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The 2015 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) was a postseason single-elimination tournament of 32 NCAA Division I basketball teams. The first round started on March 16, 2015. The semifinals were played on March 31, and the championship game was on April 2, 2015.[1] The Evansville Purple Aces beat the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks for their first CIT championship.

Season2014–15
Teams32
Finals siteFord Center,
Evansville, Indiana
ChampionsEvansville (1st title)
Quick facts Season, Teams ...
2015 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament
Season2014–15
Teams32
Finals siteFord Center,
Evansville, Indiana
ChampionsEvansville (1st title)
Runner-upNorthern Arizona (1st title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coachMarty Simmons (1st title)
MVPD.J. Balentine (Evansville)
CIT tournaments
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Thirty-two participants who belonged to "mid-major" conferences, or were independent, and were not invited to the 2015 NCAA Tournament, National Invitation Tournament (NIT), or College Basketball Invitational (CBI) made up the field.

At the request of the NCAA Men's Basketball Rules Committee, the CIT experimented with a 30-second shot clock during the 2015 tournament.[2]

Participating teams

The following teams received an invitation to the 2015 CIT:

More information School, Conference ...
School Conference Overall
record		 Conference
record
Bowling Green[3][4] Mid-American 20–11 11–7
Canisius[5] MAAC 16–14 11–9
Cleveland State[6] Horizon 18–14 11–5
Dartmouth[7] Ivy League 14–14 7–7
Eastern Illinois[8] Ohio Valley 17–14 9–7
Eastern Kentucky[9] Ohio Valley 19–11 11–5
Evansville[10] Missouri Valley 19–12 9–9
Florida Gulf Coast[11] Atlantic Sun 22–10 12–3
Grand Canyon[12] WAC 17–14 8–6
High Point[13] Big South 22–9 13–5
Incarnate Word[14] Southland 18–10 10–8
IPFW[15] Summit 16–14 9–7
James Madison[16] CAA 19–13 12–6
Kent State[17] Mid-American 21–11 12–6
Louisiana–Lafayette[18] Sun Belt 20–13 13–7
Maryland Eastern Shore[19] MEAC 18–14 11–5
Middle Tennessee[20] Conference USA 19–16 9–9
New Hampshire[21] America East 19–12 11–5
NJIT[22] D-I independent 18–11 —
Norfolk State[23] MEAC 20–13 12–4
Northern Arizona[24] Big Sky 19–14 13–5
Northwestern State[25] Southland 19–12 13–5
Oakland[26] Horizon 16–16 11–5
Portland[27][28] West Coast 17–15 7–11
Sacramento State[29] Big Sky 20–11 13–5
Saint Francis (PA)[30] Northeast 16–15 9–9
Sam Houston State[31] Southland 25–8 15–3
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi[32] Southland 19–13 13–5
UNC Wilmington[31] CAA 18–13 12–6
USC Upstate[33] Atlantic Sun 23–11 8–6
UT Martin[34] Ohio Valley 18–12 10–6
Western Michigan[3] Mid-American 20–12 10–8
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Format

As in the previous year, the CIT used the former model which was traditionally used by the NIT in which teams are re-seeded and match-ups are determined based on the results of the previous round. All games were played on campus sites.[1]

