The 2014 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 were held on Tuesday, March 18 and Wednesday, March 19. After the quarterfinals, the bracket was reseeded. A best-of-three championship series between the eventual winner Siena College and the loser Fresno State was held on March 31, April 2, and April 5 in a best of three series. Games were televised by the CBS Sports Network.
Participants The following teams were announced as participants on Sunday, March 16, after the NCAA Selection Show.
TeamConferenceOverall recordConference recordFresno StateMountain West17–169–9HamptonMEAC18–1213–3Illinois StateMissouri Valley16–159–9Morehead StateOhio Valley20–1310–6Old DominionConference USA16–179–7Oregon StatePac-1216–158–10Penn StateBig Ten15–176–12PrincetonIvy League20–88–6RadfordBig South21–1010–6Stony BrookAmerica East23–1013–3SienaMAAC15–1711–9South Dakota StateSummit League19–1210–4Texas A&MSEC17–158–10TulaneConference USA17–168–8UTEPConference USA23–1012–4WyomingMountain West18–149–9
Declined invitations The following programs declined an invitation to participate in the CBI:
Indiana St. BonaventureNo agreement with CBI and no tournament for Bonnies. Olean Times Herald. Retrieved March 17, 2014.Butler, J. P. (March 16, 2015). No tournament for Bonnies. Olean Times Herald. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
Schedule Game Date Time* Matchup Television First round 1March 18 7:00 pmStony Brook at Siena 2 March 19 7:00 pmHampton at Penn State 3 7:00 pmSouth Dakota State at Old Dominion 4 7:00 pmPrinceton at Tulane 5 8:00 pmWyoming at Texas A&MFCS Pacific 6 8:00 pmMorehead State at Illinois State 7 9:00 pmFresno State at UTEP 8 10:00 pmRadford at Oregon State Quarterfinals 9 March 24 7:00 pmPenn State at SienaCBSSN 10 7:00 pmRadford at Old Dominion 11 9:00 pmTexas A&M at Illinois StateCBSSN 12 10:00 pm Princeton at Fresno State Semifinals 13 March 26 7:00 pm Illinois State at Siena 14 10:00 pm Old Dominion at Fresno State Finals 15March 31 10:00 pmSiena at Fresno StateCBSSN 16April 2 7:00 pmFresno State at SienaCBSSN 17April 5 11:30 amFresno State at SienaCBSSN All tipoff times in Eastern Time Zone. Winning team in bold.
Bracket
Home teams listed second. During the finals, Siena hosted games 2 and 3 at Alumni Recreation Center instead of their normal home site at Times Union Center.
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