2018 College Basketball Invitational

The 2018 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 2018 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament or the NIT. It was held from March 13 through March 30, 2018 in various arenas. This marked the 11th year the Tournament had been held.

2018 College Basketball Invitational

Teams	16
Finals site	War Memorial Gymnasium The Super Pit San Francisco, California Denton, Texas
Champions	North Texas Mean Green (1st title)
Runner-up	San Francisco Dons (1st title game)
Semifinalists	Jacksonville State Gamecocks (1st semifinal) Campbell Fighting Camels (1st semifinal)
Winning coach	Grant McCasland (1st title)
MVP	Roosevelt Smart (North Texas)
Attendance	35,348
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North Texas defeated San Francisco two games to one in the best-of-three championship series to win the CBI championship.^[1]

Participating teams

The following teams were announced as participants Sunday, March 11 after the NCAA Selection Show.

Team	Conference	Overall record	Conference record
Campbell	Big South	16–15	10–8
Canisius	MAAC	21–11	15–3
Central Arkansas	Southland	17–16	10–8
Colgate	Patriot	19–13	12–6
Eastern Washington	Big Sky	20–14	13–5
Grand Canyon	WAC	22–11	9–5
Jacksonville State	Ohio Valley	21–12	11–7
Miami (OH)	Mid-American	16–17	8–10
Mercer	Southern	18–14	11–7
New Orleans	Southland	15–16	11–7
North Texas	C-USA	15–17	8–10
San Francisco	West Coast	18–15	9–9
Seattle	WAC	20–13	8–6
South Dakota	Summit	26–8	11–3
UT Rio Grande Valley	WAC	15–17	6–8
Utah Valley	WAC	22–10	10–4

Declined invitations

The following programs received an invitation to the CBI, but declined to participate:

• Bradley^[2]
• Georgetown
• Maryland
• Northeastern
• Oakland^[3]
• SMU
• Toledo^[4]
• Tulsa
• VCU^[5]

Format

The 2018 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.

The participants were announced Sunday, March 12 after the NCAA Selection Show.

Schedule

Source:^[6]

Date	Time*	Matchup	Television	Score	Attendance
First round
March 13	9:00 pm	Eastern Washington at Utah Valley	WAC DN	65–87	997
March 14	7:00 pm	Miami (OH) at Campbell	Big South Net	87–97	1,411
	7:00 pm	Jacksonville State at Canisius	ESPN3	80–78^OT	870
	8:00 pm	North Texas at South Dakota	GoYotes	90–77	1,348
	8:00 pm	UT Rio Grande Valley at New Orleans	Southland DN	74–77	741
	10:00 pm	Colgate at San Francisco	TheW.tv	68–72	1,339
	10:00 pm	Mercer at Grand Canyon	YurView AZ ESPN3	78–73	5,941
	10:00 pm	Central Arkansas at Seattle	WAC DN	92–90^OT	639
Quarterfinals
March 19	6:30 pm	Jacksonville State at Central Arkansas	UCA Channel 6 Southland DN	80–59	2,570
	7:00 pm	New Orleans at Campbell	Big South Net	69–71	1,316
	8:00 pm	Mercer at North Texas	ESPN3	67–96	1,145
	10:00 pm	Utah Valley at San Francisco	TheW.tv	73–78	1,239
Semifinals
March 21	8:00 pm	Jacksonville State at North Texas	ESPN3	68–90	2,784
March 22	10:00 pm	Campbell at San Francisco	ESPN3	62–65	1,163
Finals
March 26	10:00 pm	North Texas at San Francisco	ESPNU	62–72	1,358
March 28	8:30 pm	San Francisco at North Texas		55–69	4,196
March 30	7:00 pm	San Francisco at North Texas		77–88	6,291
*All times are listed as Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4). Winning team in bold.

Bracket

	First round March 13–14					Quarterfinals March 19					Semifinals (Reseeded) March 21–22					Finals (Best of three) March 26, 28, 30
		South Dakota	77
		North Texas	90
							North Texas	96
							Mercer	67
		Grand Canyon	73
		Mercer	78
												North Texas	90
												Jacksonville State	68
		Seattle	90
		Central Arkansas	92*
							Central Arkansas	59
							Jacksonville State	80
		Canisius	78
		Jacksonville State	80*
																	North Texas	62	69	88
																	San Francisco	72	55	77
		San Francisco	72
		Colgate	68
							San Francisco	78
							Utah Valley	73
		Utah Valley	87
		Eastern Washington	65
												San Francisco	65
												Campbell	62
		Campbell	97
		Miami (OH)	87
							Campbell	71
							New Orleans	69
		New Orleans	77
		Texas–Rio Grande Valley	74

Home teams listed first.
* Denotes overtime period.

References

1. "North Texas rides Smart past USF to CBI title". ESPN. Associated Press. March 30, 2018. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
2. Reynolds, Dave (March 11, 2018). "Bradley turns down CBI, CIT invitations". Journal Star. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
3. . Oakland University Athletics. March 9, 2018. Archived from the original on March 13, 2018. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
4. Buckey, Brian (March 11, 2018). "Toledo exceeds expectations, but falls short of ultimate goal". The Blade. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
5. Epps, Jr., Wayne (March 12, 2018). "Health top factor in VCU's decision to pass on postseason". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Retrieved March 12, 2018. Rhoades said VCU was invited to play in the 16-team College Basketball Invitational.
6. CBS Sports CBI Scores

External links

• College Basketball Invitational official website