Type: | CBI |
Year: | 2015 |
Teams: | 16 |
Finalfourarena: | Joseph J. Gentile Arena Fant–Ewing Coliseum |
Finalfourcity: | Chicago, Illinois Monroe, Louisiana |
Champions: | Loyola-Chicago Ramblers |
Titlecount: | 1st |
Runnerup: | Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks |
Gamecount: | 1st |
Semifinal1: | Seattle Redhawks |
Semifinalcount: | 1st |
Semifinal2: | Vermont Catamounts |
Semifinalcount2: | 1st |
Coach: | Porter Moser |
Coachcount: | 1st |
Mop: | Earl Peterson |
Mopteam: | Loyola-Chicago |
Attendance: | 30,963 |
The 2015 College Basketball Invitational (CBI) was a single-elimination tournament of 16 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 clock).
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 |
The following programs declined to participate in the 2015 CBI:[2]
Source:[3]
Date | Time* | Matchup | Television | Score | Attendance | |
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First round | ||||||
March 17 | 8:00 pm | Rider at Loyola–Chicago | 59–62 | 1,105 | ||
March 18 | 7:00 pm | Vermont at Hofstra | 85–81 | 958 | ||
7:00 pm | Stony Brook at Mercer | ESPN3 | 70–72 | 2,432 | ||
8:00 pm | Radford at Delaware State | 78–57 | 1,038 | |||
8:00 pm | Eastern Michigan at Louisiana–Monroe | 67–71 | 3,003 | |||
8:00 pm | UC Santa Barbara at Oral Roberts | 87–91 | 1,687 | |||
9:00 pm | Gardner–Webb at Colorado | P12 Digital | 78–87 | 1,280 | ||
10:00 pm | Pepperdine at Seattle | WAC Digital | 45–62 | 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 | 78–86 | 1,225 | ||
10:00 pm | Colorado at Seattle | WAC Digital | 72–65 | 999 | ||
Semifinals | ||||||
March 25 | 8:00 pm | Vermont at Louisiana–Monroe | 65–71 | 3,368 | ||
8:00 pm | Seattle at Loyola-Chicago | ESPN3 | 48–63 | 1,265 | ||
Finals | ||||||
March 30 | 8:00 pm | Louisiana–Monroe at Loyola-Chicago | CBSSN | 58–65 | 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. |
Home teams listed second.