| Teams | 16 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finals site | Chaifetz Arena Stuart C. Siegel Center Saint Louis, Missouri Richmond, Virginia | ||||
| Champions | VCU Rams (1st title) | ||||
| Runner-up | Saint Louis Billikens (1st title game) | ||||
| Semifinalists |
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| Winning coach | Shaka Smart (1st title) | ||||
| MVP | Joey Rodriguez (VCU) | ||||
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The 2010 College Basketball Invitational (CBI) is a single-elimination tournament of 16 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams that did not participate in the 2010 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament or the 2010 National Invitation Tournament. The opening round began Tuesday, March 16. A best-of-three championship series between the two teams in the final was held on March 29, March 31, and April 2. The tournament was won by VCU.[1]
| School | Conference | Overall record |
Conference record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana State | Missouri Valley | 17–14 | 9–9 |
| Green Bay | Horizon | 21–12 | 11–7 |
| VCU | CAA | 22–9 | 11–7 |
| Charleston | Southern | 21–11 | 14–4 |
| Boston University | America East | 19–13 | 11–5 |
| Colorado State | Mountain West | 16–15 | 7–9 |
| IUPUI | The Summit League | 24–10 | 15–3 |
| Duquesne | Atlantic 10 | 16–15 | 7–9 |
| School | Conference | Overall record |
Conference record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Louis | Atlantic 10 | 20–11 | 11–5 |
| Akron | MAC | 24–10 | 12–4 |
| George Washington | Atlantic 10 | 16–14 | 6–10 |
| Eastern Kentucky | Ohio Valley | 20–12 | 11–7 |
| Oregon State | Pac-10 | 14–17 | 8–10 |
| Morehead State | Ohio Valley | 23–10 | 15–3 |
| Hofstra | CAA | 19–14 | 10–8 |
| Princeton | Ivy League | 20–8 | 11–3 |
| First round March 16–17 | Quarterfinals March 22 | Semifinals (Reseeded) March 24 | Finals (Best of three) March 29, 31, April 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Saint Louis | 63 | ||||||||||||||||
| Indiana State | 54 | ||||||||||||||||
| Saint Louis | 68** | ||||||||||||||||
| Green Bay | 62 | ||||||||||||||||
| Akron | 67 | ||||||||||||||||
| Green Bay | 70 | ||||||||||||||||
| Saint Louis | 69 | ||||||||||||||||
| Princeton | 59 | ||||||||||||||||
| George Washington | 73 | ||||||||||||||||
| VCU | 79 | ||||||||||||||||
| VCU | 93 | ||||||||||||||||
| College of Charleston | 86 | ||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Kentucky | 79 | ||||||||||||||||
| College of Charleston | 82 | ||||||||||||||||
| Saint Louis | 56 | 65 | – | ||||||||||||||
| VCU | 68 | 71 | – | ||||||||||||||
| Oregon State | 78 | ||||||||||||||||
| Boston University | 96 | ||||||||||||||||
| Boston University | 91* | ||||||||||||||||
| Morehead State | 89 | ||||||||||||||||
| Morehead State | 74 | ||||||||||||||||
| Colorado State | 60 | ||||||||||||||||
| Boston University | 75 | ||||||||||||||||
| VCU | 88 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hofstra | 60 | ||||||||||||||||
| IUPUI | 74 | ||||||||||||||||
| IUPUI | 68 | ||||||||||||||||
| Princeton | 74** | ||||||||||||||||
| Princeton | 65 | ||||||||||||||||
| Duquesne | 51 | ||||||||||||||||
* Denotes overtime period.