2010 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament
The 2010 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) was a postseason single-elimination tournament of 16 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams.
| Teams | 16 | ||||
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| Finals site | JQH Arena Springfield, Missouri | ||||
| Champions | Missouri State (1st title) | ||||
| Runner-up | Pacific (1st title game) | ||||
| Semifinalists |
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| Winning coach | Cuonzo Martin (1st title) | ||||
| MVP | Will Creekmore (Missouri State) | ||||
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Fifteen of the selected teams were from a pool that are not invited to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament or the 2010 National Invitation Tournament.[1] The 16th team was South Dakota, the champion of the 2010 Great West Conference men's basketball tournament.
The tournament began with first-round games March 16–18, 2010. Quarterfinal action continued on campus sites on March 22, and the tournament concluded with the championship game on March 30. The Appalachian State Pacific game was scheduled for Thursday, March 25, due to Pacific being snowed in at the airport after the Northern Colorado game.
Participating teams
The following teams received an invitation to the 2010 CIT:
| School | Conference | Overall record | Conference record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Appalachian State[2] | Southern | 22–12 | 13–5 |
| Creighton[3] | Missouri Valley | 16–15 | 10–8 |
| Fairfield | Metro Atlantic Athletic | 22–10 | 13–5 |
| George Mason[4] | Colonial Athletic | 17–14 | 12–6 |
| Harvard | Ivy League | 21–7 | 10–4 |
| Louisiana Tech | Western Athletic | 23–10 | 9–7 |
| Loyola Marymount | West Coast | 18–15 | 7–7 |
| Marshall[5] | Conference USA | 23–9 | 11–5 |
| Middle Tennessee | Sun Belt | 19–13 | 13–5 |
| Missouri State | Missouri Valley | 20–12 | 8–10 |
| Northern Colorado | Big Sky | 24–7 | 12–4 |
| Pacific | Big West | 20–11 | 12–4 |
| Portland | West Coast | 21–10 | 10–4 |
| South Dakota | Great West | 22–9 | 11–1 |
| Southern Miss | Conference USA | 20–13 | 8–8 |
| Western Carolina | Southern | 22–11 | 11–7 |
Bracket
Bracket is for visual purposes only. The CIT does not have a set bracket.
| First round March 16–18 | Quarterfinals March 22 | Semifinals March 24–25 | Championship March 30 | ||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 86 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Loyola Marymount | 76 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 63 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Colorado | 59 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Portland | 73 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Colorado | 81 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 64 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Appalachian State | 56 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Harvard | 71 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Appalachian State | 93 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Appalachian State | 80 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Marshall | 72 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Western Carolina | 88 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Marshall | 90 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 65 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri State | 78 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fairfield | 101* | ||||||||||||||||||
| George Mason | 96 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fairfield | 55 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Creighton | 73 | ||||||||||||||||||
| South Dakota | 78 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Creighton | 89 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Creighton | 61 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri State | 67 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Miss | 57 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana Tech | 66 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana Tech | 40 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri State | 69 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Middle Tennessee | 79 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri State | 87 | ||||||||||||||||||
Home teams listed second.
* Denotes overtime period.