2019 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament

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2019 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament
Season 201819
Teams26
Finals site Cam Henderson Center
Huntington, West Virginia
Champions Marshall (1st title)
Runner-up Green Bay (1st title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Dan D'Antoni (1st title)
MVPC.J. Burks (Marshall)
Attendance60,058
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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.

Contents

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.

Participating teams

The following teams received an invitation to the 2019 CIT:
Note: Team records are before playing in the tournament

TeamConferenceOverall recordConference record
Cal State Bakersfield WAC 16–157–9
Cal State Fullerton Big West 16–1710–6
Charleston Southern Big South 17–159–7
Cornell Ivy League 15–157–7
Drake Missouri Valley 24–912–6
East Tennessee State Southern 24–913–5
Florida Atlantic C-USA 17–158–10
FIU C-USA 19–1310–8
Grambling State [1] SWAC 17–1610–8
Green Bay Horizon 17–1610–8
Hampton Big South 16–179–7
IUPUI Horizon 16–168–10
Kent State MAC 22–1011–7
Louisiana–Monroe Sun Belt 18–159–9
Marshall C-USA 19–1411–7
New Orleans [2] Southland 19–1312–6
NJIT Atlantic Sun 21–128–8
Presbyterian Big South 18–159–7
Quinnipiac MAAC 16–1411–7
Robert Morris Northeast 17–1611–7
Seattle WAC 18–146–10
Southern Utah Big Sky 16–169–11
St. Francis Brooklyn Northeast 17–159–9
UTRGV [3] WAC 19–169–7
Texas Southern SWAC 21–1314–4
Texas State Sun Belt 24–912–6

Seeds

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.

Declined invitations

The following programs declined an invitation to play in the CIT.

Schedule

Note: Top 3 seeds will get a bye after first round

DateTime*MatchupScoreAttendanceTelevision
First round
March 187:00 pm Quinnipiac at NJIT 81–92 777CBS Sports Live
watchcit.com
March 197:00 pm Cornell at Robert Morris 89–98OT 622
7:00 pm IUPUI at Marshall
(Jim Phelan Classic)
73–78 3,725
March 207:00 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 217:00 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 228:30 pm Drake at Southern Utah 73–80OT 2,714
March 237:00 pm FIU at Texas State 87–81 1,237
Second round
March 241:00 pmPresbyterian at Robert Morris [12] 77–70 541CBS Sports Live
watchcit.com
March 258:00 pmTexas Southern at UTRGV [13] 94–85 2,216
8:30 pmCal State Bakersfield at Southern Utah 70–67 3,027
March 267:00 pmCharleston Southern at Hampton 67–73 3,523
8:00 pmFIU at Green Bay 68–98 1,341
Quarterfinals
March 267:00 pmPresbyterian at Marshall 66–83 3,383CBS Sports Live
watchcit.com
March 287:00 pmHampton at NJIT 82–70 776
8:00 pmTexas Southern at Louisiana–Monroe 108–1023OT 6,004
March 297:00 pmCal State Bakersfield at Green Bay 65–80 1,822
Semifinals
April 27:00 pmHampton at Marshall 78–80 4,122CBS Sports Live
watchcit.com
9:00 pmTexas Southern at Green Bay 86–87OT 2,269
Championship
April 47:00 pmGreen Bay at Marshall 70–90 5,748CBS Sports Live
*All times are listed as Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4). Winning team in bold.

Bracket

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 Southern95*
New Orleans 89 Texas Southern94
Grambling State 73 UTRGV 85
UTRGV74Texas Southern108***
Kent State 77 Louisiana–Monroe 102
Louisiana–Monroe87Louisiana–Monroe
(bye)
Texas Southern 86
Cal State Bakersfield66Green Bay87*
Cal State Fullerton 58 Cal State Bakersfield70
Drake 73 Southern Utah 67
Southern Utah80* Cal State Bakersfield 65
FIU87Green Bay80
Texas State 81 FIU 68
Green Bay102Green Bay98
East Tennessee State 94 Green Bay 70
Florida Atlantic 66 Marshall90
Charleston Southern68Charleston Southern 67
St. Francis (NY) 72 Hampton73
Hampton81Hampton82
Quinnipiac 81 NJIT 70
NJIT92NJIT
(bye)
Hampton 78
Presbyterian73Marshall80
Seattle 68 Presbyterian77
Cornell 89 Robert Morris 70
Robert Morris98* Presbyterian 66
IUPUI 73 Marshall83
Marshall78Marshall
(bye)

Home teams listed second.
* Denotes overtime period.

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