The 2019 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) was a postseason single-elimination tournament of NCAA Division I basketball teams. The tournament began on March 18, 2019, and concluded on April 4, 2019.
This was the last CIT contested before the tournament went on a four-year hiatus. The 2020 and 2021 editions were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2022, the CIT was replaced by The Basketball Classic. The Basketball Classic was not contested in 2023, and the CIT was revived in 2024.
Participating teams The following teams received an invitation to the 2019 CIT: Note: Team records are before playing in the tournament TeamConferenceOverall recordConference recordCal State BakersfieldWAC 16–15 7–9Cal State FullertonBig West 16–17 10–6Charleston SouthernBig South 17–15 9–7CornellIvy League 15–15 7–7DrakeMissouri Valley 24–9 12–6East Tennessee StateSouthern 24–9 13–5Florida AtlanticC-USA 17–15 8–10FIUC-USA 19–13 10–8Grambling StateSWAC 17–16 10–8Green BayHorizon 17–16 10–8HamptonBig South 16–17 9–7IUPUIHorizon 16–16 8–10Kent StateMAC 22–10 11–7Louisiana–MonroeSun Belt 18–15 9–9MarshallC-USA 19–14 11–7New OrleansSouthland 19–13 12–6NJITAtlantic Sun 21–12 8–8PresbyterianBig South 18–15 9–7QuinnipiacMAAC 16–14 11–7Robert MorrisNortheast 17–16 11–7SeattleWAC 18–14 6–10Southern UtahBig Sky 16–16 9–11St. Francis BrooklynNortheast 17–15 9–9UTRGVWAC 19–16 9–7Texas SouthernSWAC 21–13 14–4Texas StateSun Belt 24–9 12–6
Seeds The top three seeds remaining after the first round received byes to the quarterfinals. Marshall received the number 1 seed. Louisiana-Monroe and NJIT also received byes to the quarterfinals after winning their first round matchup.
Declined invitations The following programs declined an invitation to play in the CIT.
Bowling Green BYU Fresno State Hawaii Jacksonville State San Francisco Texas-San Antonio
Schedule Note: Top 3 seeds will get a bye after first round Date Time* Matchup Score Attendance TelevisionFirst roundMarch 187:00 pmQuinnipiac at NJIT81–92777CBS Sports Livewatchcit.comMarch 197:00 pmCornell at Robert Morris89–98OT6227:00 pmIUPUI at Marshall(Jim Phelan Classic) 73–783,725March 207:00 pmGreen Bay at East Tennessee State(Hugh Durham Classic) 102–942,8178:00 pmTexas Southern at New Orleans95–89OT6128:00 pmGrambling State at UTRGV73–742,07110:00 pmPresbyterian at Seattle73–68472March 217:00 pmSt. Francis Brooklyn at Hampton(Coach John McLendon Classic)72–813,1247:00 pmFlorida Atlantic at Charleston Southern66–686968:00 pmKent State at Louisiana–Monroe(Lou Henson Classic)77–875,74210:00 pmCal State Bakersfield at Cal State Fullerton(Riley Wallace Classic)66–58677March 228:30 pmDrake at Southern Utah73–80OT2,714March 237:00 pmFIU at Texas State87–811,237Second roundMarch 241:00 pmPresbyterian at Robert Morris77–70541CBS Sports Livewatchcit.comMarch 258:00 pmTexas Southern at UTRGV94–852,2168:30 pmCal State Bakersfield at Southern Utah70–673,027March 267:00 pmCharleston Southern at Hampton67–733,5238:00 pmFIU at Green Bay68–981,341QuarterfinalsMarch 267:00 pmPresbyterian at Marshall66–833,383CBS Sports Livewatchcit.comMarch 287:00 pmHampton at NJIT82–707768:00 pmTexas Southern at Louisiana–Monroe108–1023OT6,004March 297:00 pmCal State Bakersfield at Green Bay65–801,822SemifinalsApril 27:00 pmHampton at Marshall78–804,122CBS Sports Livewatchcit.com9:00 pmTexas Southern at Green Bay86–87OT2,269ChampionshipApril 47:00 pmGreen Bay at Marshall70–905,748CBS Sports Live*All times are listed as Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4). Winning team in bold.
Bracket Bracket is for visual purposes only. The CIT does not use a set bracket.
Home teams listed second. * Denotes overtime period.
References
External links CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament