2019 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament

2019 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament
Season2018–19
Teams26
Finals siteCam Henderson Center
Huntington, West Virginia
ChampionsMarshall (1st title)
Runner-upGreen Bay (1st title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coachDan D'Antoni (1st title)
MVPC.J. Burks (Marshall)
Attendance60,058
CIT tournaments
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The 2019 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) was a postseason single-elimination tournament of NCAA Division I basketball teams. The tournament began on March 18, 2019, and concluded on April 4, 2019.

This was the last CIT contested before the tournament went on a four-year hiatus. The 2020 and 2021 editions were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2022, the CIT was replaced by The Basketball Classic. The Basketball Classic was not contested in 2023, and the CIT was revived in 2024.

Participating teams

The following teams received an invitation to the 2019 CIT:
Note: Team records are before playing in the tournament

Team Conference Overall record Conference record
Cal State Bakersfield WAC 16–15 7–9
Cal State Fullerton Big West 16–17 10–6
Charleston Southern Big South 17–15 9–7
Cornell Ivy League 15–15 7–7
Drake Missouri Valley 24–9 12–6
East Tennessee State Southern 24–9 13–5
Florida Atlantic C-USA 17–15 8–10
FIU C-USA 19–13 10–8
Grambling State[1] SWAC 17–16 10–8
Green Bay Horizon 17–16 10–8
Hampton Big South 16–17 9–7
IUPUI Horizon 16–16 8–10
Kent State MAC 22–10 11–7
Louisiana–Monroe Sun Belt 18–15 9–9
Marshall C-USA 19–14 11–7
New Orleans[2] Southland 19–13 12–6
NJIT Atlantic Sun 21–12 8–8
Presbyterian Big South 18–15 9–7
Quinnipiac MAAC 16–14 11–7
Robert Morris Northeast 17–16 11–7
Seattle WAC 18–14 6–10
Southern Utah Big Sky 16–16 9–11
St. Francis Brooklyn Northeast 17–15 9–9
UTRGV[3] WAC 19–16 9–7
Texas Southern SWAC 21–13 14–4
Texas State Sun Belt 24–9 12–6

Seeds

The top three seeds remaining after the first round received byes to the quarterfinals. Marshall received the number 1 seed.[4] Louisiana-Monroe and NJIT also received byes to the quarterfinals after winning their first round matchup.

Declined invitations

The following programs declined an invitation to play in the CIT.

Schedule

Note: Top 3 seeds will get a bye after first round

Date Time* Matchup Score Attendance Television
First round
March 18 7:00 pm Quinnipiac at NJIT 81–92 777 CBS Sports Live
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March 19 7:00 pm Cornell at Robert Morris 89–98OT 622
7:00 pm IUPUI at Marshall
(Jim Phelan Classic) 		73–78 3,725
March 20 7:00 pm Green Bay at East Tennessee State
(Hugh Durham Classic) 		102–94 2,817
8:00 pm Texas Southern at New Orleans 95–89OT 612
8:00 pm Grambling State at UTRGV 73–74 2,071
10:00 pm Presbyterian at Seattle 73–68 472
March 21 7:00 pm St. Francis Brooklyn at Hampton
(Coach John McLendon Classic) 		72–81 3,124
7:00 pm Florida Atlantic at Charleston Southern 66–68 696
8:00 pm Kent State at Louisiana–Monroe
(Lou Henson Classic) 		77–87 5,742
10:00 pm Cal State Bakersfield at Cal State Fullerton
(Riley Wallace Classic) 		66–58 677
March 22 8:30 pm Drake at Southern Utah 73–80OT 2,714
March 23 7:00 pm FIU at Texas State 87–81 1,237
Second round
March 24 1:00 pm Presbyterian at Robert Morris[12] 77–70 541 CBS Sports Live
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March 25 8:00 pm Texas Southern at UTRGV[13] 94–85 2,216
8:30 pm Cal State Bakersfield at Southern Utah 70–67 3,027
March 26 7:00 pm Charleston Southern at Hampton 67–73 3,523
8:00 pm FIU at Green Bay 68–98 1,341
Quarterfinals
March 26 7:00 pm Presbyterian at Marshall 66–83 3,383 CBS Sports Live
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March 28 7:00 pm Hampton at NJIT 82–70 776
8:00 pm Texas Southern at Louisiana–Monroe 108–1023OT 6,004
March 29 7:00 pm Cal State Bakersfield at Green Bay 65–80 1,822
Semifinals
April 2 7:00 pm Hampton at Marshall 78–80 4,122 CBS Sports Live
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9:00 pm Texas Southern at Green Bay 86–87OT 2,269
Championship
April 4 7:00 pm Green Bay at Marshall 70–90 5,748 CBS Sports Live
*All times are listed as Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4). Winning team in bold.

Bracket

Bracket is for visual purposes only. The CIT does not use a set bracket.

First round
March 18–23 		Second round
March 24–26 		Quarterfinals
March 26–29 		Semifinals
April 2 		Championship
April 4
Texas Southern 95*
New Orleans 89 Texas Southern 94
Grambling State 73 UTRGV 85
UTRGV 74 Texas Southern 108***
Kent State 77 Louisiana–Monroe 102
Louisiana–Monroe 87 Louisiana–Monroe
(bye)
Texas Southern 86
Cal State Bakersfield 66 Green Bay 87*
Cal State Fullerton 58 Cal State Bakersfield 70
Drake 73 Southern Utah 67
Southern Utah 80* Cal State Bakersfield 65
FIU 87 Green Bay 80
Texas State 81 FIU 68
Green Bay 102 Green Bay 98
East Tennessee State 94 Green Bay 70
Florida Atlantic 66 Marshall 90
Charleston Southern 68 Charleston Southern 67
St. Francis (NY) 72 Hampton 73
Hampton 81 Hampton 82
Quinnipiac 81 NJIT 70
NJIT 92 NJIT
(bye)
Hampton 78
Presbyterian 73 Marshall 80
Seattle 68 Presbyterian 77
Cornell 89 Robert Morris 70
Robert Morris 98* Presbyterian 66
IUPUI 73 Marshall 83
Marshall 78 Marshall
(bye)

Home teams listed second.
* Denotes overtime period.

References

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  3. ^ "Message from our Head Coach: College Insider Tournament (CIT) @collegeinsider". UTRGV Athletics. Twitter. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
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  13. ^ "Tigers open CIT with 95-89 overtime win at New Orleans". TSU Sports. March 20, 2019.