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2011 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament
Teams24
Finals siteHynes Athletic Center
New Rochelle, New York
ChampionsSanta Clara (1st title)
Runner-upIona (1st title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coachKerry Keating (1st title)
MVPKevin Foster (Santa Clara)
CIT tournaments
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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.

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.

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.

References

  1. ^ "The 2009 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament". www.collegeinsider.com. Retrieved January 26, 2009.
  2. ^ AFA reaches agreement to host CollegeInsider.com tourney game Archived 2012-08-25 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on March 10, 2011
  3. ^ UB Accepts Postseason invite. Retrieved on March 12, 2011
  4. ^ ECU Men Headed to CIT. Retrieved on March 13, 2011
  5. ^ ETSU Buccaneers Invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament: Will They RSVP? Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on March 13, 2011
  6. ^ "Furman Basketball Accepts Bid To CollegeInsider.com Tournament". March 10, 2011. Retrieved March 10, 2011.
  7. ^ UH will host Portland in CIT. Retrieved on March 10, 2011
  8. ^ Idaho Vandals knocked out of WAC Tournament, invited to play in CollegeInsiders.com Tournament. Retrieved on March 10, 2011
  9. ^ JU travels to face East Carolina in the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament Archived 2011-07-13 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on March 13, 2011
  10. ^ West Conference Tournament champions!. Retrieved on March 13, 2011
  11. ^ Men's Basketball Accepts CIT Berth, Plays at Santa Clara Tuesday Night Archived 2011-07-14 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on March 12, 2011
  12. ^ Logue, Andrew (March 7, 2011). "UNI men to CIT, coach will pay for student tickets". Retrieved March 7, 2011.
  13. ^ ORU Accepts invite to CollegeInsider Tournament. Retrieved on March 10, 2011
  14. ^ Portland Pilots to play at Hawaii in CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament. Retrieved on March 10, 2011
  15. ^ Quinnipiac men to host CIT game Monday[permanent dead link]. Retrieved on March 10, 2011
  16. ^ Broncs in CIT Archived 2011-07-11 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on March 12, 2011
  17. ^ USF Men's Basketball Accepts Bid to CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on March 8, 2011
  18. ^ College basketball: Santa Clara to host postseason game. Retrieved on March 8, 2011
  19. ^ "March Madness Is Back In Moody". SMUMustangs.com. Southern Methodist University. March 11, 2011. Retrieved August 2, 2017.
  20. ^ TTU MEN'S BASKETBALL: Season continues for Golden Eagles. Retrieved on Retrieved on March 13, 2011
  21. ^ Valpo Accepts Bid to CollegeInsider.com Tournament; Will Host Iona Wednesday. Retrieved on Retrieved on March 13, 2011
  22. ^ Western Michigan men's basketball team accepts CIT bid, will host first-round game Wednesday night. Retrieved on Retrieved on March 13, 2011
  23. ^ "CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament: The 2011 CIT". www.collegeinsider.com.
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