The 2025 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) is a postseason single-elimination tournament of NCAA Division I basketball teams. The CIT plans to employ a sixteen-team pod-based format for the 2024–25 postseason.[1]
Each four-team pod will be contested as a Classic, hosted at on-campus sites by its highest seed. Each Classic will be named in honor of a legendary college basketball coach (Hugh Durham, Lou Henson, John McLendon, Jim Phelan). Each Classic will name its own most valuable player, award a trophy to the victorious team, and that team will continue on into the semifinal round. The semifinal and final rounds will also be hosted in an on-campus venue by the highest remaining seed.[1]
Norfolk State was the 2024 champion.[2]
Participating teams
The teams listed below accepted an invitation to the CIT; teams in the CIT are seeded 1 through 16.[1]
| Seed | Team | Conference | Record | Appearance | Last Bid |
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| 1 | – (–) | ||||
| 2 | – (–) | ||||
| 3 | – (–) | ||||
| 4 | – (–) | ||||
| 5 | – (–) | ||||
| 6 | – (–) | ||||
| 7 | – (–) | ||||
| 8 | – (–) | ||||
| 9 | – (–) | ||||
| 10 | – (–) | ||||
| 11 | – (–) | ||||
| 12 | – (–) | ||||
| 13 | – (–) | ||||
| 14 | – (–) | ||||
| 15 | – (–) | ||||
| 16 | – (–) |
NOTE: Team records are as of the end of the regular season and prior to the beginning of the tournament.
Bracket
| First Round March 18 | Quarterfinals March 19 | Semifinals March 21–22 | Final March 25 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hugh Durham Classic | |||||||||||||||||||
| Jim Phelan Classic | |||||||||||||||||||
| Lou Henson Classic | |||||||||||||||||||
| John McLendon Classic | |||||||||||||||||||
Game summaries
- All times are in Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4)
First Round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final
Awards
The CIT will present the awards shown below.
| Award | Recipient | School |
|---|---|---|
| CIT Most Valuable Player |
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| Hugh Durham Classic Most Valuable Player |
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| Lou Henson Classic Most Valuable Player |
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| John McLendon Classic Most Valuable Player |
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| Jim Phelan Classic Most Valuable Player |
References
- ^ a b c "Schedule/Results". CollegeInsider.com. Retrieved February 24, 2025.
- ^ "Norfolk State Beats Purdue Fort Wayne 75-67 for the CIT Championship". The Associated Press. March 27, 2024. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
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