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CIT Tournament 2015 bracket: The field is set in 32-team playoff

NJIT Highlanders fans are in luck.

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The CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament, or the CIT, is one of a few consolation tournaments for teams that weren't fortunate enough to make the NCAA Tournament. After the bracket for the nation's most prestigious tournament was set, the CIT field was announced a few hours later on Sunday.

Unlike the NCAA Tournament and NIT, the 32-team CIT doesn't have a set bracket that can be projected ahead of time. After the first round of the tournament, the second round of matchups will be set and so on, until the tournament's championship game on April 2.

The first round will begin on Tuesday and all 31 CIT games will be played on campus sites.

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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 (all times Eastern)

March 16

New Hampshire Wildcats at NJIT Highlanders, 7 p.m.

March 17

James Madison Dukes at USC Upstate Spartans, 7 p.m.
Bowling Green Falcons at St. Francis (PA) Red Flash, 7 p.m.
Norfolk State Spartans at Eastern Kentucky Colonels, 7 p.m.
Eastern Illinois Panthers at Oakland Golden Grizzlies, 7 p.m.
Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns at Incarnate Word Cardinals, 8 p.m.

March 18

Dartmouth Big Green at Canisius Golden Griffins, 7 p.m.
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders at Florida Gulf Coast Eagles, 7 p.m.
Sacramento State Hornets at Portland Pilots, 10 p.m.
Cleveland State Vikings at Western Michigan Broncos, 7 p.m.
IPFW Mastodons at Evansville Purple Aces, 7:05 p.m.
Maryland Eastern Shore Fighting Hawks at High Point Panthers, 7 p.m.
Kent State Golden Flashes at Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders, 7 p.m.
NC-Wilmington Seahawks at Sam Houston State Bearkats, 7:30 p.m.
Northern Arizona Lumberjacks at Grand Canyon Antelopes, 8 p.m.

March 19

Tennessee-Martin Skyhawks at Northwestern State Demons, 7:30 p.m.

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