2019 College Basketball Invitational

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2019 College Basketball Invitational
Teams16
Finals site Yuengling Center
McGrath–Phillips Arena
Tampa, Florida
Chicago, Illinois
Champions South Florida (1st title)
Runner-up DePaul (1st title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Brian Gregory (1st title)
MVPDavid Collins (South Florida)
Attendance32,449
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The 2019 College Basketball Invitational (CBI) was a single-elimination men's college basketball tournament consisting of 16 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams that did not participate in the 2019 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament or the NIT. It was held from March 19 through April 5, 2019 in various arenas. This event marked the 12th year the tournament has been held.

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Participating teams

The following teams were announced as participants Sunday, March 17 after the NCAA Selection Show. [1]

TeamConferenceOverall recordConference record
Brown Ivy 19–117–7
Cal State Northridge Big West 13–207–9
California Baptist WAC 16–147–9
Central Michigan MAC 23–1110–8
Coastal Carolina Sun Belt 15–169–9
DePaul Big East 15–157–11
Loyola Marymount West Coast 20–118–8
Longwood Big South 15–175–11
Grand Canyon WAC 20–1310–6
Howard MEAC 17–1610–6
South Florida American 19–138–10
Southern Miss Conference USA 20–1211–7
Stony Brook America East 24–812–4
UAB Conference USA 20–1410–8
Utah Valley WAC 24–912–4
West Virginia Big 12 14–204–14

Declined invitations

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

Format

The 2019 CBI had 16 teams organized into four regional brackets of four teams. The four teams that advanced to the semifinals were reseeded. The finals were a best-of-three series.

Schedule

DateTime*MatchupTelevisionScoreAttendance
First round
March 199:00 pmCal State Northridge at Utah Valley WAC DN 84–92375
March 207:00 pmGrand Canyon at West Virginia Frontier 63–775,313
7:00 pmHoward at Coastal Carolina ESPN+ 72–81779
7:00 pmStony Brook at South FloridaBullvision79–82OT1,705
7:00 pmSouthern Miss at LongwoodESPN+68–901,372
7:00 pmUAB at BrownESPN+78–83683
8:00 pmCentral Michigan at DePaul86–1001,173
10:00 pmLoyola Marymount at California BaptistWAC DN56–552,346
Quarterfinals
March 257:00 pmCoastal Carolina at West Virginia109–916,775
7:00 pmUtah Valley at South FloridaBullvision57–661,679
8:00 pmLongwood at DePaul NBCSN Chicago+ 89–971,040
10:00 pmBrown at Loyola MarymountTheW.tv63–81657
Semifinals
March 278:00 pmCoastal Carolina at DePaul87–92939
March 287:00 pmLoyola Marymount at South Florida47–561,658
Finals
April 17:00 pmDePaul at South Florida ESPNU 61–632,375
April 38:00 pmSouth Florida at DePaul96–100OT1,704
April 57:00 pmSouth Florida at DePaul77–651,876
*All times are listed as Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4). Winning team in bold.

Bracket

First round
March 19–20
Quarterfinals
March 25
Semifinals
(Reseeded)
March 27–28
Finals
(Best of three)
April 1, 3, 5
              
DePaul 100
Central Michigan 86
DePaul97
Longwood 89
Longwood 90
Southern Miss 68
DePaul92
Coastal Carolina 87
West Virginia 77
Grand Canyon 63
West Virginia 91
Coastal Carolina109
Coastal Carolina 81
Howard 72
DePaul 61 100* 65
South Florida6396 77
South Florida 82*
Stony Brook 79
South Florida66
Utah Valley 57
Utah Valley 92
Cal State Northridge 84
South Florida56
Loyola Marymount 47
California Baptist 55
Loyola Marymount 56
Loyola Marymount81
Brown 63
Brown 83
UAB 78

Home teams listed first.
* Denotes overtime period.

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