2015 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament


The 2015 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament was a postseason single-elimination tournament of 32 NCAA Division I basketball teams. The first round started on March 16, 2015. The semifinals were played on March 31, and the championship game was on April 2, 2015. The Evansville Purple Aces beat the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks for their first CIT championship.
Thirty-two participants who belonged to "mid-major" conferences, or were independent, and were not invited to the 2015 NCAA Tournament, National Invitation Tournament, or College Basketball Invitational made up the field.
At the request of the NCAA Men's Basketball Rules Committee, the CIT experimented with a 30-second shot clock during the 2015 tournament.

Participating teams

The following teams received an invitation to the 2015 CIT:
SchoolConferenceOverall
record		Conference
record
Bowling GreenMid-American20–1111–7
CanisiusMAAC16–1411–9
Cleveland StateHorizon18–1411–5
DartmouthIvy League14–147–7
Eastern IllinoisOhio Valley17–149–7
Eastern KentuckyOhio Valley19–1111–5
EvansvilleMissouri Valley19–129–9
Florida Gulf CoastAtlantic Sun22–1012–3
Grand CanyonWAC17–148–6
High PointBig South22–913–5
Incarnate WordSouthland18–1010–8
IPFWSummit16–149–7
James MadisonCAA19–1312–6
Kent StateMid-American21–1112–6
Louisiana–LafayetteSun Belt20–1313–7
Maryland Eastern ShoreMEAC18–1411–5
Middle TennesseeConference USA19–169–9
New HampshireAmerica East19–1211–5
NJITD-I independent18–11—
Norfolk StateMEAC20–1312–4
Northern ArizonaBig Sky19–1413–5
Northwestern StateSouthland19–1213–5
OaklandHorizon16–1611–5
PortlandWest Coast17–157–11
Sacramento StateBig Sky20–1113–5
Saint Francis Northeast16–159–9
Sam Houston StateSouthland25–815–3
Texas A&M–Corpus ChristiSouthland19–1313–5
UNC WilmingtonCAA18–1312–6
USC UpstateAtlantic Sun23–118–6
UT MartinOhio Valley18–1210–6
Western MichiganMid-American20–1210–8

Format

As in the previous year, the CIT used the former model which was traditionally used by the NIT in which teams are re-seeded and match-ups are determined based on the results of the previous round. All games were played on campus sites.

Schedule

Bracket

Bracket is for visual purposes only. The CIT does not have a set bracket.
Home teams listed second.
* Denotes overtime period.