2024 College Basketball Invitational

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2024 College Basketball Invitational
Season 202324
Teams15
Finals site Ocean Center
Daytona Beach, Florida
Champions Seattle (1st title)
Runner-up High Point (1st title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Chris Victor (1st title)
MVPCameron Tyson (Seattle)
Attendance3,620 (tournament)
671 (championship)
College Basketball Invitationals
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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.

Contents

Participating teams

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

SeedTeamConferenceRecordAppearanceLast bid
1 High Point Big South 25–81stNever
2 UC San Diego Big West 21–111stNever
3 Seattle WAC 19–144th2018
4 Arkansas State Sun Belt 18–161stNever
5 Montana Big Sky 23–113rd2016
6 Quinnipiac MAAC 24–92nd2012
7 Fairfield MAAC 22–121stNever
8 Northern Colorado Big Sky 19–132nd2022
9 Cleveland State Horizon 20–142nd2023
10 Little Rock Ohio Valley 21–121stNever
11 Evansville Missouri Valley 16–173rd2012
12 Presbyterian Big South 14–181stNever
13 Bethune–Cookman SWAC 17–161stNever
14 Delaware State MEAC 15–182nd2015
15 Chicago State Independent 12–181stNever

Schedule

GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevisionAttendanceBox score
First round – Saturday, March 23
11:00 p.m.(4) Arkansas State vs. (13) Bethune–Cookman86–85 FloHoops 795
23:30 p.m.(2) UC San Diego vs. (15) Chicago State75–77
35:30 p.m.(3) Seattle vs. (14) Delaware State79–66
First round – Sunday, March 24
411:00 a.m.(8) Northern Colorado vs. (9) Cleveland State49–51FloHoops829
51:00 p.m.(5) Montana vs. (12) Presbyterian82–79OT
63:30 p.m.(7) Fairfield vs. (10) Little Rock82–75
75:30 p.m.(6) Quinnipiac vs. (11) Evansville63–64
Quarterfinals – Monday, March 25
812:00 p.m.(1) High Point vs. (9) Cleveland State93–74FloHoops724
92:00 p.m.(4) Arkansas State vs. (5) Montana74–61
104:30 p.m.(15) Chicago State vs. (7) Fairfield74–77
116:30 p.m.(3) Seattle vs. (11) Evansville71–57
Semifinals – Tuesday, March 26
127:00 p.m.(1) High Point vs. (4) Arkansas State81–80 ESPN2 601
139:00 p.m.(7) Fairfield vs. (3) Seattle58–75
Championship – Wednesday, March 27
145:00 p.m.(1) High Point vs. (3) Seattle67–77ESPN2671
Game times in Eastern Time. (#) Rankings denote tournament seed. [3]

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

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