2015 College Basketball Invitational

2015 College Basketball Invitational Tournament
Season 2014–15
Teams 16
Champions Loyola-Chicago (1st title)
Runner-up Louisiana–Monroe (1st title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Porter Moser (1st title)
MVP Earl Peterson Loyola-Chicago
Attendance 30,963
College Basketball Invitational Tournaments
«2014 2016»

The 2015 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 and the quarterfinals were held in mid-March on the home courts of participating teams. After the quarterfinals, the bracket were reseeded. A best-of-three championship series between the two finalist teams was held,[1] with Loyola-Chicago winning the title with a two-game sweep. One change from this year's CBI Tournament was the use of a 30-second shot clock (instead of a 35-second one).

Participants

The following teams were announced as participants Sunday, March 15 after the NCAA Selection Show.

Team Conference Overall record Conference record
Colorado Pac-12 15–17 7–11
Delaware State MEAC 18–17 9–7
Eastern Michigan MAC 21–13 8–10
Gardner–Webb Big South 20–14 10–8
Hofstra CAA 20–13 10–8
Louisiana–Monroe Sun Belt 21–12 15–7
Loyola-Chicago MVC 19–13 8–10
Mercer SoCon 18–15 12–6
Oral Roberts Summit 18–14 10–6
Pepperdine WCC 18–13 10–8
Radford Big South 21–11 12–6
Rider MAAC 21–11 15–5
Seattle WAC 16–15 7–7
Stony Brook America East 23–11 12–4
UC Santa Barbara Big West 19–13 11–5
Vermont America East 18–13 12–4

Schedule

Source:[2]

Date Time* Matchup Television Score Attendance
First round
March 17 8:00 pm Rider at Loyola–Chicago ESPN3 62–59 1,105
March 18 7:00 pm Vermont at Hofstra 85–81 958
7:00 pm Stony Brook at Mercer ESPN3 72–70 2,432
8:00 pm Radford at Delaware State 78–57 1,038
8:00 pm Eastern Michigan at Louisiana–Monroe 71–67 3,003
8:00 pm UC Santa Barbara at Oral Roberts 91–87 1,687
9:00 pm Gardner–Webb at Colorado P12 Digital 87–78 1,280
10:00 pm Pepperdine at Seattle WAC Digital 62–45 999
Quarterfinals
March 23 7:00 pm Louisiana–Monroe at Mercer ESPN3 71–69 2,677
7:00 pm Radford at Vermont NSN 71–78 2,252
8:00 pm Oral Roberts at Loyola-Chicago ESPN3 86–78 1,225
10:00 pm Colorado at Seattle WAC Digital 72–65 999
Semifinals
March 25 8:00 pm Vermont at Louisiana–Monroe 71–65 3,368
8:00 pm Seattle at Loyola-Chicago ESPN3 63–48 1,265
Championship series
March 30 8:00 pm Louisiana–Monroe at Loyola-Chicago CBSSN 65–58 2,215
April 1 8:00 pm Loyola-Chicago at Louisiana–Monroe CBSSN 63–62 4,460
All game times in Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Winning team in bold. # = if necessary.

Bracket

  First round
March 17–18		 Second round
March 23		 Semifinals
(reseeded)
March 25		 Finals (Best-of-three)
March 30, April 1
                                         
 UC Santa Barbara 87  
 Oral Roberts 91  
     Oral Roberts 78  
 
     Loyola-Chicago 86  
 Rider 59
 Loyola-Chicago 62  
     Seattle 48  
     Loyola-Chicago 63  
 Gardner–Webb 78  
 Colorado 87  
     Colorado 65
 
     Seattle 72  
 Pepperdine 45
 Seattle 62  
     Loyola-Chicago 65 63 –
     Louisiana–Monroe 58 62 –
 Eastern Michigan 67  
 Louisiana–Monroe 71  
     Louisiana–Monroe 71
 
     Mercer 69  
 Stony Brook 70
 Mercer 72  
     Vermont 65
     Louisiana–Monroe 71  
 Radford 78  
 Delaware State 57  
     Radford 71
 
     Vermont 78  
 Vermont 85
 Hofstra 81  

Home teams listed second
Loyola-Chicago hosted game 1, Louisiana–Monroe hosted game 2.

References

  1. ↑ Gazellegroup.com 2015 CBI Tournament
  2. ↑ CBS Sports CBI Scores

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