 | ||||||||||||||||
IUPUI | 73 | Marshall | 83 | ||||||||||||||||
Marshall | 78 | Marshall | |||||||||||||||||
(bye) |
Home teams listed second.
* Denotes overtime period.
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