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, 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).
Participants The following teams were announced as participants Sunday, March 15 after the NCAA Selection Show.
TeamConferenceOverall recordConference recordColoradoPac-12 15–17 7–11Delaware StateMEAC 18–17 9–7Eastern MichiganMAC 21–13 8–10Gardner–WebbBig South 20–14 10–8HofstraCAA 20–13 10–8Louisiana–MonroeSun Belt 21–12 15–7Loyola-ChicagoMVC 19–13 8–10MercerSoCon 18–15 12–6Oral RobertsSummit 18–14 10–6PepperdineWCC 18–13 10–8RadfordBig South 21–11 12–6RiderMAAC 21–11 15–5SeattleWAC 16–15 7–7Stony BrookAmerica East 23–11 12–4UC Santa BarbaraBig West 19–13 11–5VermontAmerica East 18–13 12–4
Declined invitations The following programs declined to participate in the 2015 CBI:
California Florida Florida State Indiana Kansas State Memphis Minnesota Northwestern Oregon State Penn State Pittsburgh South Carolina TCU Tennessee
Schedule Source:CBS Sports CBI Scores Date Time* Matchup Television Score Attendance First round March 17 8:00 pm Rider at Loyola–Chicago ESPN3 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.
Bracket
Home teams listed second.
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