The 2014 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) was a postseason single-elimination tournament of 32 NCAA Division I teams. The first round started March 17, 2014. The semifinals were played on April 1, with the championship game played on April 3, 2014.
32 participants who belong to "mid-major" conferences and were not invited to the 2014 NCAA Tournament, the 2014 National Invitation Tournament (NIT), or the 2014 College Basketball Invitational (CBI) made up the field.
The first three rounds were streamed online through the Collegeinsider.com platform powered by NeuLion. Free registration was required to view the games. Both semifinals and the CIT championship game, were televised on CBS Sports Network
In the championship game, the Murray State Racers defeated the Yale Bulldogs 65–57 in front of a crowd of 4,467 at Murray State's CFSB Center.
Participating teams The following teams received an invitation to the 2014 CIT: SchoolConferenceOverallrecordConferencerecordAkronMid-American21–1212–6Alabama StateSWAC19–1212–6BrownIvy League15–137–7CanisiusMAAC21–1214–6ChattanoogaSouthern18–1412–4Cleveland StateHorizon21–1112–4ColumbiaIvy League19–128–6East CarolinaConference USA17–166–12East Tennessee StateAtlantic Sun18–1510–8Eastern MichiganMid-American21–1410–8Grand CanyonWAC15–1410–6IPFWSummit24–1010–4Holy CrossPatriot19–1312–6Missouri StateMissouri Valley20–129–9Murray StateOhio Valley18–1113–3Nebraska–OmahaSummit16–145–9Norfolk StateMEAC19–1411–5North DakotaBig Sky17–1612–8Northern ColoradoBig Sky18–1311–9OhioMid-American23–1111–7PacificWest Coast15–156–12Portland StateBig Sky17–1411–9QuinnipiacMAAC20–1114–6Sam Houston StateSouthland23–1013–5San DiegoWest Coast16–167–11Texas A&M–Corpus ChristiSouthland17–1514–4TowsonColonial23–1013–3USC UpstateAtlantic Sun19–1411–7Wright StateHorizon20–1410–6ValparaisoHorizon18–159–7VMIBig South19–1211–5YaleIvy League15–139–5
Format The sixth annual CIT again used the former NIT model in which match-ups in each round were re-seeded based on the results of the previous round.
Schedule Game Date Time Matchup Television First round 1March 17 7:00 pmHoly Cross at Brown 2 March 18 7:00 pmVMI at Canisius 3 7:00 pmWright State at East Carolina 4 7:00 pmNorfolk State at Eastern Michigan 5 7:00 pmChattanooga at East Tennessee State 6 8:00 pmAlabama State at Sam Houston State 7 8:05 pmColumbia at Valparaiso 8 10:00 pmPortland State at San Diego 9 March 19 7:00 pmQuinnipiac at Yale 10 7:00 pmTowson at USC Upstate 11 7:00 pmCleveland State at Ohio 12 7:00 pmAkron at IPFW 13 8:00 pmNorth Dakota at Nebraska–Omaha 14 8:05 pmMurray State at Missouri State 15 9:00 pmTexas A&M–Corpus Christi at Northern Colorado 16 10:00 pmPacific at Grand Canyon Second round 17 March 21 7:00 pmTowson at East Tennessee State 18 March 22 1:00 pmIPFW at VMI 19 2:00 pmWright State at Ohio 20 7:00 pm Yale at Holy Cross 21 7:00 pmEastern Michigan at Columbia 22 7:00 pmSan Diego at Sam Houston State 23 9:00 pmTexas A&M–Corpus Christi at Pacific 24 March 24 8:00 pmNebraska–Omaha at Murray State Quarterfinals 25 March 26 7:00 pm Yale at Columbia 26 7:00 pm VMI at Ohio 27 10:00 pm San Diego at Pacific 28 March 27 8:00 pmTowson at Murray State Semifinals 29April 1 7:00 pmYale at VMICBSSN 30 9:00 pmPacific at Murray StateCBSSN Championship 31April 3 7:00 pmYale at Murray StateCBSSN All tipoff times in Eastern Time Zone. Winning team in bold. Source: www.collegeinsider.com
Bracket Bracket is for visual purposes only. The CIT does not have a set bracket.
Home teams are listed second.
References
External links CIT 2014 Guide