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Teams Pay $60K to Host Third-Tier Tournament Games

So you were not quite good enough to make the NIT. No extra exposure on ESPN. Instead you are given the chance to be in the College Basketball Invitational. Maybe you get to appear on HDNet. Maybe not. The important thing, is you get to keep playing, and hopefully the Gazelle Group will put you in one of their better...

Feel The Excitement: College Basketball Invitational Madness

Well, the third banana in college basketball post-season action has been announced (PDF). I know, like many of you, it was with baited breath to find out the field of sixteen.The CBI did secure teams from the Pac-10, Big East and Mountain West. So, well, they can claim major conference participation. Whether anyone watches...

It's Self Before Team for Coach of Year

Even if you phrase it as carefully as a major leaguer testifying before Congress, ask Kansas coach Bill Self who he thinks should be the national coach of the year and you're likely to get about the same answer as if you'd just asked him to explain the economic stimulus plan. Which is to say a whole lot of stammering and...

Who's #98? First College Basketball Invitational Field Announced

The College Basketball Invitational was created because, apparently, there was such an interest in non-NCAA tournament events that the N.I.T. couldn't contain it (obviously, I'm being sarcastic).So, while the NCAA and NIT fields have been set, the CBI got to look through the rest of the clearance rack and pick off sixteen...

College Basketball Invitational News From the Web

04/03/12 College Basketball Invitational results Source: United Press International (UPI)
03/12/12 College Basketball Invitational schedule Source: United Press International (UPI) North Dakota State at Wyoming, 9 p.m.
03/12/12 College Basketball Invitational Glance Source: USA Today This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
03/18/11 College Basketball Invitational: The aftermath Source: The Missoulian - Missoula MT It was a frustrating game to watch, because I had the sense that if the Griz had brought their "A" game they could have beaten Duquesne.