2015 College Basketball Invitational
Teams16
Finals siteJoseph J. Gentile Arena
Fant–Ewing Coliseum
Chicago, Illinois
Monroe, Louisiana
ChampionsLoyola-Chicago Ramblers (1st title)
Runner-upLouisiana–Monroe Warhawks (1st title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coachPorter Moser (1st title)
MVPEarl Peterson (Loyola-Chicago)
Attendance30,963
College Basketball Invitationals
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The 2015 College Basketball Invitational (CBI) was a single-elimination tournament of 16 NCAA Division I teams that did not participate in the NCAA tournament or the NIT. The opening games and the quarterfinals were held in mid-March on the home courts of participating teams. After the quarterfinals, the bracket were reseeded. A best-of-three championship series between the two finalist teams was held,[1] with Loyola-Chicago winning the title with a two-game sweep. One change from this year's CBI Tournament was the use of a 30-second shot clock (instead of a 35-second clock).

Participants

The following teams were announced as participants Sunday, March 15 after the NCAA Selection Show.

Team Conference Overall record Conference record
Colorado Pac-12 15–17 7–11
Delaware State MEAC 18–17 9–7
Eastern Michigan MAC 21–13 8–10
Gardner–Webb Big South 20–14 10–8
Hofstra CAA 20–13 10–8
Louisiana–Monroe Sun Belt 21–12 15–7
Loyola-Chicago MVC 19–13 8–10
Mercer SoCon 18–15 12–6
Oral Roberts Summit 18–14 10–6
Pepperdine WCC 18–13 10–8
Radford Big South 21–11 12–6
Rider MAAC 21–11 15–5
Seattle WAC 16–15 7–7
Stony Brook America East 23–11 12–4
UC Santa Barbara Big West 19–13 11–5
Vermont America East 18–13 12–4

Declined invitations

The following programs declined to participate in the 2015 CBI:[2]

Schedule

Source:[3]

Date Time* Matchup Television Score Attendance
First round
March 17 8:00 pm Rider at Loyola–Chicago ESPN3 59–62 1,105
March 18 7:00 pm Vermont at Hofstra 85–81 958
7:00 pm Stony Brook at Mercer ESPN3 70–72 2,432
8:00 pm Radford at Delaware State 78–57 1,038
8:00 pm Eastern Michigan at Louisiana–Monroe 67–71 3,003
8:00 pm UC Santa Barbara at Oral Roberts 87–91 1,687
9:00 pm Gardner–Webb at Colorado P12 Digital 78–87 1,280
10:00 pm Pepperdine at Seattle WAC Digital 45–62 999
Quarterfinals
March 23 7:00 pm Louisiana–Monroe at Mercer ESPN3 71–69 2,677
7:00 pm Radford at Vermont NSN 71–78 2,252
8:00 pm Oral Roberts at Loyola-Chicago ESPN3 78–86 1,225
10:00 pm Colorado at Seattle WAC Digital 72–65 999
Semifinals
March 25 8:00 pm Vermont at Louisiana–Monroe 65–71 3,368
8:00 pm Seattle at Loyola-Chicago ESPN3 48–63 1,265
Finals
March 30 8:00 pm Louisiana–Monroe at Loyola-Chicago CBSSN 58–65 2,215
April 1 8:00 pm Loyola-Chicago at Louisiana–Monroe CBSSN 63–62 4,460
All game times in Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Winning team in bold.

Bracket

First round
March 17–18 		Quarterfinals
March 23 		Semifinals
(Reseeded)
March 25 		Finals
(Best of three)
March 30, April 1
              
UC Santa Barbara 87
Oral Roberts 91
Oral Roberts 78
Loyola-Chicago 86
Rider 59
Loyola-Chicago 62
Seattle 48
Loyola-Chicago 63
Gardner–Webb 78
Colorado 87
Colorado 65
Seattle 72
Pepperdine 45
Seattle 62
Loyola-Chicago 65 63 –
Louisiana–Monroe 58 62 –
Eastern Michigan 67
Louisiana–Monroe 71
Louisiana–Monroe 71
Mercer 69
Stony Brook 70
Mercer 72
Vermont 65
Louisiana–Monroe 71
Radford 78
Delaware State 57
Radford 71
Vermont 78
Vermont 85
Hofstra 81

Home teams listed second.

References

  1. ^ "2015 CBI Tournament" (PDF). Gazellegroup.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 4, 2015.
  2. ^ Felts, Andrew (March 17, 2015). "Declining CBI Bid was the Right Decision for TCU". SB Nation. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
  3. ^ CBS Sports CBI Scores
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