2011_College_Basketball_Invitational

2011 College Basketball Invitational

2011 College Basketball Invitational

College basketball tournament

The 2011 College Basketball Invitational (CBI) was a single-elimination tournament of 16 NCAA Division I teams that did not participate in the 2011 NCAA Tournament nor the 2011 National Invitation Tournament. The opening round began Tuesday, March 15. A best-of-three championship series between the two teams in the final was held on March 28, March 30, and April 1.

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The tournament was won by Oregon who defeated Creighton in the finals after losing game one but winning the next two games at home to claim the title. This was the second time that the tournament was won by a team from the Pacific-10 Conference who entered the tournament with a losing record (Oregon State, 2009).

Coach Dana Altman, who was in his first year at Oregon, coached at Creighton the year before.

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Bracket

First round
March 15–16
  		Quarterfinals
March 21
  		Semifinals
(Reseeded)
March 23 		Finals
(Best of three)
March 28, 30, April 1
          
James Madison 65
Davidson 85
Davidson 92
Creighton 102
San Jose State 74
Creighton 85
Boise State 71
Oregon 79
Duquesne 87
Montana 76
Duquesne 75
Oregon 77
Weber State 59
Oregon 68
Oregon 76 71 71
Creighton 84 58 69
Hofstra 70
Evansville 77
Evansville 69
Boise State 75
Austin Peay 80
Boise State 83
UCF 64
Creighton 82
Miami (Ohio) 59
Rhode Island 76
Rhode Island 54
UCF 66
St. Bonaventure 54
UCF 69

During the finals, Oregon hosted games 2 and 3.

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