2011 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament
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The 2011 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) was a postseason single-elimination tournament of 24 NCAA Division I teams. The CIT began with 12 first-round games. Four of the teams that won first-round games advanced to the quarterfinals, while the other eight teams played for the right to advance to the quarterfinals in the second round March 18–19. The announcement of the 2011 field was made on March 13, 2011.
New Rochelle, New York
| Teams | 24 | ||||
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| Finals site | Hynes Athletic Center, New Rochelle, New York | ||||
| Champions | Santa Clara (1st title) | ||||
| Runner-up | Iona (1st title game) | ||||
| Semifinalists |
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| Winning coach | Kerry Keating (1st title) | ||||
| MVP | Kevin Foster (Santa Clara) | ||||
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Twenty-three of the participants were selected from teams that were not invited to the 2011 NCAA Tournament or the 2011 National Invitation Tournament.[1] The winner of the 2011 Great West Conference men's basketball tournament, North Dakota, received an automatic bid to the CIT.
The tournament was won by Santa Clara who defeated Iona in the championship game 76–69. Santa Clara was not one of the four teams to receive a second-round bye thus becoming the first team to win five games to win the tournament championship.
Participating teams
The following teams received an invitation to the 2011 CIT:
| School | Conference | Overall record |
Conference record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Air Force[2] | Mountain West | 15–15 | 6–10 |
| Buffalo[3] | Mid-American | 17–13 | 9–9 |
| East Carolina[4] | Conference USA | 18–15 | 8–8 |
| East Tennessee State[5] | Atlantic Sun | 22–11 | 16–4 |
| Furman[6] | Southern | 20–9 | 12–6 |
| Hawaii[7] | WAC | 18–12 | 8–8 |
| Idaho[8] | WAC | 18–13 | 9–7 |
| Iona | MAAC | 22–11 | 13–5 |
| Jacksonville[9] | Atlantic Sun | 19–11 | 13–7 |
| Marshall | Conference USA | 22–11 | 10–8 |
| North Dakota[10] | Great West | 19–14 | 8–4 |
| Northern Arizona[11] | Big Sky | 19–12 | 9–7 |
| Northern Iowa[12] | Missouri Valley | 19–13 | 10–8 |
| Ohio | Mid-American | 18–15 | 10–8 |
| Oral Roberts[13] | Summit | 19–15 | 13–5 |
| Portland[14] | West Coast | 20–11 | 7–7 |
| Quinnipiac[15] | Northeast | 22–9 | 13–5 |
| Rider[16] | Metro Atlantic Athletic | 23–10 | 13–5 |
| San Francisco[17] | West Coast | 17–14 | 11–4 |
| Santa Clara[18] | West Coast | 19–14 | 8–6 |
| SMU[19] | Conference USA | 17–14 | 8–8 |
| Tennessee Tech[20] | Ohio Valley | 20–12 | 12–6 |
| Valparaiso[21] | Horizon | 23–11 | 12–6 |
| Western Michigan[22] | Mid-American | 20–11 | 11–5 |
Format
Twelve teams advanced from the first-round games. Of the twelve remaining teams, four received byes into the quarterfinals. RPI, strength of schedule, conference ranking and geographic location determined the byes and seeding of the remaining twelve teams.[23]
Bracket
Bracket is for visual purposes only. The CIT does not have a set bracket.
- East Tennessee State, Iona, Northern Iowa and Ohio received byes to the quarterfinal round following their first round victories.
| First round March 14, 15 and 16 | Second round March 18 and 19 | Quarterfinals March 21 and 22 | Semifinals March 25 and 26 | Championship March 30 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| North Dakota | 67 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Air Force | 77 | Air Force | 75 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Arizona | 63 | Santa Clara | 88 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Santa Clara | 68 | Santa Clara | 95 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho | 73 | San Francisco | 91 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| San Francisco | 81 | San Francisco | 77 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Portland | 64 | Hawaiʻi | 74 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Hawaiʻi | 76 | Santa Clara | 72 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Jacksonville | 71* | SMU | 55 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| East Carolina | 66 | Jacksonville | 62 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Oral Roberts | 57 | SMU | 63 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| SMU | 64* | SMU | 57 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Iowa | 50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bye | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider | 50 | Northern Iowa | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Iowa | 84 | Santa Clara | 76 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Buffalo | 75 | Iona | 69 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Quinnipiac | 68 | Buffalo | 49 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Tennessee Tech | 66 | Western Michigan | 48 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Michigan | 74 | Buffalo | 63 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Iona | 78 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bye | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iona | 85 | Iona | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Valparaiso | 77 | Iona | 83 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| East Tennessee State | 80 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bye | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio | 65 | Ohio | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marshall | 64 | Ohio | 73 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Furman | 63 | East Tennessee State | 82 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| East Tennessee State | 76 | East Tennessee State | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bye | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Home teams are listed second.
* Denotes overtime period.