The 2024 College Basketball Invitational (CBI) was a single-elimination, fully-bracketed men's college basketball postseason tournament featuring fifteen National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams not selected to participate in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament or the National Invitation Tournament (NIT). The 16th edition of the tournament began on March 23 and concluded March 27. All games were played at Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Florida and the semifinal and championship games aired on ESPN2. The tournament was won by Seattle.
Participating teams Teams in the CBI will be seeded 1–15. Note: Team records are before playing in the tournament
SeedTeamConferenceRecordAppearanceLastbid1High PointBig South1stNever2UC San DiegoBig West1stNever3SeattleWestern Athletic4th20184Arkansas StateSun Belt1stNever5MontanaBig Sky3rd20166QuinnipiacMetro Atlantic Athletic2nd20127FairfieldMetro Atlantic Athletic1stNever8Northern ColoradoBig Sky2nd20229Cleveland StateHorizon2nd202310Little RockOhio Valley1stNever11EvansvilleMissouri Valley3rd201212PresbyterianBig South1stNever13Bethune–CookmanSouthwestern Athletic1stNever14Delaware StateMid-Eastern Athletic2nd201515Chicago StateIndependent1stNever
Schedule GameTimeMatchupScoreBox scoreAttendanceTelevision First round – Saturday, March 2311:00 p.m.#4 Arkansas State vs. #13 Bethune–Cookman86–85 795FloHoops23:30 p.m.#2 UC San Diego vs. #15 Chicago State75–7735:30 p.m.#3 Seattle vs. #14 Delaware State79–66 First round – Sunday, March 24411:00 a.m.#8 Northern Colorado vs. #9 Cleveland State49–51 829FloHoops51:00 p.m.#5 Montana vs. #12 Presbyterian63:30 p.m.#7 Fairfield vs. #10 Little Rock82–7575:30 p.m.#6 Quinnipiac vs. #11 Evansville63–64 Quarterfinals – Monday, March 25812:00 p.m.#1 High Point vs. #9 Cleveland State93–74724FloHoops92:00 p.m.#4 Arkansas State vs. #5 Montana74–61104:30 p.m. #7 Fairfield vs. #15 Chicago State77–74116:30 p.m.#3 Seattle vs. #11 Evansville 71–57 Semifinals – Tuesday, March 26127:00 p.m.#1 High Point vs. #4 Arkansas State81–80601ESPN2139:00 p.m.#3 Seattle vs. #7 Fairfield75–58 Final – Wednesday, March 27145:00 p.m.#1 High Point vs. #3 Seattle 67–77671ESPN2 Game times in Eastern Daylight Time; (#) ranking denotes tournament seed.
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