2011 College Basketball Invitational

The 2011 College Basketball Invitational (CBI) was a single-elimination tournament of 16 NCAA Division I teams that did not participate in the 2011 NCAA Tournament nor the 2011 National Invitation Tournament. The opening round began Tuesday, March 15. A best-of-three championship series between the two teams in the final was held on March 28, March 30, and April 1.

The tournament was won by Oregon who defeated Creighton in the finals after losing game one but winning the next two games at home to claim the title. This was the second time that the tournament was won by a team from the Pacific-10 Conference who entered the tournament with a losing record (Oregon State, 2009).

Coach Dana Altman, who was in his first year at Oregon, coached at Creighton the year before.

Participants

School	Conference	Overall record	Conference record
Austin Peay	Ohio Valley	20–13	13–5
Boise State	WAC	20–12	10–6
Creighton	Missouri Valley	19–14	10–8
Davidson	Southern	17–14	10–8
Duquesne	Atlantic 10	18–12	10–6
Evansville	Missouri Valley	15–15	9–9
Hofstra	CAA	21–11	14–4
James Madison	CAA	21–11	10–8
Miami (OH)	MAC	16–16	11–6
Montana	Big Sky	21–10	12–4
Oregon	Pac-10	16–17	7–11
Rhode Island	Atlantic 10	19–13	9–7
San Jose State	WAC	17–15	5–11
St. Bonaventure	Atlantic 10	16–14	8–8
UCF	Conference USA	19–11	6–10
Weber State	Big Sky	18–13	11–5

Bracket

First round March 15–16			Quarterfinals March 21			Semifinals (Reseeded) March 23	Finals (Best of three) March 28, 30, April 1

James Madison	65

Davidson	85
	Davidson	92

		Creighton	102
San Jose State	74

Creighton	85
	Boise State	71

		Oregon	79
Duquesne	87

Montana	76
	Duquesne	75

		Oregon	77
Weber State	59

Oregon	68
	Oregon	76	71	71

		Creighton	84	58	69
Hofstra	70

Evansville	77
	Evansville	69

		Boise State	75
Austin Peay	80

Boise State	83
	UCF	64

		Creighton	82
Miami (Ohio)	59

Rhode Island	76
	Rhode Island	54

		UCF	66
St. Bonaventure	54

UCF	69

During the finals, Oregon hosted games 2 and 3.