2017 College Basketball Invitational

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)
Attendance30,463
College Basketball Invitationals
«2016 2018»

The 2017 College Basketball Invitational (CBI) was a single-elimination tournament of sixteen National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams that did not participate in the 2017 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament or the 2017 National Invitation Tournament. The opening round games were held on March 15 & 16 and the quarterfinal round games were held on March 20. After the quarterfinals, the brackets were reseeded for the semifinal round games which were held on March 22. A best of three final round series closed out the tournament on March 27, 29, and 31. All games were hosted in on-site campus venues.

Participants

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

Team Conference Overall record Conference record
Coastal Carolina Sun Belt 16–17 10–8
Eastern Washington Big Sky 22–11 13–5
George Mason Atlantic 10 20–13 9–9
George Washington Atlantic 10 19–14 10–8
Georgia Southern Sun Belt 18–14 11–7
Green Bay Horizon 18–13 12–6
Hampton MEAC 14–16 11–5
UIC Horizon 15–18 7–11
Loyola (MD) Patriot 15–16 8–10
UMKC WAC 17–16 8–6
Rice C-USA 22–11 11–7
San Francisco West Coast 20–12 10–8
Stony Brook America East 18–13 12–4
Toledo Mid-American 17–16 9–9
Utah Valley WAC 15–16 6–8
Wyoming Mountain West 18–14 8–10

Declined invitations

The following team declined an invitation to the 2017 CBI:

Schedule

Source:[3]

Date Time* Matchup Television Score Attendance
First round
March 15 7:00 pm Hampton at Coastal Carolina Sinclair RSN's 67–83 937[4]
Loyola (MD) at George Mason A10 DN 73–58 1,400[5]
Toledo at George Washington 69–73 1,016
Utah Valley at Georgia Southern 74–49 603
8:00 pm Green Bay at UMKC Roo's All-Access 82–92 1,128
San Francisco at Rice CUSA.TV 76–85 1,349
9:00 pm Eastern Washington at Wyoming MW Net 81–91 1,803
March 16 8:00 pm Stony Brook at UIC 69–71 1,197[6]
Quarterfinals
March 20 7:00 pm Loyola (MD) at Coastal Carolina Sinclair RSN's 63–72 948[7]
8:00 pm George Washington at UIC ESPN3 71–80 1,048
Utah Valley at Rice CUSA.TV 85–79 1,584
9:00 pm UMKC at Wyoming MW Net 61–72 2,311
Semifinals
March 22 7:00 pm UIC at Coastal Carolina Sinclair RSN's 78–89 847[8]
9:00 pm Utah Valley at Wyoming MW Net 68–74 2,577
Finals
March 27 8:30 pm Wyoming at Coastal Carolina ESPNU 81–91 1,583
March 29 8:30 pm Coastal Carolina at Wyoming 57–81 3,811
March 31 7:00 pm Coastal Carolina at Wyoming 59–83 6,321
*All times are listed as Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4). Winning team in bold.

Bracket

First round
March 15 & 16 		Quarterfinals
March 20 		Semifinals
(Reseeded)
March 22 		Finals
(Best of three)
March 27, 29, 31
              
Wyoming 91
Eastern Washington 81
Wyoming 72
UMKC 61
UMKC 92
Green Bay 82
Wyoming 74
Utah Valley 68
Rice 85
San Francisco 76
Rice 79
Utah Valley 85
Georgia Southern 49
Utah Valley 74
Wyoming 81 81 83
Coastal Carolina 91 57 59
Coastal Carolina 83
Hampton 67
Coastal Carolina 72
Loyola (MD) 63
George Mason 58
Loyola (MD) 73
Coastal Carolina 89
UIC 78
UIC 71
Stony Brook 69
UIC 80
George Washington 71
George Washington 73
Toledo 69

Home teams listed first.

References

allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_College_Basketball_Invitational