2019 College Basketball Invitational

College basketball tournament

2019 College Basketball InvitationalTeams| 16

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Finals site| Yuengling Center
McGrath–Phillips Arena
Tampa, Florida
Chicago, Illinois
Champions| South Florida (1st title)
Runner-up| DePaul (1st title game)
Semifinalists|

* Loyola Marymount (1st semifinal)
* Coastal Carolina (2nd semifinal)

Winning coach| Brian Gregory (1st title)
MVP| David Collins (South Florida)
Attendance| 32,449
| College Basketball Invitationals

«2018 | 2020»

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.

## Participating teams

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

Team  | Conference  | Overall record  | Conference record

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Brown | Ivy | 19–11  | 7–7
Cal State Northridge | Big West | 13–20  | 7–9
California Baptist | WAC | 16–14  | 7–9
Central Michigan | MAC | 23–11  | 10–8
Coastal Carolina | Sun Belt | 15–16  | 9–9
DePaul | Big East | 15–15  | 7–11
Loyola Marymount | West Coast | 20–11  | 8–8
Longwood | Big South | 15–17  | 5–11
Grand Canyon | WAC | 20–13  | 10–6
Howard | MEAC | 17–16  | 10–6
South Florida | American | 19–13  | 8–10
Southern Miss | Conference USA | 20–12  | 11–7
Stony Brook | America East | 24–8  | 12–4
UAB | Conference USA | 20–14  | 10–8
Utah Valley | WAC | 24–9  | 12–4
West Virginia | Big 12 | 14–20  | 4–14

### Declined invitations

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

* Bowling Green[2]
* BYU[3]
* Fresno State[4]
* Jacksonville State[5]
* Omaha[6]
* San Francisco[7]
* UTSA

## Format

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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

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Date  | Time*  | Matchup  | Television  | Score  | Attendance

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First round
March 19  | 9:00 pm  | Cal State Northridge at Utah Valley | WAC DN | 84–92  | 375
March 20  | 7:00 pm  | Grand Canyon at West Virginia | Frontier | 63–77  | 5,313
7:00 pm  | Howard at Coastal Carolina | ESPN+ | 72–81  | 779
7:00 pm  | Stony Brook at South Florida | Bullvision  | 79–82OT | 1,705
7:00 pm  | Southern Miss at Longwood | ESPN+  | 68–90  | 1,372
7:00 pm  | UAB at Brown | ESPN+  | 78–83  | 683
8:00 pm  | Central Michigan at DePaul |  | 86–100  | 1,173
10:00 pm  | Loyola Marymount at California Baptist  | WAC DN  | 56–55  | 2,346
Quarterfinals
March 25  | 7:00 pm  | Coastal Carolina at West Virginia  |  | 109–91  | 6,775
7:00 pm  | Utah Valley at South Florida | Bullvision  | 57–66  | 1,679
8:00 pm  | Longwood at DePaul | NBCSN Chicago+ | 89–97  | 1,040
10:00 pm  | Brown at Loyola Marymount | TheW.tv  | 63–81  | 657
Semifinals
March 27  | 8:00 pm  | Coastal Carolina at DePaul |  | 87–92  | 939
March 28  | 7:00 pm  | Loyola Marymount at South Florida |  | 47–56  | 1,658
Finals
April 1  | 7:00 pm  | DePaul at South Florida | ESPNU | 61–63  | 2,375
April 3  | 8:00 pm  | South Florida at DePaul | 96–100OT | 1,704
April 5  | 7:00 pm  | South Florida at DePaul  | 77–65  | 1,876
*All times are listed as Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4). Winning team in bold.

## Bracket

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| First round
March 19–20 | | | Quarterfinals
March 25 | | | Semifinals
(Reseeded)
March 27–28 | | | Finals
(Best of three)
April 1, 3, 5 |

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|  | DePaul | 100 | | | |
|  | Central Michigan | 86 |
| |  | DePaul | 97 |
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| | |  | Longwood | 89 |
|  | Longwood | 90 |

|  | Southern Miss | 68 |
| |  | DePaul | 92 |
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| | |  | Coastal Carolina | 87 |
|  | West Virginia | 77 | |

|  | Grand Canyon | 63 |
| |  | West Virginia | 91 |
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| | |  | Coastal Carolina | 109 |
|  | Coastal Carolina | 81 |

|  | Howard | 72 |
| |  | DePaul | 61 | 100* | 65 |
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| | |  | South Florida | 63 | 96 | 77 |
|  | South Florida | 82* | | |

|  | Stony Brook | 79 |
| |  | South Florida | 66 |
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| | |  | Utah Valley | 57 |
|  | Utah Valley | 92 |

|  | Cal State Northridge | 84 |
| |  | South Florida | 56 |
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| | |  | Loyola Marymount | 47 |
|  | California Baptist | 55 | |

|  | Loyola Marymount | 56 |
| |  | Loyola Marymount | 81 |
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| | |  | Brown | 63 |
|  | Brown | 83 |

|  | UAB | 78 |

Home teams listed first.
* Denotes overtime period.

## References

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1. ^ "It's official. Let the games begin!". College Basketball Invitational. Twitter. Retrieved March 18, 2019.
2. ^ "BGSU won't accept postseason tournament invite". The Blade. Block Communications. March 18, 2019. Retrieved March 18, 2019.
3. ^ Call, Jeff (March 18, 2019). "BYU shut out of NIT, decides to end its season". Deseret News. Retrieved March 18, 2019.
4. ^ Hicks, Stephen (March 18, 2019). "Fresno State snubbed from NIT bid and declines to play in postseason". KFSN-TV. Retrieved March 18, 2019.
5. ^ Edwards, Mark (March 17, 2019). "JSU basketball: No NCAA, NIT bid for Gamecocks, who turned down CIT and CBI". The Anniston Star. Consolidated Publishing Co. Retrieved March 18, 2019.
6. ^ "Derrin Hansen, UNO men's basketball turn down CBI bid, thank 'growing fanbase' for support". Omaha World-Herald. March 18, 2019. Retrieved March 18, 2019.
7. ^ Gorcey, Ryan (March 18, 2019). "USF Dons basketball snubbed from NIT, will not accept invites to CBI or CIT". The San Francisco Examiner. Retrieved March 18, 2019.[permanent dead link‍]

## External links

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