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2017 College Basketball Invitational
Teams	16
Finals site	HTC Center; Arena-Auditorium; Conway, South Carolina; Laramie, Wyoming
Champions	Wyoming Cowboys (1st title)
Runner-up	Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (1st title game)
Semifinalists	UIC Flames (1st semifinal); Utah Valley Wolverines (1st semifinal);
Winning coach	Allen Edwards (1st title)
MVP	Justin James (Wyoming)
Attendance	27,731 (3 games not reported)
College Basketball Invitationals
«2016	2018»

The 2017 College Basketball Invitational (CBI) was a single-elimination tournament of 16 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams that did not participate on the 2017 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament or the NIT. The opening games were held on March 15 and the quarterfinals were held on March 20 on campus sites. After the quarterfinals, the brackets were reseeded for the semi-finals which was held on March 22. A best of three championship series closed out the tournament on March 27, 29, and 31.

Participants

The following teams were announced as participants Sunday, March 12 after the NCAA Selection Show.^[1]

Team	Conference	Overall record	Conference record
Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	16–17	10–8
Eastern Washington	Big Sky	22–11	13–5
George Mason	Atlantic 10	20–13	9–9
George Washington	Atlantic 10	19–14	10–8
Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	18–14	11–7
Green Bay	Horizon	18–13	12–6
Hampton	MEAC	14–16	11–5
UIC	Horizon	15–18	7–11
Loyola (MD)	Patriot	15–16	8–10
Rice	C-USA	22–11	11–7
San Francisco	West Coast	20–12	10–8
Stony Brook	America East	18–13	12–4
Toledo	Mid-American	17–16	9–9
UMKC	WAC	17–16	8–6
Utah Valley	WAC	15–16	6–8
Wyoming	Mountain West	18–14	8–10

The following team declined an invitation to the 2017 CBI:

Source:^[3]

Date	Time*	Matchup	Television	Score	Attendance
First round
March 15	7:00 pm	Loyola (MD) at George Mason	A10 DN	73–58	1,400^[4]
	7:00 pm	Hampton at Coastal Carolina	Sinclair RSN's	67–83	937^[5]
	7:00 pm	Toledo at George Washington	A10 DN	69–73	1,016
	7:00 pm	Utah Valley at Georgia Southern		74–49	603
	8:00 pm	Green Bay at UMKC	Roo's All-Access	82–92	1,128
	8:00 pm	San Francisco at Rice	CUSA.TV	76–85	1,349
	9:00 pm	Eastern Washington at Wyoming	MW Net	81–91	1,803
March 16	8:00 pm	Stony Brook at UIC		69–71	1,197^[6]
Quarterfinals
March 20	7:00 pm	Loyola (MD) at Coastal Carolina	Sinclair RSN's	63–72	948^[7]
	8:00 pm	George Washington at UIC	ESPN3	71–80	1,048
	8:00 pm	Utah Valley at Rice	CUSA.TV	85–79	1,584
	9:00 pm	UMKC at Wyoming	MW Net	61–72	2,311
Semifinals
March 22	7:00 pm	UIC at Coastal Carolina	Sinclair RSN's	78–89	847^[8]
March 22	9:00 pm	Utah Valley at Wyoming	MW Net	68–74	2,577
Finals
March 27	8:30 pm	Wyoming at Coastal Carolina	ESPNU	81–91	1,583
March 29	8:30 pm	Coastal Carolina at Wyoming		57–81	3,811
March 31	7:00 pm	Coastal Carolina at Wyoming		59–83	6,321
All times are listed as Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4). Winning team in bold*.

Home teams listed first.