2017 College Basketball Invitational

The 2017 College Basketball Invitational (CBI) was a single-elimination tournament of 16 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams that did not participate on the 2017 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament or the NIT. The opening games were held on March 15 and the quarterfinals were held on March 20 on campus sites. After the quarterfinals, the brackets were reseeded for the semi-finals which was held on March 22. A best of three championship series closed out the tournament on March 27, 29, and 31.

2017 College Basketball Invitational Tournament

Season	2016–17
Teams	16
Finals site	HTC Center Arena-Auditorium Conway, South Carolina Laramie, Wyoming
Champions	Wyoming Cowboys (1st title)
Runner-up	Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (1st title game)
Semifinalists	UIC Flames (1st semifinal) Utah Valley Wolverines (1st semifinal)
Winning coach	Allen Edwards (1st title)
MVP	Justin James (Wyoming)
Attendance	27,731 (3 games not reported)
College Basketball Invitational Tournaments «2016 2018»

Participants

The following teams were announced as participants Sunday, March 12 after the NCAA Selection Show.[1]

Team	Conference	Overall record	Conference record
Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	16–17	10–8
Eastern Washington	Big Sky	22–11	13–5
George Mason	Atlantic 10	20–13	9–9
George Washington	Atlantic 10	19–14	10–8
Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	18–14	11–7
Green Bay	Horizon	18–13	12–6
Hampton	MEAC	14–16	11–5
UIC	Horizon	15–18	7–11
Loyola (MD)	Patriot	15–16	8–10
Rice	C-USA	22–11	11–7
San Francisco	West Coast	20–12	10–8
Stony Brook	America East	18–13	12–4
Toledo	Mid-American	17–16	9–9
UMKC	WAC	17–16	8–6
Utah Valley	WAC	15–16	6–8
Wyoming	Mountain West	18–14	8–10

Declined invitations

The following teams declined an invitation to the 2017 CBI:

• Auburn[2]

Schedule

Source:[3]

Date	Time*	Matchup	Television	Score	Attendance
First round
March 15	7:00 pm	Loyola (MD) at George Mason	A10 DN	73–58	1,400[4]
	7:00 pm	Hampton at Coastal Carolina	Sinclair RSN's	67–83
	7:00 pm	Toledo at George Washington	A10 DN	69–73	1,016
	7:00 pm	Utah Valley at Georgia Southern		74–49	603
	8:00 pm	Green Bay at UMKC	Roo's All-Access	82–92	1,128
	8:00 pm	San Francisco at Rice	CUSA.TV	76–85	1,349
	9:00 pm	Eastern Washington at Wyoming	MW Net	81–91	1,803
March 16	8:00 pm	Stony Brook at UIC		69–71	1,197[5]
Quarterfinals
March 20	7:00 pm	Loyola (MD) at Coastal Carolina	Sinclair RSN's	63–72
	8:00 pm	George Washington at UIC	ESPN3	71–80	1,048
	8:00 pm	Utah Valley at Rice	CUSA.TV	85–79	1,584
	9:00 pm	UMKC at Wyoming	MW Net	61–72	2,311
Semifinals
March 22	7:00 pm	UIC at Coastal Carolina	Sinclair RSN's	78–89
	9:00 pm	Utah Valley at Wyoming	MW Net	68–74	2,577
Championship series
March 27	8:30 pm	Wyoming at Coastal Carolina	ESPNU	81–91	1,583
March 29	8:30 pm	Coastal Carolina at Wyoming		57–81	3,811
March 31	7:00 pm	Coastal Carolina at Wyoming		59–83	6,321
*Game times in ET.

Bracket

	First round March 15					Quarterfinals March 20					Semifinals (reseeded) March 22					Finals (Best-of-three) March 27, 29, 31
		Coastal Carolina	83
		Hampton	67
							Coastal Carolina	72
							Loyola (MD)	63
		George Mason	58
		Loyola (MD)	73
												Coastal Carolina	89
											UIC	78
		UIC	71
		Stony Brook	69
							UIC	80
							George Washington	71
		George Washington	73
		Toledo	69
																	Coastal Carolina	91	57	59
																Wyoming	81	81	83
		Wyoming	91
		Eastern Washington	81
							Wyoming	72
							UMKC	61
		UMKC	92
		Green Bay	82
												Wyoming	74
											Utah Valley	68
		Rice	85
		San Francisco	76
							Rice	79
							Utah Valley	85
		Georgia Southern	49
		Utah Valley	74

Home teams listed first.

References

1. "CBI Presented by Five Four Field Is Announced". Gazzelle Group. Archived from the original on March 13, 2017. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
2. Stevens, Matthew. "Auburn declines CBI Tournament invite; Tigers season ends at 18-14". Montgomery Advertiser. Gannett Company. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
3. CBS Sports CBI Scores
4. Loyola Maryland vs. George Mason, 3/15/17 (Official Basketball Box Score, Game Totals & Final Statistics) – Gazelle Group.
5. UIC 71, Stony Brook 69, 3/16/17 (box score) – University of Illinois at Chicago Athletics.