2014 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament

The 2014 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) was a postseason single-elimination tournament of 32 NCAA Division I teams. The first round started March 17, 2014. The semifinals were played on April 1, with the championship game played on April 3, 2014.

2014 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament

Season	2013–14
Teams	32
Finals site	CFSB Center Murray, Kentucky
Champions	Murray State (1st title)
Runner-up	Yale (1st title game)
Semifinalists	VMI (1st semifinal) Pacific (2nd semifinal)
Winning coach	Steve Prohm (1st title)
MVP	Cameron Payne (Murray State)
CIT tournaments «2013 2015»

32 participants who belong to "mid-major" conferences and were not invited to the 2014 NCAA Tournament, the 2014 National Invitation Tournament (NIT), or the 2014 College Basketball Invitational (CBI) made up the field.

The first three rounds were streamed online through the Collegeinsider.com platform powered by NeuLion. Free registration was required to view the games. Both semifinals and the CIT championship game, were televised on CBS Sports Network^[1]

In the championship game, the Murray State Racers defeated the Yale Bulldogs 65–57 in front of a crowd of 4,467 at Murray State's CFSB Center.^[2]

Participating teams

The following teams received an invitation to the 2014 CIT:

School	Conference	Overall record	Conference record
Akron	Mid-American	21–12	12–6
Alabama State	SWAC	19–12	12–6
Brown^[3]	Ivy League	15–13	7–7
Canisius^[4]	MAAC	21–12	14–6
Chattanooga^[5]	Southern	18–14	12–4
Cleveland State	Horizon	21–11	12–4
Columbia^[6]	Ivy League	19–12	8–6
East Carolina^[7]	Conference USA	17–16	6–12
East Tennessee State^[8]	Atlantic Sun	18–15	10–8
Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	21–14	10–8
Grand Canyon^[9]	WAC	15–14	10–6
IPFW^[10]	Summit	24–10	10–4
Holy Cross^[11]	Patriot	19–13	12–6
Missouri State^[12]	Missouri Valley	20–12	9–9
Murray State^[13]	Ohio Valley	18–11	13–3
Nebraska–Omaha^[14]	Summit	16–14	5–9
Norfolk State	MEAC	19–14	11–5
North Dakota	Big Sky	17–16	12–8
Northern Colorado^[15]	Big Sky	18–13	11–9
Ohio	Mid-American	23–11	11–7
Pacific^[16]	West Coast	15–15	6–12
Portland State	Big Sky	17–14	11–9
Quinnipiac	MAAC	20–11	14–6
Sam Houston State	Southland	23–10	13–5
San Diego^[17]	West Coast	16–16	7–11
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	Southland	17–15	14–4
Towson	Colonial	23–10	13–3
USC Upstate^[18]	Atlantic Sun	19–14	11–7
Wright State	Horizon	20–14	10–6
Valparaiso^[19]	Horizon	18–15	9–7
VMI^[20]	Big South	19–12	11–5
Yale^[21]	Ivy League	15–13	9–5

Format

The sixth annual CIT again used the former NIT model in which match-ups in each round were re-seeded based on the results of the previous round.

Schedule

Game	Date	Time	Matchup	Television
First round
1	March 17	7:00 pm	Holy Cross at Brown
2	March 18	7:00 pm	VMI at Canisius
3		7:00 pm	Wright State at East Carolina
4		7:00 pm	Norfolk State at Eastern Michigan
5		7:00 pm	Chattanooga at East Tennessee State
6		8:00 pm	Alabama State at Sam Houston State
7		8:05 pm	Columbia at Valparaiso
8		10:00 pm	Portland State at San Diego
9	March 19	7:00 pm	Quinnipiac at Yale
10		7:00 pm	Towson at USC Upstate
11		7:00 pm	Cleveland State at Ohio
12		7:00 pm	Akron at IPFW
13		8:00 pm	North Dakota at Nebraska–Omaha
14		8:05 pm	Murray State at Missouri State
15		9:00 pm	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi at Northern Colorado
16		10:00 pm	Pacific at Grand Canyon
Second round
17	March 21	7:00 pm	Towson at East Tennessee State
18	March 22	1:00 pm	IPFW at VMI
19		2:00 pm	Wright State at Ohio
20		7:00 pm	Yale at Holy Cross
21		7:00 pm	Eastern Michigan at Columbia
22		7:00 pm	San Diego at Sam Houston State
23		9:00 pm	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi at Pacific
24	March 24	8:00 pm	Nebraska–Omaha at Murray State
Quarterfinals
25	March 26	7:00 pm	Yale at Columbia
26		7:00 pm	VMI at Ohio
27		10:00 pm	San Diego at Pacific
28	March 27	8:00 pm	Towson at Murray State
Semifinals
29	April 1	7:00 pm	Yale at VMI	CBSSN
30		9:00 pm	Pacific at Murray State	CBSSN
Championship
31	April 3	7:00 pm	Yale at Murray State	CBSSN
All tipoff times in Eastern Time Zone. Winning team in bold.

Source: www.collegeinsider.com

Bracket

Bracket is for visual purposes only. The CIT does not have a set bracket.

	First round March 17–19					Second round March 21–24					Quarterfinals March 26–27					Semifinals April 1					Championship April 3
	Quinnipiac		68
	Yale		69
						Yale		71
						Holy Cross		66
	Holy Cross		68
	Brown		65
											Yale		72
											Columbia		69
	Norfolk State		54
	Eastern Michigan		58
						Eastern Michigan		56
						Columbia		69
	Columbia		58
	Valparaiso		56
																Yale		75
																VMI		62
	Akron		91
	IPFW		97
						IPFW		95
						VMI		106
	VMI		111
	Canisius		100
											VMI		92
											Ohio		90
	Wright State		73
	East Carolina		59
						Wright State		54
						Ohio		56
	Cleveland State		62
	Ohio		64
																					Yale		57
																					Murray State		65
	Portland State		65
	San Diego		87
						San Diego		77
						Sam Houston State		72
	Alabama State		49
	Sam Houston State		71
											San Diego		60
											Pacific		75
	Texas A&M–CC		82
	Northern Colorado		71
						Texas A&M–CC		60
						Pacific		89
	Pacific		69
	Grand Canyon		67
																Pacific		75
																Murray State		98
	Towson		63
	USC Upstate		60
						Towson		83
						East Tennessee State		77
	Chattanooga		66
	East Tennessee State		79
											Towson		73
											Murray State		85
	North Dakota		75
	Nebraska–Omaha		91
						Nebraska–Omaha		62
						Murray State		86
	Murray State		66
	Missouri State		63

Home teams are listed second.

References

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External links

• CIT 2014 Guide