CIT Tournament 2014 bracket: Holy Cross, Canisius, Brown among the field
Thirty-two more teams will keep playing college basketball with the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament set.
With four postseason tournaments there is a lot of college basketball still to be played. Although it receives significantly less attention than the NCAA Tournament, NIT or even CBI, the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament title will once again be up for grabs. The 32-team CIT field was set Sunday night.
While the field lacks a team from a power conference, it does provide a number of interesting matchups and potential matchups later in the tournament. One of the best games could be the first as Holy Cross will travel to face Brown. Both teams are built around their defense and Ken Pomeroy’s metrics have it as a fairly even matchup. Brown is No. 154 according to KenPom.com while Holy Cross is No. 151.
Those teams will kick off the tournament on Monday with the rest of the first-round matchups set for Tuesday and Wednesday. The tournament won’t waste any time with the second round scheduled for Friday and Saturday. The quaterfinals will be held on March 25-27 with the semifinals on April 1 and the championship game on April 3. The two semifinal games and the championship tilt will be broadcast on CBS Sports Network.
It all begins on Monday. Here is a complete look at the field and the first-round matchups.
Monday, March 17
Holy Cross (19-13) at Brown (15-13)
Tuesday, March 18
VMI (19-12) at Canisius (20-12)
Wright State (20-14) at East Carolina (17-16)
Norfolk State (19-14) at Eastern Michigan (21-14)
Chattanooga (18-14) at East Tennessee State (18-15)
Columbia (19-12) at Valparaiso (18-15)
Alabama State (19-12) at Sam Houston State (23-10)
Portland State (17-14) at San Diego (16-16)
Wednesday, March 19
Quinnipiac (20-11) at Yale (15-13)
Towson (23-10) at USC Upstate (19-14)
Cleveland State (21-11) at Ohio (23-11)
Akron (21-12) at IPFW (24-10)
Murray State (18-11) at Missouri State (20-12)
North Dakota (17-16) at Nebraska-Omaha (16-14)
Texas A&M Corpus Christi (17-15) at Northern Colorado (18-13)
Pacific (15-15) at Grand Canyon (15-14)
