2016 College Basketball Invitational

2016 College Basketball Invitational

Teams	16
Finals site	Ellis Johnson Arena Morehead, Kentucky Lawlor Events Center Reno, Nevada
Champions	Nevada Wolf Pack (1st title)
Runner-up	Morehead State Eagles (1st title game)
Semifinalists	Ohio Bobcats (1st semifinal) Vermont Catamounts (2nd semifinal)
Winning coach	Eric Musselman (1st title)
MVP	Tyron Criswell (Nevada)
Attendance	57,774
College Basketball Invitationals «2015 2017»

The 2016 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.^[1] After the quarterfinals, the bracket was reseeded for the semifinals. A best-of-three championship series was held between the two finalist teams. An experimental rule allowing players six personal fouls instead of five was used in all national postseason tournaments except for the NCAA Tournament.

Participants

The following teams were announced as participants Sunday, March 13 after the NCAA Selection Show.^[2]

Team	Conference	Overall record	Conference record
Albany	America East	24–8	13–3
Duquesne	Atlantic 10	16–16	6–12
Eastern Washington	Big Sky	17–15	10–8
Houston Baptist	Southland	17–16	10–8
Idaho	Big Sky	21–12	12–6
Montana	Big Sky	21–11	14–4
Morehead State	Ohio Valley	19–12	11–5
Nebraska–Omaha	Summit League	18–13	10–6
Nevada	Mountain West	19–12	10–8
Ohio	MAC	21–11	11–7
Pepperdine	West Coast	18–13	10–8
Seattle	WAC	14–16	7–7
Siena	MAAC	21–12	13–7
UNC Greensboro	Southern	14–18	10–8
Vermont	America East	21–13	11–5
Western Carolina	Southern	16–17	10–8

Schedule

Source:^[3]

Date	Time*	Matchup	Television	Score	Attendance
First round
March 15	7:00 pm	Morehead State at Siena		84–80	2,061
March 16	7:00 pm	Albany at Ohio		90–94^OT	3,034
March 16	7:00 pm	Nebraska–Omaha at Duquesne		112–120	609
March 16	7:00 pm	Houston Baptist at UNC Greensboro	ESPN3	65–69	1,031
March 16	7:00 pm	Western Carolina at Vermont		74–79	1,486
March 16	9:00 pm	Pepperdine at Eastern Washington		72–79	1,518
March 16	10:00 pm	Idaho at Seattle		63–68	999
March 16	10:30 pm	Montana at Nevada		75–79	4,524
Quarterfinals
March 21	7:00 pm	Duquesne at Morehead State		72–82	1,387
March 21	7:00 pm	UNC Greensboro at Ohio		67–72	3,567
March 21	10:00 pm	Eastern Washington at Nevada		70–85	6,053
March 21	10:00 pm	Vermont at Seattle		73–54	999
Semifinals
March 23	7:00 pm	Morehead State at Ohio		77–72	3,712
March 23	10:00 pm	Vermont at Nevada		72–86	6,133
Finals
March 28	8:30 pm	Nevada at Morehead State	ESPNU	83–86	4,187
March 30	9:00 pm	Morehead State at Nevada		68–77	7,431
April 1	9:00 pm	Morehead State at Nevada		82–85^OT	9,043
*All times are listed as Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4). Winning team in bold.

Bracket

	First round March 15–16					Quarterfinals March 21					Semifinals (Reseeded) March 23					Finals (Best of three) March 28, 30, April 1
		Siena	80
		Morehead State	84
							Morehead State	82
							Duquesne	72
		Duquesne	120
		Nebraska–Omaha	112
												Ohio	72
												Morehead State	77
		Ohio	94*
		Albany	90
							Ohio	72
							UNC Greensboro	67
		UNC Greensboro	69
		Houston Baptist	65
																	Morehead State	86	68	82
																	Nevada	83	77	85*
		Nevada	79
		Montana	75
							Nevada	85
							Eastern Washington	70
		Eastern Washington	79
		Pepperdine	72
												Nevada	86
												Vermont	72
		Seattle	68
		Idaho	63
							Seattle	53
							Vermont	74
		Vermont	79
		Western Carolina	74

Home teams listed first.
* Denotes overtime period.

References

1. "2016 CBI Bracket". College Basketball Invitational. Gazelle Group. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
2. Cella, Ray. "CBI Field Is Announced". College Basketball Invitational. Gazelle Group. Retrieved March 14, 2016.
3. CBS Sports CBI Scores