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MVC in the College Basketball Invitational
College Basketball Invitational

The College Basketball Invitational consists of 16 teams.
Bracketing is done geographically (East, West, South,
Midwest), and teams are re-seeded for the semifinals. The
event is single-elimination, until the Championship Series.
The Championship Series is a best of three series (homeaway-home) involving the two remaining teams.

2008 (1) - Bradley represented the Valley in the inaugural
CBI and advanced to the Championship Series. The top seed in the Midwest region, the
Braves beat Cincinnati, 70-67, and Ohio, 79-73,
in Peoria, before knocking off Virginia, 96-85,
in the semifinals. In the Championship Series,
former MVC member Tulsa took the 2-of-3 series
with wins in Tulsa (73-68 and 70-64) sandwiched
around a Bradley victory, 83-74, in Peoria. It
marked the first men’s basketball post-season
championship game appearance since Bradley
claimed the NIT title in 1982.

2014 College Basketball Invitational
FIRST ROUND

QUARTERFINALS

FIRST ROUND

March 18 or 19

March 24

March 24

March 18 or 19

March 18 or 19

March 24

March 24

March 18 or 19

QUARTERFINALS

Tournament is re-bracketed after the Quarterfinal Round

SEMIFINALS

April 2
April 4*
*if necessary

2009 (1) - Wichita State played in its first post-season
tournament since reaching the Sweet 16 of the
NCAAs in 2006. The Shockers split a pair of
games, downing Buffalo, 84-73, before falling to
Stanford in the quarterfinals, 70-56. Both games
were played at Charles Koch Arena.
2010 (1) - Indiana State reached post-season play for the
first time since the 2001 season as the Sycamores faced Saint Louis in a first-round CBI
contest in St. Louis. The Billikens won, 63-54.

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2011 (2) - Creighton and Evansville represented the league
in the CBI. The Aces beat Hofstra, 77-70, and
then lost a second-round game at Boise State,
75-69. Creighton advanced to the championship
round where they fell in a best-of-three series to
Oregon (2 games to 1). The Bluejays recorded
wins against San Jose State (85-74), Davidson
(102-92); Central Florida (82-64) and Oregon
(84-76), before losing the final two games in
Eugene, to the Ducks (71-58 and 71-69).
2012 (1) - Evansville repr