The 2019 College Basketball Invitational (CBI) was a single-elimination men's college basketball tournament consisting of 16 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams that did not participate in the 2019 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament or the NIT. It was held from March 19 through April 5, 2019 in various arenas. This event marked the 12th year the tournament has been held.
Participating teams The following teams were announced as participants Sunday, March 17 after the NCAA Selection Show.
TeamConferenceOverall recordConference recordBrownIvy19–117–7Cal State NorthridgeBig West13–207–9California BaptistWAC16–147–9Central MichiganMAC23–1110–8Coastal CarolinaSun Belt15–169–9DePaulBig East15–157–11Loyola MarymountWest Coast20–118–8LongwoodBig South15–175–11Grand CanyonWAC20–13 10–6HowardMEAC17–1610–6South FloridaAmerican19–138–10Southern MissConference USA20–1211–7Stony BrookAmerica East24–812–4UABConference USA20–1410–8Utah ValleyWAC24–912–4West VirginiaBig 1214–20 4–14
Declined invitations The following programs declined an invitation to play in the CBI.
Bowling Green BYU Fresno State Jacksonville State Omaha San Francisco UTSA
Format The 2019 CBI had 16 teams organized into four regional brackets of four teams. The four teams that advanced to the semifinals were reseeded. The finals were a best-of-three series.
Schedule Date Time* Matchup Television Score AttendanceFirst round March 19 9:00 pm Cal State Northridge at Utah Valley WAC DN 84–92 375March 20 7:00 pm Grand Canyon at West Virginia Frontier 63–77 5,313 7:00 pm Howard at Coastal Carolina ESPN+ 72–81 779 7:00 pm Stony Brook at South Florida Bullvision 79–82OT 1,705 7:00 pm Southern Miss at Longwood ESPN+ 68–90 1,372 7:00 pm UAB at Brown ESPN+ 78–83 683 8:00 pm Central Michigan at DePaul 86–100 1,173 10:00 pm Loyola Marymount at California Baptist WAC DN 56–55 2,346Quarterfinals March 25 7:00 pm Coastal Carolina at West Virginia 109–91 6,775 7:00 pm Utah Valley at South Florida Bullvision 57–66 1,679 8:00 pm Longwood at DePaul NBCSN Chicago+ 89–97 1,040 10:00 pm Brown at Loyola Marymount TheW.tv 63–81 657Semifinals March 27 8:00 pm Coastal Carolina at DePaul 87–92 939 March 28 7:00 pm Loyola Marymount at South Florida 47–56 1,658Finals April 1 7:00 pm DePaul at South FloridaESPNU 61–63 2,375 April 3 8:00 pm South Florida at DePaul 96–100OT 1,704 April 5 7:00 pm South Florida at DePaul 77–65 1,876*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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