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2018 College Basketball Invitational

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War Memorial GymnasiumThe Super Pit,San Francisco, CaliforniaDenton, Texas
North Texas Mean Green (1st title)
San Francisco Dons (1st title game)
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Grant McCasland (1st title)
Roosevelt Smart (North Texas)
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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.

The following teams were announced as participants Sunday, March 11 after the NCAA Selection Show.

TeamConferenceOverall recordConference record
CampbellBig South16–1510–8
CanisiusMAAC21–1115–3
Central ArkansasSouthland17–1610–8
ColgatePatriot19–1312–6
Eastern WashingtonBig Sky20–1413–5
Grand CanyonWAC22–119–5
Jacksonville StateOhio Valley21–1211–7
Miami (OH)Mid-American16–178–10
MercerSouthern18–1411–7
New OrleansSouthland15–1611–7
North TexasC-USA15–178–10
San FranciscoWest Coast18–159–9
SeattleWAC20–138–6
South DakotaSummit26–811–3
UT Rio Grande ValleyWAC15–176–8
Utah ValleyWAC22–1010–4

The following programs received an invitation to the CBI, but declined to participate:

  • Bradley
  • Georgetown
  • Maryland
  • Northeastern
  • Oakland
  • SMU
  • Toledo
  • Tulsa
  • VCU
  • Weber State

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.

Source:

DateTime*MatchupTelevisionScoreAttendance
March 139:00 pmEastern Washington at Utah ValleyWAC DN65–87997
March 147:00 pmMiami (OH) at CampbellBig South Net87–971,411
7:00 pmJacksonville State at CanisiusESPN380–78OT870
8:00 pmNorth Texas at South DakotaGoYotes90–771,348
8:00 pmUT Rio Grande Valley at New OrleansSouthland DN74–77741
10:00 pmColgate at San FranciscoTheW.tv68–721,339
10:00 pmMercer at Grand CanyonYurView AZESPN378–735,941
10:00 pmCentral Arkansas at SeattleWAC DN92–90OT639
March 196:30 pmJacksonville State at Central ArkansasUCA Channel 6Southland DN80–592,570
7:00 pmNew Orleans at CampbellBig South Net69–711,316
8:00 pmMercer at North TexasESPN367–961,145
10:00 pmUtah Valley at San FranciscoTheW.tv73–781,239
March 218:00 pmJacksonville State at North TexasESPN368–902,784
March 2210:00 pmCampbell at San FranciscoESPN362–651,163
March 2610:00 pmNorth Texas at San FranciscoESPNU62–721,358
March 288:30 pmSan Francisco at North Texas55–694,196
March 307:00 pmSan Francisco at North Texas77–886,291
*All times are listed as Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4). Winning team in bold.

Home teams listed first.

  • Denotes overtime period.
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