The 2017 College Basketball Invitational (CBI) was a single-elimination tournament of sixteen National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams that did not participate in the 2017 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament or the 2017 National Invitation Tournament. The opening round games were held on March 15 & 16 and the quarterfinal round games were held on March 20. After the quarterfinals, the brackets were reseeded for the semifinal round games which were held on March 22. A best of three final round series closed out the tournament on March 27, 29, and 31. All games were hosted in on-site campus venues.
Participants The following teams were announced as participants Sunday, March 12 after the NCAA Selection Show.
TeamConferenceOverall recordConference recordCoastal CarolinaSun Belt16–1710–8Eastern WashingtonBig Sky22–1113–5George MasonAtlantic 1020–139–9George WashingtonAtlantic 1019–1410–8Georgia SouthernSun Belt18–1411–7Green BayHorizon18–1312–6HamptonMEAC14–1611–5UICHorizon15–187–11Loyola (MD)Patriot15–168–10UMKCWAC17–168–6RiceC-USA22–1111–7San FranciscoWest Coast20–1210–8Stony BrookAmerica East18–1312–4ToledoMid-American17–169–9Utah ValleyWAC15–166–8WyomingMountain West18–148–10
Declined invitations The following team declined an invitation to the 2017 CBI:
Auburn
Schedule Source:CBS Sports CBI Scores Date Time* Matchup Television Score Attendance First roundMarch 157:00 pm Hampton at Coastal Carolina Sinclair RSN's 67–83 937 Loyola (MD) at George MasonA10 DN 73–58 1,400Loyola Maryland vs. George Mason, 3/15/17 (Official Basketball Box Score, Game Totals & Final Statistics) – Gazelle Group. Toledo at George Washington 69–73 1,016 Utah Valley at Georgia Southern 74–49 6038:00 pm Green Bay at UMKC Roo's All-Access 82–92 1,128 San Francisco at Rice CUSA.TV 76–85 1,349 9:00 pm Eastern Washington at Wyoming MW Net 81–91 1,803 March 16 8:00 pm Stony Brook at UIC 69–71 1,197UIC 71, Stony Brook 69, 3/16/17 (box score) – University of Illinois at Chicago Athletics. Quarterfinals March 20 7:00 pm Loyola (MD) at Coastal Carolina Sinclair RSN's 63–72 9488:00 pm George Washington at UIC ESPN3 71–80 1,048 Utah Valley at Rice CUSA.TV 85–79 1,584 9:00 pm UMKC at Wyoming MW Net 61–72 2,311 Semifinals March 22 7:00 pm UIC at Coastal Carolina Sinclair RSN's 78–89 847 9:00 pm Utah Valley at Wyoming MW Net 68–74 2,577 Finals March 27 8:30 pm Wyoming at Coastal Carolina ESPNU 81–91 1,583 March 29 8:30 pm Coastal Carolina at Wyoming 57–81 3,811 March 31 7:00 pm Coastal Carolina at Wyoming 59–83 6,321*All times are listed as Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4). Winning team in bold.
Bracket
Home teams listed first.
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