2024 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament

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2024 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament
Season 2023–24
Teams9
Finals site Joseph G. Echols Memorial Hall
Norfolk, Virginia
Champions Norfolk State (1st title)
Runner-up Purdue Fort Wayne (1st title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Robert Jones (1st title)
MVPChristian Ings (Norfolk State)
Attendance11,006
(average: 1,376 per game)
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The 2024 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) was a postseason single-elimination tournament of NCAA Division I basketball teams. This was the first CIT contested since 2019. The 2020 and 2021 CITs were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2022, the CIT was replaced by The Basketball Classic. Neither The Basketball Classic nor the CIT were contested in 2023. However, CollegeInsider.com announced in early March 2024, that the CIT was to be revived in a 16-team pod-based format for the 2023–24 postseason. [1] Ultimately, only nine teams agreed to play in the 2024 edition. [2]

Contents

Four classics were contested during the tournament, each named in honor of a legendary college basketball coach: Lou Henson, Jim Phelan, Hugh Durham and John McLendon. The winner of each classic was awarded a trophy, and a classic most valuable player was named. [1]

Norfolk State won their first-ever CIT title, defeating Purdue Fort Wayne, 75–67, after overcoming an 18-point deficit.

Participating teams

The teams listed below accepted an invitation to the 2024 CIT. [2]

Note: Team records are before playing in the tournament.

TeamConferenceRecordAppearanceLast Bid
Abilene Christian [3] WAC 15–172nd 2018
Alabama A&M [4] SWAC 11–221st–
Austin Peay [5] ASUN 19–153rd 2018
Bowling Green [6] MAC 20–133rd 2015
Norfolk State [7] MEAC 22–115th 2017
Purdue Fort Wayne [8] Horizon 21–125th 2018
Tarleton State [9] WAC 23–91st–
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi [10] Southland 21–115th 2017
Texas Southern [11] SWAC 16–162nd 2019

Although the initial announcement that the tournament would be contested stated that all the teams would be seeded, no seeds were assigned to teams on the published schedule. However, Norfolk State indicated they are the no. 1 seed, [7] and they received a bye to the semifinals and hosted both games in which they played.

Schedule

SessionGameDateTime*MatchupScoreTelevisionAttendanceRef.
Lou Henson Classic
11March 197:00 pmTexas Southern at Tarleton State71–82 ESPN+ 1,426 [12]
29:00 pmAbilene Christian vs. Texas A&M–Corpus Christi73–63615 [13]
23March 207:00 pmAbilene Christian at Tarleton State59–861,576 [14]
Jim Phelan Classic
34March 207:00 pmPurdue Fort Wayne at Bowling Green77–75ESPN+1,219 [15]
Hugh Durham Classic
45March 208:00 pmAlabama A&M at Austin Peay81–71ESPN+1,386 [16]
John McLendon Classic (CIT Semifinal)
56March 234:00 pmAlabama A&M at Norfolk State81–66Spartan Showcase1,522 [17]
Semifinal
67March 257:00 pmPurdue Fort Wayne at Tarleton State73–72ESPN+1,686 [18]
Championship
78March 277:00 pmPurdue Fort Wayne at Norfolk State67–75Spartan Showcase1,576 [19]
*Game times in EDT (UTC−4).

Bracket

First round
March 19 		Quarterfinals
March 20 		Semifinals
March 23–25 		Championship
March 27
        
Norfolk State81
Alabama A&M 66
Alabama A&M81
Austin Peay 71
Norfolk State75
Purdue Fort Wayne 67
Abilene Christian73
Texas A&M–CC 63
Abilene Christian 59
Tarleton State86
Texas Southern 71
Tarleton State82
Tarleton State 72
Purdue Fort Wayne73
Purdue Fort Wayne77
Bowling Green 75

Game summaries

All times are in Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4)

