The 2011 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) was a postseason single-elimination tournament of 24 NCAA Division I teams. The CIT began with 12 first-round games. Four of the teams that won first-round games advanced to the quarterfinals, while the other eight teams played for the right to advance to the quarterfinals in the second round March 18–19. The announcement of the 2011 field was made on March 13, 2011.
Twenty-three of the participants were selected from teams that were not invited to the 2011 NCAA Tournament or the 2011 National Invitation Tournament. The winner of the 2011 Great West Conference men's basketball tournament, North Dakota, received an automatic bid to the CIT.
The tournament was won by Santa Clara who defeated Iona in the championship game 76–69. Santa Clara was not one of the four teams to receive a second-round bye thus becoming the first team to win five games to win the tournament championship.
Participating teams The following teams received an invitation to the 2011 CIT: SchoolConference OverallrecordConferencerecordAir ForceAFA reaches agreement to host CollegeInsider.com tourney game . Retrieved on March 10, 2011Mountain West15–156–10BuffaloUB Accepts Postseason invite. Retrieved on March 12, 2011Mid-American17–139–9East CarolinaECU Men Headed to CIT. Retrieved on March 13, 2011Conference USA18–158–8East Tennessee StateETSU Buccaneers Invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament: Will They RSVP? . Retrieved on March 13, 2011Atlantic Sun22–1116–4FurmanSouthern20–912–6HawaiiUH will host Portland in CIT. Retrieved on March 10, 2011WAC18–128–8IdahoIdaho Vandals knocked out of WAC Tournament, invited to play in CollegeInsiders.com Tournament. Retrieved on March 10, 2011WAC18–139–7IonaMAAC22–1113–5JU travels to face East Carolina in the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament . Retrieved on March 13, 2011Atlantic Sun19–1113–7MarshallConference USA22–1110–8North DakotaWest Conference Tournament champions!. Retrieved on March 13, 2011Great West19–148–4Northern ArizonaMen's Basketball Accepts CIT Berth, Plays at Santa Clara Tuesday Night . Retrieved on March 12, 2011Big Sky19–129–7Northern IowaMissouri Valley19–1310–8OhioMid-American18–1510–8Oral RobertsORU Accepts invite to CollegeInsider Tournament. Retrieved on March 10, 2011Summit19–1513–5PortlandPortland Pilots to play at Hawaii in CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament. Retrieved on March 10, 2011West Coast20–117–7QuinnipiacQuinnipiac men to host CIT game Monday. Retrieved on March 10, 2011Northeast22–913–5RiderBroncs in CIT . Retrieved on March 12, 2011Metro Atlantic Athletic23–1013–5San FranciscoUSF Men's Basketball Accepts Bid to CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament . Retrieved on March 8, 2011West Coast17–1411–4Santa ClaraCollege basketball: Santa Clara to host postseason game. Retrieved on March 8, 2011West Coast19–148–6SMUConference USA17–148–8Tennessee TechTTU MEN'S BASKETBALL: Season continues for Golden Eagles. Retrieved on Retrieved on March 13, 2011Ohio Valley20–1212–6ValparaisoValpo Accepts Bid to CollegeInsider.com Tournament; Will Host Iona Wednesday. Retrieved on Retrieved on March 13, 2011Horizon23–1112–6Western MichiganWestern Michigan men's basketball team accepts CIT bid, will host first-round game Wednesday night. Retrieved on Retrieved on March 13, 2011Mid-American20–1111–5
Format Twelve teams advanced from the first-round games. Of the twelve remaining teams, four received byes into the quarterfinals. RPI, strength of schedule, conference ranking and geographic location determined the byes and seeding of the remaining twelve teams.
Bracket Bracket is for visual purposes only. The CIT does not have a set bracket. East Tennessee State, Iona, Northern Iowa and Ohio received byes to the quarterfinal round following their first round victories.
Home teams are listed second. * Denotes overtime period.
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