Schedule

More information Date, Time* ...
Date Time* Matchup Recap Boxscore Television
First round
March 16 7:00 pm New Hampshire 77 at NJIT 84 [35] [36]
March 17 7:00 pm Eastern Illinois 97 at Oakland 91 [37] [38] Comcast 900
7:00 pm James Madison 72 at USC Upstate 73 [39] [40] ESPN3
7:00 pm Bowling Green 67 at Saint Francis (PA) 64 [41] [42]
7:00 pm Norfolk State 75 at Eastern Kentucky 81 [43] [44]
8:00 pm UL-Lafayette 83 at Incarnate Word 68 [45] [46]
March 18 7:00 pm UMES 64 at High Point 70 [47] [48]
7:00 pm Dartmouth 72 at Canisius 87 [49] [50]
7:00 pm Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 75 at FGCU 69 [51] [52] ESPN3
7:00 pm Cleveland State 86 at Western Michigan 57 [53] [54]
7:00 pm Kent State 68 at Middle Tennessee 56 [55] [56]
7:05 pm IPFW 77 at Evansville 82 [57] [58]
7:30 pm UNC Wilmington 71 at Sam Houston State 87 [59] [60]
8:00 pm Northern Arizona 75 at Grand Canyon 70 [61] [62] Cox 7
10:00 pm Sacramento State 73 at Portland 66 [63] [64]
March 19 7:30 pm UT Martin 104 at Northwestern State 79 [65] [66]
Second round
March 20 7:00 pm High Point 65 at Eastern Kentucky 66 [67] [68]
March 21 1:00 pm Canisius 82 at Bowling Green 59 [69] [70] BCSN
3:00 pm UL Lafayette 71 at Sam Houston State 70 [71] [72]
5:00 pm UT Martin 60 at USC Upstate 49 [73] [74] ESPN3
10:00 pm Northern Arizona 78 at Sacramento State 73 [75] [76]
March 23 7:00 pm Cleveland State 77 at NJIT 80 [77] [78]
8:00 pm Evansville 83 at Eastern Illinois 68 [79] [80]
8:00 pm Kent State 69 at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 65 [81] [82]
Quarterfinals
March 25 7:00 pm UT Martin 70 at Eastern Kentucky 69 [83] [84]
March 26 7:30 pm Evansville 89 at UL Lafayette 82 [85] [86]
March 27 10:00 pm Kent State 73 at Northern Arizona 74 OT [87] [88] FCS Atlantic
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STO
March 28 7:30 pm Canisius 73 at NJIT 78 [89] [90]
Semifinals
March 31 7:00 pm UT Martin 66 at Evansville 79 [91] [92] CBSSN
9:00 pm NJIT 61 at Northern Arizona 68 [93] [94] CBSSN
Championship
April 2 7:00 pm Northern Arizona 65 at Evansville 71 [95] [96] CBSSN
* All game times in Eastern Daylight Time. Winning team in bold.
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Bracket

Bracket is for visual purposes only. The CIT does not have a set bracket.

First round
March 16–19 		Second round
March 20–23 		Quarterfinals
March 25–28 		Semifinals
March 31 		Championship
April 2
               
Dartmouth 72
Canisius 87
Canisius 82
Bowling Green 59
Bowling Green 67
Saint Francis (PA) 64
Canisius 73
NJIT 78
Cleveland State 86
Western Michigan 57
Cleveland State 77
NJIT 80
New Hampshire 77
NJIT 84
NJIT 61
Northern Arizona 68
Kent State 68
Middle Tennessee 56
Kent State 69
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 65
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 75
Florida Gulf Coast 69
Kent State 73
Northern Arizona 74*
Northern Arizona 75
Grand Canyon 70
Northern Arizona 78
Sacramento State 73
Sacramento State 73
Portland 66
Northern Arizona 65
Evansville 71
UT Martin 104
Northwestern State 79
UT Martin 60
USC Upstate 49
James Madison 72
USC Upstate 73
UT Martin 70
Eastern Kentucky 69
Maryland Eastern Shore 64
High Point 70
High Point 65
Eastern Kentucky 66
Norfolk State 75
Eastern Kentucky 81
UT Martin 66
Evansville 79
IPFW 77
Evansville 82
Evansville 83
Eastern Illinois 68
Eastern Illinois 97
Oakland 91
Evansville 89
Louisiana–Lafayette 82
Louisiana–Lafayette 83
Incarnate Word 68
Louisiana–Lafayette 71
Sam Houston State 70
UNC Wilmington 71
Sam Houston State 87

Home teams listed second.
* Denotes overtime period.

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