First round

ESPN+
March 19
7:00 p.m.
Box
Texas Southern 71, Tarleton State82
Scoring by half: 26–36, 45–46
Pts: Stroud, Wysinger 18
Rebs: Cisse 8
Asts: Cisse 6		Pts: Williams 21
Rebs: Gaddy 10
Asts: Moussa 6
Tarleton State advances to CIT quarterfinals
Wisdom Gymnasium
Stephenville, Texas
Attendance: 1,426
Referees: Robert Bissant, Wes Ford, Randal Anders
ESPN+
March 19
9:00 p.m.
Box
Abilene Christian73, Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 63
Scoring by half: 36–33, 37–30
Pts: DeGruy 16
Rebs: Bettiol 10
Asts: Steele 4		Pts: Roberts 22
Rebs: Dease 10
Asts: Humphrey 4
Abilene Christian advances to CIT quarterfinals
Wisdom Gymnasium
Stephenville, Texas
Attendance: 615
Referees: Joe Wilbert, Tommy Johnson, Jon Stigliano

Quarterfinals

ESPN+
March 20
7:00 p.m.
Box
Abilene Christian 59, Tarleton State86
Scoring by half: 25–37, 34–49
Pts: Bettiol 14
Rebs: Bettiol 8
Asts: Madden 3		Pts: Gaddy 16
Rebs: Innocenti 8
Asts: Innocenti 6
Tarleton State wins Lou Henson Classic and advances to CIT semifinals
Wisdom Gymnasium
Stephenville, Texas
Attendance: 1,576
Referees: Wes Ford, Randal Anders, Tommy Johnson
ESPN+
March 20
7:00 p.m.
Box
Purdue Fort Wayne77, Bowling Green 75
Scoring by half: 43–31, 34–44
Pts: Jackson 18
Rebs: Mulder 8
Asts: Bello 5		Pts: Hill 26
Rebs: Spurgin 8
Asts: Spurgin 5
Purdue Fort Wayne wins Jim Phelan Classic and advances to CIT semifinals
Stroh Center
Bowling Green, Ohio
Attendance: 1,219
Referees: Tariq Lucas, Scott Siville, Tim Stewart
ESPN+
March 20
8:00 p.m.
Box
Alabama A&M81, Austin Peay 71
Scoring by half: 42–31, 39–40
Pts: Moodie 24
Rebs: Tucker 13
Asts: Tucker 4		Pts: Jones 21
Rebs: Witt 7
Asts: Jones 4
Alabama A&M wins Hugh Durham Classic and advances to CIT semifinals
F&M Bank Arena
Clarksville, Tennessee
Attendance: 1,386
Referees: James Gibson, Joshua Pitto, Kevin Driver

Semifinals

Spartan Showcase (stream)
March 23
4:00 p.m.
Box
Alabama A&M 66, Norfolk State81
Scoring by half: 31–28, 35–53
Pts: Downey, Riley 15
Rebs: Blackwell 6
Asts: Tucker 6		Pts: Betrand 16
Rebs: Darden, Fields 8
Asts: Darden 8
Norfolk State wins John McLendon Classic and advances to CIT final
Joseph G. Echols Memorial Hall
Norfolk, Virginia
Attendance: 1,522
Referees: Scott Arbogast, Christopher Bennett, Tony Dawkins
ESPN+
March 25
7:00 p.m.
Box
Purdue Fort Wayne73, Tarleton State 72
Scoring by half: 36–41, 37–31
Pts: Bello 21
Rebs: Mulder 15
Asts: Jackson 4		Pts: Moussa 16
Rebs: Smith 7
Asts: Moussa 4
Purdue Fort Wayne advances to CIT final
Wisdom Gymnasium
Stephenville, Texas
Attendance: 1,686
Referees: Randal Anders, Jon Stigliano, Tommy Johnson

Final

Spartan Showcase (stream)
March 27
7:00 p.m.
Box
Purdue Fort Wayne 67, Norfolk State75
Scoring by half: 41–31, 26–44
Pts: Roberts 18
Rebs: Roberts 8
Asts: Bello 8		Pts: Ings 17
Rebs: Fields Jr. 7
Asts: Thomas 5
Norfolk State wins CIT championship
Joseph G. Echols Memorial Hall
Norfolk, Virginia
Attendance: 1,576
Referees: Steven Perry Jr., Kendall B. Ridley, Antoine Dawkins

Awards

The CIT presented the awards shown below.

AwardRecipientSchool
CIT MVPChristian Ings [2] Norfolk State
Lou Henson Classic MVPKiAndre Gaddy [20] Tarleton State
Jim Phelan Classic MVPJalen Jackson [21] Purdue Fort Wayne
Hugh Durham Classic MVP
John McLendon Classic MVPDaryl Anderson [22] Norfolk State

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