The 2018 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 2018 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament or the NIT. It was held from March 13 through March 30, 2018 in various arenas. This marked the 11th year the Tournament had been held.
North Texas defeated San Francisco two games to one in the best-of-three championship series to win the CBI championship.
Participating teams The following teams were announced as participants Sunday, March 11 after the NCAA Selection Show.
TeamConferenceOverall recordConference recordCampbellBig South16–1510–8CanisiusMAAC21–1115–3Central ArkansasSouthland17–1610–8ColgatePatriot19–1312–6Eastern WashingtonBig Sky20–1413–5Grand CanyonWAC22–119–5Jacksonville StateOhio Valley21–1211–7Miami (OH)Mid-American16–178–10MercerSouthern18–1411–7New OrleansSouthland15–1611–7North TexasC-USA15–178–10San FranciscoWest Coast18–159–9SeattleWAC20–138–6South DakotaSummit26–811–3UT Rio Grande ValleyWAC15–176–8Utah ValleyWAC22–1010–4
Declined invitations The following programs received an invitation to the CBI, but declined to participate:
Bradley Georgetown Maryland Northeastern Oakland SMU Toledo Tulsa VCU Weber State
Format The 2018 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.
The participants were announced Sunday, March 11 after the NCAA Selection Show.
Schedule Source:CBS Sports CBI Scores Date Time* Matchup Television Score Attendance First round March 13 9:00 pm Eastern Washington at Utah Valley WAC DN 65–87 997March 14 7:00 pm Miami (OH) at Campbell Big South Net 87–97 1,411 7:00 pm Jacksonville State at Canisius ESPN3 80–78OT 870 8:00 pm North Texas at South Dakota GoYotes 90–77 1,348 8:00 pm UT Rio Grande Valley at New Orleans Southland DN 74–77 741 10:00 pm Colgate at San Francisco TheW.tv 68–72 1,339 10:00 pm Mercer at Grand Canyon YurView AZESPN3 78–73 5,941 10:00 pm Central Arkansas at Seattle WAC DN 92–90OT 639 Quarterfinals March 19 6:30 pm Jacksonville State at Central Arkansas UCA Channel 6Southland DN 80–59 2,570 7:00 pm New Orleans at Campbell Big South Net 69–71 1,316 8:00 pm Mercer at North Texas ESPN3 67–96 1,145 10:00 pm Utah Valley at San Francisco TheW.tv 73–78 1,239 Semifinals March 21 8:00 pm Jacksonville State at North Texas ESPN3 68–90 2,784 March 22 10:00 pm Campbell at San Francisco ESPN3 62–65 1,163 Finals March 26 10:00 pm North Texas at San Francisco ESPNU 62–72 1,358 March 28 8:30 pm San Francisco at North Texas 55–69 4,196 March 30 7:00 pm San Francisco at North Texas 77–88 6,291*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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