Like bowl games in college football, post-season tournaments have begun to proliferate throughout college basketball.
CBI Tournament 2012 Bracket Released: Butler Bulldogs Headline Field
Sixteen more college basketball teams get a chance at post-season play in the CBI.
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While it used to be just the NCAA and the NIT, in recent years, the CBI and the CIT have sprung up because ... well because why not.
It’s a reward for many above average mid-major programs who aren’t very attractive to the NIT selection committee, who are worried more about who draws TV ratings as they the on-court product. However, a CBI berth isn’t nearly as attractive for the Power Six conference teams who make the field, and it’s certainly not going to help a coach on the hot seat keep his job.
The 2012 CBI tournament will begin on Tuesday, March 13 and end with a best-of-three championship series starting on Monday, March 26.
Here is the first-round schedule:
Tuesday, March 13: Milwaukee vs. TCU, Washington State vs. San Francisco, Princeton vs. Evansville
Wednesday, March 14: Western Illinois vs. Oregon State, North Dakota State vs. Wyoming, Delaware vs. Butler, Quinnipiac vs. Penn, Wofford vs. Pittsburgh
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