2008 College Basketball Invitational

The 2008 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 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament or the 2008 National Invitation Tournament. The inaugural tournament began on March 18th on campus sites and ended on April 4th, won by the University of Tulsa, defeating their former Missouri Valley Conference rivals Bradley University in the best-of-three final. Tulsa center Jerome Jordan was the tournament MVP. The CBI was the first newly created post-season tournament since the Collegiate Commissioners Association Tournament in 1974.

The opening round was played on March 18 and 19, 2008 with the second round being played on March 24 and the semifinals on March 26. The championship was a best-of-three series with games being played on March 31, April 2, and April 4 of that year. The bracketing was done in East, West, South and Midwest regions. Following the quarterfinals, the teams were reseeded.

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Bracket

16TeamBracket-Finals3
RD1 = First Round
RD2 = Quarterfinals
RD3 = Semifinals (Teams reseeded)
RD4 = Finals (Best of three)
group1 =
group2 =
RD1-seed01 = E1
RD1-team01 = Virginia
RD1-score01 = 66
RD1-seed02 = E4
RD1-team02 = cbb link|year=2007-08|sex=men|team=Richmond Spiders|school=University of Richmond|title=Richmond
RD1-score02 = 64
RD1-seed03 = E2
RD1-team03 = cbb link|year=2007-08|sex=men|team=Old Dominion Monarchs|school=Old Dominion University|title=Old Dominion
RD1-score03 = 68
RD1-seed04 = E3
RD1-team04 = cbb link|year=2007-08|sex=men|team=Rider Broncs|school=Rider University|title=Rider
RD1-score04 = 65
RD1-seed05 = M1
RD1-team05 = cbb link|year=2007-08|sex=men|team=Bradley Braves|school=Bradley University|title=Bradley
RD1-score05 = 70
RD1-seed06 = M4
RD1-team06 = cbb link|year=2007-08|sex=men|team=Cincinnati Bearcats|school=University of Cincinnati|title=Cincinnati
RD1-score06 = 67
RD1-seed07 = M2
RD1-team07 = cbb link|year=2007-08|sex=men|team=Ohio Bobcats|school=Ohio University|title=Ohio
RD1-score07 = 80
RD1-seed08 = M3
RD1-team08 = cbb link|year=2007-08|sex=men|team=Brown Bears|school=Brown University|title=Brown
RD1-score08 = 74
RD1-seed09 = S1
RD1-team09 = UTEP
RD1-score09 = 69
RD1-seed10 = S4
RD1-team10 = cbb link|year=2007-08|sex=men|team=Utah Utes|school=University of Utah|title=Utah
RD1-score10 = 81
RD1-seed11 = S2
RD1-team11 = cbb link|year=2007-08|sex=men|team=Tulsa Golden Hurricane|school=University of Tulsa|title=Tulsa
RD1-score11 = 61
RD1-seed12 = S3
RD1-team12 = cbb link|year=2007-08|sex=men|team=Miami RedHawks|school=Miami University|title=Miami (Ohio)
RD1-score12 = 45
RD1-seed13 = W1
RD1-team13 = cbb link|year=2007-08|sex=men|team=Washington Huskies|school=University of Washington|title=Washington
RD1-score13 = 71
RD1-seed14 = W4
RD1-team14 = Valparaiso
RD1-score14 = 72
RD1-seed15 = W2
RD1-team15 = cbb link|year=2007-08|sex=men|team=Nevada Wolf Pack|school=University of Nevada, Reno|title=Nevada
RD1-score15 = 79
RD1-seed16 = W3
RD1-team16 = cbb link|year=2007-08|sex=men|team=Houston Cougars|school=University of Houston|title=Houston
RD1-score16 = 80
RD2-seed01 = E1
RD2-team01 = Virginia
RD2-score01 = 80
RD2-seed02 = E2
RD2-team02 = Old Dominion
RD2-score02 = 76
RD2-seed03 = M1
RD2-team03 = Bradley
RD2-score03 = 79
RD2-seed04 = M2
RD2-team04 = Ohio
RD2-score04 = 73
RD2-seed05 = S4
RD2-team05 = Utah
RD2-score05 = 60
RD2-seed06 = S2
RD2-team06 = Tulsa
RD2-score06 = 69
RD2-seed07 = W4
RD2-team07 = Valparaiso
RD2-score07 = 67
RD2-seed08 = W3
RD2-team08 = Houston
RD2-score08 = 91
RD3-seed01 = E1
RD3-team01 = Virginia
RD3-score01 = 85
RD3-seed02 = M1
RD3-team02 = Bradley
RD3-score02 = 96
RD3-seed03 = S2
RD3-team03 = Tulsa
RD3-score03 = 73
RD3-seed04 = W3
RD3-team04 = Houston
RD3-score04 = 69
RD4-seed01 = M1
RD4-team01 = Bradley
RD4-score01-1 = 68
RD4-score01-2 = 83
RD4-score01-3 = 64
RD4-seed02 = S2
RD4-team02 = Tulsa
RD4-score02-1 = 73
RD4-score02-2 = 74
RD4-score02-3 = 70

References

External links

* [http://www.gazellegroup.com/cbi/cbi_bracket08.pdf 2008 CBI Bracket]
* [http://www.gazellegroup.com/cbi/ College Basketball Invitational official website]
* [http://www.gazellegroup.com/cbi/cbi_071114.html Press release announcing the CBI]
*http://www.gazellegroup.com/cbi/cbi_mockbracket07.pdf
*http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=3110361