2015 College Basketball Invitational
{{Short description|College basketball tournament}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college basketball tournament
| Type = CBI
| Year = 2015
| Season =
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| ImageSize = 150px
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| Teams = 16
| FinalFourArena = Joseph J. Gentile Arena
Fant–Ewing Coliseum
| FinalFourCity = Chicago, Illinois
Monroe, Louisiana
| Champions = Loyola-Chicago Ramblers
| TitleCount = 1st
| RunnerUp = Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks
| GameCount = 1st
| Semifinal1 = Seattle Redhawks
| SemifinalCount = 1st
| Semifinal2 = Vermont Catamounts
| SemifinalCount2 = 1st
| Coach = Porter Moser
| CoachCount = 1st
| MOP = Earl Peterson
| MOPTeam = Loyola-Chicago
| Attendance = 30,963
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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,{{cite web |url=http://www.gazellegroup.com/pdf/cbi15.pdf |website=Gazellegroup.com |title=2015 CBI Tournament |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150404010525/http://www.gazellegroup.com/pdf/cbi15.pdf |archive-date=2015-04-04 |df=mdy-all}} 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.
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
!Team !Conference !Overall record !Conference record |
| align=left|Colorado
| align=left|Pac-12 | 15–17 | 7–11 |
| align=left|Delaware State
| align=left|MEAC | 18–17 | 9–7 |
| align=left|Eastern Michigan
| align=left|MAC | 21–13 | 8–10 |
| align=left|Gardner–Webb
| align=left|Big South | 20–14 | 10–8 |
| align=left|Hofstra
| align=left|CAA | 20–13 | 10–8 |
| align=left|Louisiana–Monroe
| align=left|Sun Belt | 21–12 | 15–7 |
| align=left|Loyola-Chicago
| align=left|MVC | 19–13 | 8–10 |
| align=left|Mercer
| align=left|SoCon | 18–15 | 12–6 |
| align=left|Oral Roberts
| align=left|Summit | 18–14 | 10–6 |
| align=left|Pepperdine
| align=left|WCC | 18–13 | 10–8 |
| align=left|Radford
| align=left|Big South | 21–11 | 12–6 |
| align=left|Rider
| align=left|MAAC | 21–11 | 15–5 |
| align=left|Seattle
| align=left|WAC | 16–15 | 7–7 |
| align=left|Stony Brook
| align=left|America East | 23–11 | 12–4 |
| align=left|UC Santa Barbara
| align=left|Big West | 19–13 | 11–5 |
| align=left|Vermont
| align=left|America East | 18–13 | 12–4 |
= Declined invitations =
The following programs declined to participate in the 2015 CBI:{{cite web|last1=Felts|first1=Andrew|title=Declining CBI Bid was the Right Decision for TCU|url=https://www.frogsowar.com/2015/3/17/8235383/declining-cbi-bid-was-the-right-decision-for-tcu|publisher=SB Nation|accessdate=March 12, 2018|date=March 17, 2015}}
{{Div col|colwidth=30em}}
- California
- Florida
- Florida State
- Indiana
- Kansas State
- Memphis
- Minnesota
- Northwestern
- Oregon State
- Penn State
- Pittsburgh
- South Carolina
- TCU
- Tennessee
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Schedule
Source:[http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/scoreboard/cbi CBS Sports CBI Scores]
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center"
! Date ! Time* ! Matchup ! Television ! Score ! Attendance |
| colspan=6 | First round |
|---|
| March 17
| 8:00 pm | Rider at Loyola–Chicago | ESPN3 | 59–62 | 1,105 |
| rowspan=7 align=left| 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 |
| colspan=6 | Quarterfinals |
| rowspan=4 align=left| 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 |
| colspan=6 | Semifinals |
| rowspan=2 align=left| 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 |
| colspan=6 | 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 |
| colspan=6 | All game times in Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Winning team in bold. |
Bracket
{{16TeamBracket|RD2-RD3-path=0|seeds=y|legs=1/1/1/3
| RD1=First round
March 17–18
| RD2=Quarterfinals
March 23
| RD3=Semifinals
(Reseeded)
March 25
| RD4=Finals
(Best of three)
March 30, April 1
| RD1-seed01 =
| RD1-team01=UC Santa Barbara
| RD1-score01=87
| RD1-seed02 =
| RD1-team02=Oral Roberts
| RD1-score02=91
| RD1-seed03 =
| RD1-team03=Rider
| RD1-score03=59
| RD1-seed04 =
| RD1-team04=Loyola-Chicago
| RD1-score04=62
| RD1-seed05 =
| RD1-team05=Gardner–Webb
| RD1-score05=78
| RD1-seed06 =
| RD1-team06=Colorado
| RD1-score06=87
| RD1-seed07 =
| RD1-team07=Pepperdine
| RD1-score07=45
| RD1-seed08 =
| RD1-team08=Seattle
| RD1-score08=62
| RD1-seed09 =
| RD1-team09=Eastern Michigan
| RD1-score09=67
| RD1-seed10 =
| RD1-team10=Louisiana–Monroe
| RD1-score10=71
| RD1-seed11 =
| RD1-team11=Stony Brook
| RD1-score11=70
| RD1-seed12 =
| RD1-team12=Mercer
| RD1-score12=72
| RD1-seed13 =
| RD1-team13=Radford
| RD1-score13=78
| RD1-seed14 =
| RD1-team14=Delaware State
| RD1-score14= 57
| RD1-seed15 =
| RD1-team15=Vermont
| RD1-score15=85
| RD1-seed16 =
| RD1-team16=Hofstra
| RD1-score16= 81
| RD2-team01=Oral Roberts
| RD2-score01=78
| RD2-team02=Loyola-Chicago
| RD2-score02=86
| RD2-team03=Colorado
| RD2-score03=65
| RD2-team04=Seattle
| RD2-score04=72
| RD2-team05=Louisiana–Monroe
| RD2-score05=71
| RD2-team06=Mercer
| RD2-score06=69
| RD2-team07=Radford
| RD2-score07=71
| RD2-team08=Vermont
| RD2-score08=78
| RD3-team01=Seattle
| RD3-score01=48
| RD3-team02=Loyola-Chicago
| RD3-score02=63
| RD3-team03=Vermont
| RD3-score03=65
| RD3-team04=Louisiana–Monroe
| RD3-score04=71
| RD4-team01=Loyola-Chicago
| RD4-score01-1=65
| RD4-score01-2=63
| RD4-score01-3=–
| RD4-team02=Louisiana–Monroe
| RD4-score02-1=58
| RD4-score02-2=62
| RD4-score02-3=–
}}
Home teams listed second.
References
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