2014 College Basketball Invitational

2014 College Basketball Invitational Tournament
Season 2013–14
Teams 16
Finals site Save Mart Center
Times Union Center
Fresno, CA
Albany, NY
Champions Siena (1st title)
Runner-up Fresno State (1st title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Jimmy Patsos (1st title)
MVP Brett Bisping Siena
College Basketball Invitational Tournaments
«2013 2015»

The 2014 College Basketball Invitational (CBI) was a single-elimination tournament of 16 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams that did not participate in the NCAA Tournament or the NIT. The opening games were held on Tuesday, March 18 and Wednesday, March 19. After the quarterfinals, the bracket was reseeded. A best-of-three championship series between the eventual winner Siena College and the loser Fresno State was held on March 31, April 2, and April 5 in a best of three series. Games were televised by the CBS Sports Network.[1]

Participants

The following teams were announced as participants Sunday, March 16 after the NCAA Selection Show.

Team Conference Overall record Conference record
Fresno State Mountain West 17–16 9–9
Hampton MEAC 18–12 13–3
Illinois State Missouri Valley 16–15 9–9
Morehead State Ohio Valley 20–13 10–6
Old Dominion Conference USA 16–17 9–7
Oregon State Pac-12 16–15 8–10
Penn State Big Ten 15–17 6–12
Princeton Ivy League 20–8 8–6
Radford Big South 21–10 10–6
Stony Brook America East 23–10 13–3
Siena MAAC 15–17 11–9
South Dakota State Summit League 19–12 10–4
Texas A&M SEC 17–15 8–10
Tulane Conference USA 17–16 8–8
UTEP Conference USA 23–10 12–4
Wyoming Mountain West 18–14 9–9

Saint Bonaventure was extended an invitation to the 2014 CBI but declined, citing school policy and cost concerns.[2][3]

Schedule

Game Date Time* Matchup Television
First round
1 March 18 7:00 pm Stony Brook at Siena
2 March 19 7:00 pm Hampton at Penn State
3 7:00 pm South Dakota State at Old Dominion
4 7:00 pm Princeton at Tulane
5 8:00 pm Wyoming at Texas A&M FCS Pacific
6 8:00 pm Morehead State at Illinois State
7 9:00 pm Fresno State at UTEP
8 10:00 pm Radford at Oregon State
Quarterfinals
9 March 24 7:00 pm Penn State at Siena CBSSN
10 7:00 pm Radford at Old Dominion
11 9:00 pm Texas A&M at Illinois State CBSSN
12 10:00 pm Princeton at Fresno State
Semifinals
13 March 26 7:00 pm Illinois State at Siena
14 10:00 pm Old Dominion at Fresno State
Championship series
15 March 31 10:00 pm Siena at Fresno State CBSSN
16 April 2 7:00 pm Fresno State at Siena CBSSN
17 April 5 11:30 am Fresno State at Siena CBSSN
All tipoff times in Eastern Time Zone. Winning team in bold.

Bracket

  First round
March 18–19
 		 Quarterfinals
March 24
 		 Semifinals
March 26
(reseeded)		 Finals (Best of three)
March 31, April 2, 5
CBSSN
                                         
 Wyoming 43  
 Texas A&M 59  
   Texas A&M 55  
 
   Illinois State 62  
 Morehead State 67
 Illinois State 77  
   Illinois State 49  
   Siena 61  
 Radford 96  
 Oregon State 92  
   Radford 59
 
   Old Dominion 82  
 South Dakota State 65
 Old Dominion 72  
   Siena 61 75 81
   Fresno State 57 89 68
 Princeton 56  
 Tulane 55  
   Princeton 56
 
   Fresno State 72  
 Fresno State 61
 UTEP 56  
   Old Dominion 64
   Fresno State 71  
 Hampton 65  
 Penn State 69  
   Penn State 52
 
   Siena 54  
 Stony Brook 55
 Siena 66  

Home teams listed second

During the finals, Siena hosted games 2 and 3 at Alumni Recreation Center instead of their normal home site at Times Union Center.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "2014 CBI Schedule" (PDF). gazellegroup.com.
  2. ↑ No agreement with CBI and no tournament for Bonnies. Olean Times Herald. Retrieved March 17, 2014.
  3. ↑ Butler, J. P. (March 16, 2015). No tournament for Bonnies. Olean Times Herald. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
  4. ↑ Amato, Laura (March 27, 2014). "Siena, Fresno State to play CBI final at ARC". The Saratogian.
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