2017 College Basketball Invitational

The 2017 College Basketball Invitational (CBI) was a single-elimination tournament of 16 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams that did not participate on the 2017 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament or the NIT. The opening games were held on March 15 and the quarterfinals were held on March 20 on campus sites. After the quarterfinals, the brackets were reseeded for the semi-finals which was held on March 22. A best of three championship series closed out the tournament on March 27, 29, and 31.

2017 College Basketball Invitational
Teams16
Finals siteHTC Center
Arena-Auditorium
Conway, South Carolina
Laramie, Wyoming
ChampionsWyoming Cowboys (1st title)
Runner-upCoastal Carolina Chanticleers (1st title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coachAllen Edwards (1st title)
MVPJustin James (Wyoming)
Attendance27,731 (3 games not reported)
College Basketball Invitationals
«20162018»

Participants

The following teams were announced as participants Sunday, March 12 after the NCAA Selection Show.[1]

TeamConferenceOverall recordConference record
Coastal CarolinaSun Belt16–1710–8
Eastern WashingtonBig Sky22–1113–5
George MasonAtlantic 1020–139–9
George WashingtonAtlantic 1019–1410–8
Georgia SouthernSun Belt18–1411–7
Green BayHorizon18–1312–6
HamptonMEAC14–1611–5
UICHorizon15–187–11
Loyola (MD)Patriot15–168–10
RiceC-USA22–1111–7
San FranciscoWest Coast20–1210–8
Stony BrookAmerica East18–1312–4
ToledoMid-American17–169–9
UMKCWAC17–168–6
Utah ValleyWAC15–166–8
WyomingMountain West18–148–10

Declined invitations

The following team declined an invitation to the 2017 CBI:

Schedule

Source:[3]

DateTime*MatchupTelevisionScoreAttendance
First round
March 157:00 pmLoyola (MD) at George MasonA10 DN73–581,400[4]
7:00 pmHampton at Coastal CarolinaSinclair RSN's67–83937[5]
7:00 pmToledo at George WashingtonA10 DN69–731,016
7:00 pmUtah Valley at Georgia Southern74–49603
8:00 pmGreen Bay at UMKCRoo's All-Access82–921,128
8:00 pmSan Francisco at RiceCUSA.TV76–851,349
9:00 pmEastern Washington at WyomingMW Net81–911,803
March 168:00 pmStony Brook at UIC69–711,197[6]
Quarterfinals
March 207:00 pmLoyola (MD) at Coastal CarolinaSinclair RSN's63–72948[7]
8:00 pmGeorge Washington at UICESPN371–801,048
8:00 pmUtah Valley at RiceCUSA.TV85–791,584
9:00 pmUMKC at WyomingMW Net61–722,311
Semifinals
March 227:00 pmUIC at Coastal CarolinaSinclair RSN's78–89847[8]
9:00 pmUtah Valley at WyomingMW Net68–742,577
Finals
March 278:30 pmWyoming at Coastal CarolinaESPNU81–911,583
March 298:30 pmCoastal Carolina at Wyoming57–813,811
March 317:00 pmCoastal Carolina at Wyoming59–836,321
*All times are listed as Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4). Winning team in bold.

Bracket

First round
March 15
Quarterfinals
March 20
Semifinals
(Reseeded)
March 22
Finals
(Best of three)
March 27, 29, 31
              
Coastal Carolina83
Hampton67
Coastal Carolina72
Loyola (MD)63
George Mason58
Loyola (MD)73
Coastal Carolina89
UIC78
UIC71
Stony Brook69
UIC80
George Washington71
George Washington73
Toledo69
Coastal Carolina915759
Wyoming818183
Wyoming91
Eastern Washington81
Wyoming72
UMKC61
UMKC92
Green Bay82
Wyoming74
Utah Valley68
Rice85
San Francisco76
Rice79
Utah Valley85
Georgia Southern49
Utah Valley74

Home teams listed first.

References