CBI 2015: Bracket, schedule and scores
16 teams will compete in the eighth annual CBI.
The 16-team College Basketball Invitational starts on Tuesday night and features a field full of mid-majors.
Stony Brook is perhaps the most intriguing team in the field. Steve Pikiell's squad is making its second straight appearance in the event after losing in the America East title game for the fourth time in the last five years. The Seawolves will visit Mercer in a first-round game on ESPN3. Last year, the Bears shocked Duke in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
Stony Brook’s conference rival, Vermont, is also in the field. The Catamounts will travel to Hofstra for their first game on Wednesday.
Elsewhere in the CBI field, Colorado is the only power conference school to have accepted a bid. After finishing below .500 in the regular season, the Buffaloes will host Gardner-Webb on Wednesday. The winner of that game will face either Pepperdine or Seattle.
The 2015 CBI will use a 30-second shot clock as an experimental rule change, instead of the traditional 35.
The format
The 16-team field will include eight first-round games, all played on campus sites. The winners will advance to the quarterfinals, after which the field will be re-bracketed. When it gets down to two teams, the finalists will play a best-of-three series to determine the CBI champion. The championship series will be televised on CBS Sports Network.
The teams
(In no particular order, because there are no official seedings)
1. Gardner-Webb Bulldogs
2. Colorado Buffaloes
3. Pepperdine Waves
4. Seattle Redhawks
5. Stony Brook Seawolves
6. Mercer Bears
7. Eastern Michigan Eagles
8. Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks
9. Vermont Catamounts
10. Hofstra Pride
11. Radford Highlanders
12. Delaware State Hornets
13. Rider Broncs
14. Loyola-Chicago Ramblers
15. UC Santa Barbara Gauchos
16. Oral Roberts Golden Eagles
Bracket
The full bracket can be found here.
Schedule and results (all times Eastern)
Tuesday, March 17
Loyola-Chicago 62, Rider 59
Wednesday, March 18
Mercer 72, Stony Brook 70
Vermont 85, Hofstra 81
Radford 78, Delaware State 57
Louisiana-Monroe 71, Eastern Michigan 67
Oral Roberts 91, UC Santa Barbara 87
Colorado 87, Gardner-Webb 78
Seattle 62, Pepperdine 45
Monday, March 23
Louisiana-Monroe 71, Mercer 69
Vermont 78, Radford 71
Loyola 86, Oral Roberts 78
Seattle 72, Colorado 65
Wednesday, March 25
Louisiana-Monroe 71, Vermont 65
Loyola (IL) 63, Seattle University 48
Championship Series
Monday, March 30
Loyola (IL) 65, Louisiana-Monroe 58
Wednesday, April 1
Loyola (IL) 63, Louisiana-Monroe 62 (recap)
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