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2015 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament

The 2015 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) was a postseason single-elimination tournament of 32 NCAA Division I basketball teams. The first round started on March 16, 2015. The semifinals were played on March 31, and the championship game was on April 2, 2015.[1] The Evansville Purple Aces beat the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks for their first CIT championship.

2015 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament
Season2014–15
Teams32
Finals siteFord Center
Evansville, Indiana
ChampionsEvansville (1st title)
Runner-upNorthern Arizona (1st title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coachMarty Simmons (1st title)
MVPD.J. Balentine (Evansville)
CIT tournaments
«20142016»

Thirty-two participants who belonged to "mid-major" conferences, or were independent, and were not invited to the 2015 NCAA Tournament, National Invitation Tournament (NIT), or College Basketball Invitational (CBI) made up the field.

At the request of the NCAA Men's Basketball Rules Committee, the CIT experimented with a 30-second shot clock during the 2015 tournament.[2]

Participating teams

The following teams received an invitation to the 2015 CIT:

SchoolConferenceOverall
record		Conference
record
Bowling Green[3][4]Mid-American20–1111–7
Canisius[5]MAAC16–1411–9
Cleveland State[6]Horizon18–1411–5
Dartmouth[7]Ivy League14–147–7
Eastern Illinois[8]Ohio Valley17–149–7
Eastern Kentucky[9]Ohio Valley19–1111–5
Evansville[10]Missouri Valley19–129–9
Florida Gulf Coast[11]Atlantic Sun22–1012–3
Grand Canyon[12]WAC17–148–6
High Point[13]Big South22–913–5
Incarnate Word[14]Southland18–1010–8
IPFW[15]Summit16–149–7
James Madison[16]CAA19–1312–6
Kent State[17]Mid-American21–1112–6
Louisiana–Lafayette[18]Sun Belt20–1313–7
Maryland Eastern Shore[19]MEAC18–1411–5
Middle Tennessee[20]Conference USA19–169–9
New Hampshire[21]America East19–1211–5
NJIT[22]D-I independent18–11—
Norfolk State[23]MEAC20–1312–4
Northern Arizona[24]Big Sky19–1413–5
Northwestern State[25]Southland19–1213–5
Oakland[26]Horizon16–1611–5
Portland[27][28]West Coast17–157–11
Sacramento State[29]Big Sky20–1113–5
Saint Francis (PA)[30]Northeast16–159–9
Sam Houston State[31]Southland25–815–3
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi[32]Southland19–1313–5
UNC Wilmington[31]CAA18–1312–6
USC Upstate[33]Atlantic Sun23–118–6
UT Martin[34]Ohio Valley18–1210–6
Western Michigan[3]Mid-American20–1210–8

Format

As in the previous year, the CIT used the former model which was traditionally used by the NIT in which teams are re-seeded and match-ups are determined based on the results of the previous round. All games were played on campus sites.[1]

Schedule

DateTime*MatchupRecapBoxscoreTelevision
First round
March 167:00 pmNew Hampshire 77 at NJIT 84[35][36]
March 177:00 pmEastern Illinois 97 at Oakland 91[37][38]Comcast 900
7:00 pmJames Madison 72 at USC Upstate 73[39][40]ESPN3
7:00 pmBowling Green 67 at Saint Francis (PA) 64[41][42]
7:00 pmNorfolk State 75 at Eastern Kentucky 81[43][44]
8:00 pmUL-Lafayette 83 at Incarnate Word 68[45][46]
March 187:00 pmUMES 64 at High Point 70[47][48]
7:00 pmDartmouth 72 at Canisius 87[49][50]
7:00 pmTexas A&M–Corpus Christi 75 at FGCU 69[51][52]ESPN3
7:00 pmCleveland State 86 at Western Michigan 57[53][54]
7:00 pmKent State 68 at Middle Tennessee 56[55][56]
7:05 pmIPFW 77 at Evansville 82[57][58]
7:30 pmUNC Wilmington 71 at Sam Houston State 87[59][60]
8:00 pmNorthern Arizona 75 at Grand Canyon 70[61][62]Cox 7
10:00 pmSacramento State 73 at Portland 66[63][64]
March 197:30 pmUT Martin 104 at Northwestern State 79[65][66]
Second round
March 207:00 pmHigh Point 65 at Eastern Kentucky 66[67][68]
March 211:00 pmCanisius 82 at Bowling Green 59[69][70]BCSN
3:00 pmUL Lafayette 71 at Sam Houston State 70[71][72]
5:00 pmUT Martin 60 at USC Upstate 49[73][74]ESPN3
10:00 pmNorthern Arizona 78 at Sacramento State 73[75][76]
March 237:00 pmCleveland State 77 at NJIT 80[77][78]
8:00 pmEvansville 83 at Eastern Illinois 68[79][80]
8:00 pmKent State 69 at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 65[81][82]
Quarterfinals
March 257:00 pmUT Martin 70 at Eastern Kentucky 69[83][84]
March 267:30 pmEvansville 89 at UL Lafayette 82[85][86]
March 2710:00 pmKent State 73 at Northern Arizona 74 OT[87][88]FCS Atlantic
FS Arizona+
STO
March 287:30 pmCanisius 73 at NJIT 78[89][90]
Semifinals
March 317:00 pmUT Martin 66 at Evansville 79[91][92]CBSSN
9:00 pmNJIT 61 at Northern Arizona 68[93][94]CBSSN
Championship
April 27:00 pmNorthern Arizona 65 at Evansville 71[95][96]CBSSN
* All game times in Eastern Daylight Time. Winning team in bold.

Bracket

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

First round
March 16–19		Second round
March 20–23		Quarterfinals
March 25–28		Semifinals
March 31		Championship
April 2
               
Dartmouth72
Canisius87
Canisius82
Bowling Green59
Bowling Green67
Saint Francis (PA)64
Canisius73
NJIT78
Cleveland State86
Western Michigan57
Cleveland State77
NJIT80
New Hampshire77
NJIT84
NJIT61
Northern Arizona68
Kent State68
Middle Tennessee56
Kent State69
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi65
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi75
Florida Gulf Coast69
Kent State73
Northern Arizona74*
Northern Arizona75
Grand Canyon70
Northern Arizona78
Sacramento State73
Sacramento State73
Portland66
Northern Arizona65
Evansville71
UT Martin104
Northwestern State79
UT Martin60
USC Upstate49
James Madison72
USC Upstate73
UT Martin70
Eastern Kentucky69
Maryland Eastern Shore64
High Point70
High Point65
Eastern Kentucky66
Norfolk State75
Eastern Kentucky81
UT Martin66
Evansville79
IPFW77
Evansville82
Evansville83
Eastern Illinois68
Eastern Illinois97
Oakland91
Evansville89
Louisiana–Lafayette82
Louisiana–Lafayette83
Incarnate Word68
Louisiana–Lafayette71
Sam Houston State70
UNC Wilmington71
Sam Houston State87

Home teams listed second.
* Denotes overtime period.

References

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