2017 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament

The 2017 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) was a postseason single-elimination tournament of 26 NCAA Division I basketball teams. The tournament was played March 13–31, 2017.[1]

2017 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament

Season	2016–17
Teams	26
Finals site	Dugan Wellness Center Corpus Christi, Texas
Champions	Saint Peter's (1st title)
Runner-up	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi (1st title game)
Semifinalists	UMBC (1st semifinal) Furman (1st semifinal)
Winning coach	John Dunne (1st title)
MVP	Quadir Welton (Saint Peter's)
Attendance	30,145 (1 game not reported)
CIT Tournaments «2016 2018»

Participants who belonged to "mid-major" conferences and who were not invited to the 2017 NCAA Tournament or the National Invitation Tournament make up the field.

After all 26 teams played in the first round, the top-three highest rated teams based on the Pomeroy College Basketball Ratings regular season rating automatically advanced to the quarterfinals.

Saint Peter's beat Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 62–61 in the championship game.

Participating teams

The following teams received an invitation to the 2017 CIT:

Team	Conference	Overall record	Conference record
Albany	America East	21–13	10–6
Ball State	MAC	21–12	11–7
Cal State Fullerton[2]	Big West	17–14	10–6
Campbell[3]	Big South	17–17	7–11
Canisius[4]	MAAC	18–15	10–10
Fairfield[5]	MAAC	16–14	11–9
Fort Wayne	Summit	19–12	8–8
Furman[6]	SoCon	21–11	14–4
Georgia State	Sun Belt	20–12	12–6
Houston Baptist[7]	Southland	17–13	12–6
Idaho	Big Sky	18–13	12–6
Jacksonville[8]	ASUN	17–15	5–9
Lamar	Southland	19–14	10–8
Liberty[9]	Big South	19–13	14–4
Norfolk State[10]	MEAC	17–16	12–4
Saint Francis (PA)[11]	NEC	16–16	11–7
Saint Peter's[12]	MAAC	19–13	14–6
Samford[13]	SoCon	19–15	8–10
Stephen F. Austin	Southland	18–14	12–6
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	Southland	20–11	12–6
Texas State	Sun Belt	20–13	11–7
UMBC[14]	America East	18–12	9–7
UNC Asheville	Big South	23–9	15–3
USC Upstate[15]	ASUN	17–15	7–7
UT Martin	OVC	21–12	10–6
Weber State	Big Sky	19–13	12–6

Format

The CIT uses the old NIT model in which there is no set bracket. Future round opponents are determined by the results of the previous round. After all 26 teams played in the first round, the top-three highest rated teams based on the Pomeroy College Basketball Ratings regular season rating automatically advanced to the quarterfinals.

Postseason classics

In 2016, the CIT introduced the Coach John McLendon Classic as the first "Classic" game to ever be played during postseason tournament. For 2017, the CIT introduced three more "Classic" games, for a total of four, all to be played in the first round.

Coach John McLendon Classic
Hugh Durham Classic
Lou Henson Classic
Riley Wallace Classic

The winners of each Classic received a trophy and advanced to the second round or quarterfinals if they received a second round bye.

Schedule

Date	Time*	Matchup	Score	Attendance	Television
First round
March 13	7:05 pm	Norfolk State at Liberty (Coach John McLendon Classic)	64–73	574	Facebook Live
March 14	7:00 pm	Saint Francis (PA) at Jacksonville (Hugh Durham Classic)	78–76	734
	7:30 pm	Houston Baptist at Campbell	79–98	1,735
	7:30 pm	Canisus at Samford	74–78	614
March 15	7:00 pm	Ball State at Fort Wayne (Lou Henson Classic)	80–88	1,479
	7:00 pm	Fairfield at UMBC	83–88	688
	8:00 pm	Georgia State at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	64–80	897
	11:00 pm	Stephen F. Austin at Idaho	50–73	1,109
March 16	7:00 pm	Saint Peter's at Albany	59–55	641
	7:00 pm	Furman at USC Upstate	79–57	662
	8:00 pm	UNC Asheville at UT Martin	75–89	504
	8:30 pm	Lamar at Texas State	60–70	1,255
	10:00 pm	Weber State at Cal State Fullerton (Riley Wallace Classic)	80–76	1,293
Second round
March 18	2:00 pm	Saint Francis (PA) at UMBC	79–87	904	Facebook Live
March 20	7:00 pm	Samford at Liberty	58–66	1,388
	7:00 pm	UT Martin at Campbell	56–73	2,031
	8:00 pm	Weber State at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	73–82	1,116
March 22	8:00 pm	Idaho at Texas State	55–64	3,086
Quarterfinals
March 25	2:00 pm	Furman at Campbell	79–64	1,920	Facebook Live
	5:00 pm	Saint Peter's at Texas State	49–44	2,907
March 26	2:00 pm	Liberty at UMBC	68–80	869
	3:00 pm	Fort Wayne at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	62–78	1,151
Semifinals
March 29	7:00 pm	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi at UMBC	79–61	1,388	CBSSN
9:00 pm	Furman at Saint Peter's	51–77
Championship
March 31	9:00 pm	Saint Peter's at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	62–61	1,200	CBSSN
*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 have a set bracket.

	First round March 13–16					Second round March 18–22					Quarterfinals March 25–26					Semifinals March 29					Championship game March 31
	Furman		79
	USC Upstate		57			Furman
						Bye
											Furman		79
	UNC Asheville		75								Campbell		64
	UT Martin		89			UT Martin		56
	Houston Baptist		79			Campbell		73
	Campbell		98													Furman		51
	Saint Peter's		59													Saint Peter's		77
	Albany		55			Saint Peter's
						Bye
											Saint Peter's		49
	Stephen F. Austin		50								Texas State		44
	Idaho		73			Idaho		55
	Lamar		60			Texas State		64
	Texas State		70																		Saint Peter's		62
	Ball State		80																		TX A&M–CC		61
	Fort Wayne		88			Fort Wayne
						Bye
											Fort Wayne		62
	Weber State		80								TX A&M–CC		78
	Cal State Fullerton		76			Weber State		73
	Georgia State		64			TX A&M–CC		82
	TX A&M–CC		80													TX A&M–CC		79
	Canisus		74													UMBC		61
	Samford		78			Samford		58
	Norfolk State		64			Liberty		66
	Liberty		73								Liberty		68
	Saint Francis (PA)		78								UMBC		80
	Jacksonville		76			Saint Francis (PA)		79
	Fairfield		83			UMBC		87
	UMBC		88

Home teams listed second.

References

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