CBI/CIT bids

[Bravesfan]

Not much news on the CBI yet besides Creighton. But the CIT which has been contacting teams for over a week now is already set with their entire lineup, which includes home games for Northern Iowa and Valparaiso:


THE 2011 CIT SCHEDULE
All times EST

FIRST ROUND
March 14-16

MONDAY
Buffalo (18-13) @ Quinnipiac (22-9) 7:00 pm

TUESDAY
Ohio (18-15) @ Marshall (22-11) 7:00 pm
Furman (22-10) @ East Tennessee State (22-11) 7:00 pm
Jacksonville (19-11) @ East Carolina (18-15) 8:00 pm
Rider (23-10) @ Northern Iowa (19-13) 8:00 pm
North Dakota (19-14) @ Air Force (15-15) 9:00 pm
Northern Arizona (19-12) @ Santa Clara (19-14) 10:00 pm
Portland (20-11) @ Hawaii (18-12) 12:00 am (midnight)

WEDNESDAY
Tennessee Tech (20-12) @ Western Michigan (20-12) 7:00 pm
Iona (22-11) @ Valparaiso (23-11) 8:00 pm
Oral Roberts (19-15) @ SMU (17-14) 8:00 pm
Idaho (18-13) @ San Francisco (17-14) 10:00 pm


SECOND ROUND
March 18-19


QUARTERFINALS
March 21-22


SEMIFINALS
March 25


2011 CIT CHAMPIONSHIP
March 30



Looks like a nice lineup of solid low to mid-majors playing in what should be another very competitive tournament.

Will post the CBI lineup if it comes out within the next hour or so.

[MacabreMob]

CBI

March 15 -
James Madison at Davidson
San Jose State at Creighton
Austin Peay at Boise State
Hofstra at Evansville

March 16 -
Duquesne at Montana
Weber State at Oregon
Miami (Ohio) at Rhode Island
St. Bonaventure at UCF

Full Bracket:

http://www.gazellegroup.com/events/cbi/cbi11_bracket.pdf

[lake Camelot]

Not that I would count anything they say on The Score 670 as important, but I heard comments this morning about the CBI College Insider etc.

It is a problem Bradley was beginning to be identified with.

On the sports news portion they were talking NIT and someone asked is there a third tournament this year? The news guy had to say "the CBI ir whatever? The tournament for Bradley"

The other guy, I think it was Dan Mcneil said he had never heard of it before. I know it isn't an important tourney, but you would think a sportscaster may have an idea what it is.

Anyway, I don't like the perception of the tournament for Bradley.I suppose it would have been better than the alternative we went through.

[Bravesfan]

Not that I would count anything they say on The Score 670 as important, but I heard comments this morning about the CBI College Insider etc.

It is a problem Bradley was beginning to be identified with.

On the sports news portion they were talking NIT and someone asked is there a third tournament this year? The news guy had to say "the CBI ir whatever? The tournament for Bradley"

The other guy, I think it was Dan Mcneil said he had never heard of it before. I know it isn't an important tourney, but you would think a sportscaster may have an idea what it is.

Anyway, I don't like the perception of the tournament for Bradley.I suppose it would have been better than the alternative we went through.

Matt Spiegel is McNeil's sidekick, so he probably was familiar enough with Bradley's participation in it that he knew which tournament it was. Heck, he could even be a Bradley grad for all I know, but yeah, when we haven't had great teams the last few years, that's the tournaments we get. And again, those were fun to watch and like you said LC, would be better than just sitting at home like we are now.

And yes, the news person should know these tourneys a little better, but when they are rarely reported on unless a local team is participating in one, not many really pay attention to them outside of the fans of the teams participating in them. Heck, the Score and ESPN 1000 don't even give the Bradley scores all the time, so why should this be surprising?!