The 2024 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) was a postseason single-elimination tournament of NCAA Division I basketball teams. This was the first CIT contested since 2019. The 2020 and 2021 CITs were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2022, the CIT was replaced by The Basketball Classic. Neither The Basketball Classic nor the CIT were contested in 2023. However, CollegeInsider.com announced in early March 2024, that the CIT was to be revived in a 16-team pod-based format for the 2023–24 postseason. Ultimately, only nine teams agreed to play in the 2024 edition.
Four classics were contested during the tournament, each named in honor of a legendary college basketball coach: Hugh Durham, Lou Henson, John McLendon and Jim Phelan. The winner of each classic was awarded a trophy, and a classic most valuable player was named.
Norfolk State won their first-ever CIT title, defeating Purdue Fort Wayne, 75–67, after overcoming an 18-point deficit.
Participating teams The teams listed below accepted an invitation to the 2024 CIT.
Note: Team records are before playing in the tournament. TeamConferenceRecordAppearanceLast bidAbilene ChristianWAC 15–172nd2018Alabama A&MSWAC 11–221st–Austin PeayASUN 19–153rd2018Bowling GreenMAC 20–133rd2015Norfolk StateMEAC 22–115th2017Purdue Fort WayneHorizon 21–125th2018Tarleton StateWAC 23–91st–Texas A&M–Corpus ChristiSouthland 21–115th2017Texas SouthernSWAC 16–162nd2019
Although the initial announcement that the tournament would be contested stated that all the teams would be seeded, no seeds were assigned to teams on the published schedule. However, Norfolk State indicated they were the no. 1 seed, and they received a bye to the semifinals and hosted both games in which they played.
Schedule SessionGameDateTime*MatchupScoreTelevisionAttendanceRef.Lou Henson Classic11March 197:00 pmTexas Southern at Tarleton StateESPN+1,42629:00 pmAbilene Christian vs. Texas A&M–Corpus Christi73–6361523March 207:00 pmAbilene Christian at Tarleton State59–861,576Jim Phelan Classic34March 207:00 pmPurdue Fort Wayne at Bowling Green77–75ESPN+1,219Hugh Durham Classic45March 208:00 pmAlabama A&M at Austin Peay81–71ESPN+1,386John McLendon Classic (CIT Semifinal)56March 234:00 pmAlabama A&M at Norfolk State81–66Spartan Showcase1,522Semifinal67March 257:00 pmPurdue Fort Wayne at Tarleton State73–72ESPN+1,686Championship78March 277:00 pmPurdue Fort Wayne at Norfolk State67–75Spartan Showcase1,576*Game times in EDT (UTC−4).
Bracket
Game summaries All times are in Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4) First round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final
Awards The CIT presented the awards shown below.
AwardRecipientSchoolCIT MVPChristian IngsNorfolk StateLou Henson Classic MVPKiAndre GaddyTarleton StateJim Phelan Classic MVPJalen JacksonPurdue Fort WayneHugh Durham Classic MVPChad MoodieAlabama A&MJohn McLendon Classic MVPDaryl AndersonNorfolk State
References
External links CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament