The 2016 College Basketball Invitational (CBI) was a single-elimination tournament of 16 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams that did not participate in the NCAA Tournament or the NIT. The opening games and the quarterfinals were held in mid-March on the home courts of participating teams. After the quarterfinals, the bracket was reseeded for the semifinals. A best-of-three championship series was held between the two finalist teams. An experimental rule allowing players six personal fouls instead of five was used in all national postseason tournaments except for the NCAA Tournament.
Participants The following teams were announced as participants Sunday, March 13 after the NCAA Selection Show.
TeamConferenceOverall recordConference recordAlbanyAmerica East24–813–3DuquesneAtlantic 1016–166–12Eastern WashingtonBig Sky17–1510–8Houston BaptistSouthland17–1610–8IdahoBig Sky21–1212–6MontanaBig Sky21–1114–4Morehead StateOhio Valley19–1211–5Nebraska–OmahaSummit League18–1310–6NevadaMountain West19–1210–8OhioMAC21–1111–7PepperdineWest Coast18–1310–8SeattleWAC14–167–7SienaMAAC21–1213–7UNC GreensboroSouthern14–1810–8VermontAmerica East21–1311–5Western CarolinaSouthern16–1710–8
Schedule Source:CBS Sports CBI Scores Date Time* Matchup Television Score Attendance First round March 15 7:00pm Morehead State at Siena 84–80 2,061 March 16 7:00pm Albany at Ohio 90–94OT 3,034 March 16 7:00pm Nebraska–Omaha at Duquesne 112–120 609 March 16 7:00pm Houston Baptist at UNC Greensboro ESPN3 65–69 1,031 March 16 7:00pm Western Carolina at Vermont 74–79 1,486 March 16 9:00pm Pepperdine at Eastern Washington 72–79 1,518 March 16 10:00pm Idaho at Seattle 63–68 999 March 16 10:30pm Montana at Nevada 75–79 4,524 Quarterfinals March 21 7:00pm Duquesne at Morehead State 72–82 1,387 March 21 7:00pm UNC Greensboro at Ohio 67–72 3,567 March 21 10:00pm Eastern Washington at Nevada 70–85 6,053 March 21 10:00pm Vermont at Seattle 73–54 999 Semifinals March 23 7:00pm Morehead State at Ohio 77–72 3,712 March 23 10:00pm Vermont at Nevada 72–86 6,133 Finals March 28 8:30pm Nevada at Morehead State ESPNU 83–86 4,187 March 30 9:00pm Morehead State at Nevada 68–77 7,431 April 1 9:00pm Morehead State at Nevada 82–85OT 9,043*All times are listed as Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4). Winning team in bold.
Bracket
Home teams listed first. * Denotes overtime period.
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