CollegeInsider.com Tournament

[EPJr]

FIRST ROUND:

Tuesday March 17
The Citadel (20-12) @ Old Dominion (21-10)
Rider (19-12) @ Liberty (22-11)
Kent State (19-14) @ Oakland (22-12)

Wednesday March 18
Mount St. Mary’s (19-13) @ James Madison (19-14)
Austin Peay (19-13) @ Bradley (18-14)
Belmont (19-12) @ Evansville (17-13)
Portland (19-12) @ Pacific (19-12)
Drake (17-15) @ Idaho (16-15)


QUARTERFINALS: Monday March 23

SEMIFINALS: Wednesday March 25

CHAMPIONSHIP GAME: Tuesday March 31 (televised on Fox College Sports)


* In much the same fashion as the old NIT, future opponent will be determined at the conclusion of each round throughout the tournament.

[dbackjon]

5 FCS teams - and all of them "smaller schools" I hope the tourney does well.

[dgreco]

so did VMI not make any tournaments? I am sort of surprised by that.

[Biff]

so did VMI not make any tournaments? I am sort of surprised by that.

http://www.vmikeydets.com/ViewArticle.d ... ID=3693783

Looks like they chose not to play.

[dbackjon]

so did VMI not make any tournaments? I am sort of surprised by that.

http://www.vmikeydets.com/ViewArticle.d ... ID=3693783

Looks like they chose not to play.

Hmmm

Statement from VMI Athletic Director Donny White on VMI Basketball postseason play:



"As most of our fans know by now, VMI will not participate in any of the postseason college basketball tournaments that include teams that didn’t qualify for the NCAA tournament. These tournaments include the National Invitational Tournament (NIT), College Basketball Invitational (CBI), and the newly formed Collegeinsider.com Tournament.



Postseason tournaments are certainly a desirable and worthy goal for any Division I basketball program and we carefully weighed all the options taking into consideration our cadet-athletes well being. It was determined after consultation with our players and coaches that it was in our best interest to make a strong push for the NIT, but not to actively pursue the other two tournaments because of the time demands placed on our players. Any participation in postseason play would have been road contests for spring break and financial reasons. We had players on our team, including three seniors working to graduate this spring, that had expressed concern that an already long season would be extended and more class time missed should we advance into the CBI or Collegeinsider.com tourney. It is for that reason that we decided to limit our post-season focus on trying to obtain a bid to the NIT, which unfortunately did not materialize.

[dgreco]

that kind of sucks for the players and the fans. I am sure they would like to play a few more games before they end up in the world of serving their country.

[SuperHornet]

Winner: UOP.

[dbackjon]

Winner: UOP.

You going to the first round game?

[Mvemjsunpx]

Idaho!? What the hell?

[dbackjon]

Idaho!? What the hell?

No kidding.

I would think that Montana could have done a better guarantee...

[dbackjon]

Liberty plays tonight. The Citadel game is tomorrow.

[dgreco]

all tuesday matches seem pretty lackluster

[dbackjon]

Liberty beat Rider 79-64

Oakland beats Kent State 80-74

[dbackjon]

FCS Schools:
James Madison 69, Mount St. Mary's 58
Bradley 81, Austin Peay 74
Idaho 69, Drake 67

[dbackjon]

Note - all of 1,502 showed up in Idaho. Montana would have drawn better.

[dgreco]

other CIT games

Belmont 92
Evansville 76

Portland 76
Pacific 82

[dbackjon]

Old Dominion beat Citadel 67-59

[SuperHornet]

UOP knocked off Idaho 69-59 to get to the semis.

Depending on the other results, I've envisioned from the beginning a UOP-Liberty final. We'll see if that pans out.

No, I haven't been to either game. Fundage whomps right now.

[SuperHornet]

Just looked at the UOP website again. UOP goes to Bradley for the semis.

[Appaholic]

_____________ beat Citadel

Can this be saved as a draft?

[SuperHornet]

I'm so mad. UOP lost at Bradley 59-49. What happened to our offense? Ugh! Now NEITHER of my final picks are going to be there.

Rumor was that had we beaten Bradley, we were going to host the final, too.

[dbackjon]

James Madison to play ODU for right to meet Bradley in the Finals

[dgreco]

Didn't Bradley win the first year of the CBI or do really well? They are sweeping up on these smaller tourneys.

[dgreco]

ODU won a nonNCAA national championship ! That brings them to 11 titles.