2024 College Basketball Invitational

2024 College Basketball Invitational

Season	2023–24
Teams	15
Finals site	Ocean Center Daytona Beach, Florida
Champions	Seattle (1st title)
Runner-up	High Point (1st title game)
Semifinalists	Arkansas State (1st Final Four) Fairfield (1st Final Four)
Winning coach	Chris Victor (1st title)
MVP	Cameron Tyson (Seattle)
Attendance	3,620 (tournament) 671 (championship)
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The 2024 College Basketball Invitational (CBI) was a single-elimination, fully-bracketed men's college basketball postseason tournament featuring 15 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams not selected to participate in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament or the National Invitation Tournament (NIT). The 16th edition of the tournament began on March 23 and concluded March 27. ^{[1] [2]} All games were played at Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Florida and the semifinal and championship games aired on ESPN2. The tournament was won by Seattle.

Participating teams

Teams in the CBI will be seeded 1–15.
Note: Team records are before playing in the tournament

Seed	Team	Conference	Record	Appearance	Last bid
1	High Point	Big South	25–8	1st	Never
2	UC San Diego	Big West	21–11	1st	Never
3	Seattle	WAC	19–14	4th	2018
4	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	18–16	1st	Never
5	Montana	Big Sky	23–11	3rd	2016
6	Quinnipiac	MAAC	24–9	2nd	2012
7	Fairfield	MAAC	22–12	1st	Never
8	Northern Colorado	Big Sky	19–13	2nd	2022
9	Cleveland State	Horizon	20–14	2nd	2023
10	Little Rock	Ohio Valley	21–12	1st	Never
11	Evansville	Missouri Valley	16–17	3rd	2012
12	Presbyterian	Big South	14–18	1st	Never
13	Bethune–Cookman	SWAC	17–16	1st	Never
14	Delaware State	MEAC	15–18	2nd	2015
15	Chicago State	Independent	12–18	1st	Never

Schedule

Game	Time	Matchup	Score	Television	Attendance	Box score
First round – Saturday, March 23
1	1:00 p.m.	(4) Arkansas State vs. (13) Bethune–Cookman	86–85	FloHoops	795	[3]
2	3:30 p.m.	(2) UC San Diego vs. (15) Chicago State	75–77			[4]
3	5:30 p.m.	(3) Seattle vs. (14) Delaware State	79–66			[5]
First round – Sunday, March 24
4	11:00 a.m.	(8) Northern Colorado vs. (9) Cleveland State	49–51	FloHoops	829	[6]
5	1:00 p.m.	(5) Montana vs. (12) Presbyterian	82–79OT			[7]
6	3:30 p.m.	(7) Fairfield vs. (10) Little Rock	82–75			[8]
7	5:30 p.m.	(6) Quinnipiac vs. (11) Evansville	63–64			[9]
Quarterfinals – Monday, March 25
8	12:00 p.m.	(1) High Point vs. (9) Cleveland State	93–74	FloHoops	724	[10]
9	2:00 p.m.	(4) Arkansas State vs. (5) Montana	74–61			[11]
10	4:30 p.m.	(7) Fairfield vs. (15) Chicago State	77–74			[12]
11	6:30 p.m.	(3) Seattle vs. (11) Evansville	71–57			[13]
Semifinals – Tuesday, March 26
12	7:00 p.m.	(1) High Point vs. (4) Arkansas State	81–80	ESPN2	601	[14]
13	9:00 p.m.	(3) Seattle vs. (7) Fairfield	75–58			[15]
Championship – Wednesday, March 27
14	5:00 p.m.	(1) High Point vs. (3) Seattle	67–77	ESPN2	671	[16]
Game times in Eastern Time. (#) Rankings denote tournament seed. [17]

Bracket

	First round March 23 & 24					Quarterfinals March 25					Semifinals March 26					Championship March 27
						1	High Point	93
						9	Cleveland State	74
	8	Northern Colorado	49
	9	Cleveland State	51
											1	High Point	81
											4	Arkansas State	80
	4	Arkansas State	86
	13	Bethune–Cookman	85
						4	Arkansas State	74
						5	Montana	61
	5	Montana	82OT
	12	Presbyterian	79
																1	High Point	67
																3	Seattle	77
	2	UC San Diego	75
	15	Chicago State	77
						15	Chicago State	74
						7	Fairfield	77
	7	Fairfield	82
	10	Little Rock	75
											7	Fairfield	58
											3	Seattle	75
	3	Seattle	79
	14	Delaware State	66
						3	Seattle	71
						11	Evansville	57
	6	Quinnipiac	63
	11	Evansville	64

References

1. "College Basketball Invitational returns to Daytona Beach and ESPN2 in 2024". College Basketball Invitational. Gazelle Group. January 29, 2024. Retrieved March 6, 2024.
2. Vinel, Chris (January 29, 2024). "College Basketball Invitational will return to Daytona Beach's Ocean Center in March". The Daytona Beach News-Journal . Retrieved March 6, 2024.
3. "Arkansas St. Red Wolves 86 Bethune–Cookman Wildcats 85". NCAA Statistics. March 23, 2024. Retrieved February 24, 2025.
4. "UC San Diego Tritons 75 Chicago St. Cougars 77". NCAA Statistics. March 23, 2024. Retrieved February 24, 2025.
5. "Seattle U Redhawks 79 Delaware St Hornets 66". NCAA Statistics. March 23, 2024. Retrieved February 24, 2025.
6. "Northern Colo. Bears 49 Cleveland St. Vikings 51". NCAA Statistics. March 24, 2024. Retrieved February 24, 2025.
7. "Montana Grizzlies 82 Presbyterian Blue Hose 79". NCAA Statistics. March 24, 2024. Retrieved February 24, 2025.
8. "Fairfield Stags 82 Little Rock Trojans 75". NCAA Statistics. March 24, 2024. Retrieved February 24, 2025.
9. "Quinnipiac Bobcats 63 Evansville Purple Aces 64". NCAA Statistics. March 24, 2024. Retrieved February 24, 2025.
10. "High Point Panthers 93 Cleveland St. Vikings 74". NCAA Statistics. March 25, 2024. Retrieved February 24, 2025.
11. "Arkansas St. Red Wolves 74 Montana Grizzlies 61". NCAA Statistics. March 25, 2024. Retrieved February 24, 2025.
12. "Fairfield Stags 77 Chicago St. Cougars 74". NCAA Statistics. March 25, 2024. Retrieved February 24, 2025.
13. "Seattle U Redhawks 71 Evansville Purple Aces 57". NCAA Statistics. March 25, 2024. Retrieved February 24, 2025.
14. "High Point Panthers 81 Arkansas St. Red Wolves 80". NCAA Statistics. March 26, 2024. Retrieved February 24, 2025.
15. "Seattle U Redhawks 75 Fairfield Stags 58". NCAA Statistics. March 26, 2024. Retrieved February 24, 2025.
16. "High Point Panthers 67 Seattle U Redhawks 77". NCAA Statistics. March 27, 2024. Retrieved February 24, 2025.
17. "Bracket" (PDF). College Basketball Invitational. Gazelle Group. March 2024. Retrieved March 6, 2024.

External links

• College Basketball Invitational official website