2018 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament

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2018 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament
Season 2017–18
Teams 20
Finals site Bank of Colorado Arena
Greeley, Colorado
Champions Northern Colorado (1st title)
Runner-up UIC (1st title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Jeff Linder (1st title)
MVP Andre Spight (Northern Colorado)
Attendance 26,023
CIT Tournaments
«2017 2019»

The 2018 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) was a postseason single-elimination tournament of NCAA Division I basketball teams. The tournament began on March 12, 2018, and concluded on March 30, 2018.[1]

The field was composed of participants who belong to "mid-major" conferences and who were not invited to the NCAA tournament, the National Invitation Tournament, or the College Basketball Invitational.

Participating teams

The following teams received an invitation to the 2018 CIT:

Team Conference Overall record Conference record
Abilene Christian[2] Southland 16–15 8–10
Austin Peay[3] OVC 18–14 12–6
Central Michigan[4] MAC 19–14 7–11
Drake[5] MVC 16–16 10–8
Eastern Michigan MAC 21–12 11–7
Fort Wayne[6] Summit 18–14 7–7
Hartford America East 19–13 11–5
Lamar Southland 19–13 11–7
Liberty[7] Big South 20–14 9–9
Louisiana–Monroe Sun Belt 16–15 9–9
Niagara[8] MAAC 19–13 12–6
North Carolina A&T[9] MEAC 20–14 11–5
Northern Colorado Big Sky 22–12 11–7
Portland State Big Sky 20–13 9–9
Saint Francis (PA)[10] NEC 18–12 12–6
Sam Houston State Southland 19–14 12–6
San Diego[11] WCC 18–13 9–9
UIC Horizon 17–15 12–6
UTSA C-USA 19–14 11–7
Wofford Southern 21–12 11–7

Format

The CIT uses the old NIT model in which there is no set bracket. Future round opponents are determined by the results of the previous round.

Postseason classics

In 2016, the CIT introduced the Coach John McLendon Classic as the first "Classic" game to ever be played during a postseason tournament. For 2017, the CIT introduced three more "Classic" games, for a total of four, all to be played in the first round. In 2018, a fifth "Classic" was added.

Coach John McLendon Classic
Hugh Durham Classic
Lou Henson Classic
Riley Wallace Classic
Jim Phelan Classic

The winners of each Classic received a trophy and advanced to the second round or to the quarterfinals if they received a second round bye.

Schedule

  • Wofford, Northern Colorado, Portland State, and Sam Houston State received first round byes.
  • Liberty, UTSA, Austin Peay, and UIC received second round byes.
Date Time* Matchup Score Attendance Television
First round
March 12 12:00 pm Central Michigan at Fort Wayne
(Hugh Durham Classic)		 94–89 1,234 CBSSN
2:00 pm Abilene Christian at Drake
(Lou Henson Classic)		 73–80 OT 3,565
6:00 pm North Carolina A&T at Liberty
(Jim Phelan Classic)		 52–65 486
10:00 pm Hartford at San Diego
(Riley Wallace Classic)		 72–88 893
March 14 7:00 pm Niagara at Eastern Michigan 65–83 1,138 CBS Sports Live
watchcit.com
8:00 pm Saint Francis (PA) at UIC 61–84 1,137
8:00 pm Lamar at UTSA 69–76 1,012
March 15 8:00 pm Louisiana–Monroe at Austin Peay
(Coach John McLendon Classic)		 66–80 1,228
Second round
March 16 7:00 pm Central Michigan at Wofford 98–94 1,448 CBS Sports Live
watchcit.com
March 17 10:00 pm Portland State at San Diego 64–67 1,019
March 18 5:00 pm Drake at Northern Colorado 72–81 1,074
March 19 7:30 pm Eastern Michigan at Sam Houston State 62–69 322
Quarterfinals
March 21 8:00 pm UIC at Austin Peay 83–81 1,121 CBS Sports Live
watchcit.com
10:00 pm Northern Colorado at San Diego 86–75 1,053
March 22 8:00 pm Sam Houston State at UTSA 76–69 1,352
March 24 2:00 pm Central Michigan at Liberty 71–84 476
Semifinals
March 28 7:00 pm UIC at Liberty 67–51 2,248 CBSSN
9:00 pm Sam Houston State at Northern Colorado 80–99 2,019
Championship
March 30 7:00 pm UIC at Northern Colorado 71–76 3,198 CBSSN
*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 12–15		 Second round
March 16–19		 Quarterfinals
March 21–24		 Semifinals
March 28		 Championship
March 30
                             
1 Saint Francis (PA) 61
32 UIC 84
Bye
UIC
17  
16  
UIC 83
Austin Peay 81
9 Louisiana–Monroe 66
24 Austin Peay 88
Bye
Austin Peay
25  
8  
UIC 67
Liberty 51
5 Central Michigan 94
28 Fort Wayne 89
Central Michigan 98
Wofford 94
21  
12  
Central Michigan 71
Liberty 84
13 North Carolina A&T 52
20 Liberty 65
Bye
Liberty
29  
4  
UIC 71
Northern Colorado 76
3 Niagara 65
30 Eastern Michigan 83
Eastern Michigan 62
Sam Houston State 69
19  
14  
Sam Houston State 76
UTSA 69
11 Lamar 69
22 UTSA 76
Bye
UTSA
27  
6  
Sam Houston State 80
Northern Colorado 99
7 Abilene Christian 73
26 Drake 80*
Drake 72
Northern Colorado 81
23  
10  
Northern Colorado 86
San Diego 75
15 Hartford 72
18 San Diego 88
Portland State 64
San Diego 67
31  
2  

Home teams listed second.
* Denotes overtime period.

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