2011 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament

2011 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament
Teams	24
Finals site	Hynes Athletic Center; New Rochelle, New York
Champions	Santa Clara (1st title)
Runner-up	Iona (1st title game)
Semifinalists	SMU (1st semifinal); East Tennessee State (1st semifinal);
Winning coach	Kerry Keating (1st title)
MVP	Kevin Foster (Santa Clara)
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The 2011 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) was a postseason single-elimination tournament of 24 NCAA Division I teams. The CIT began with 12 first-round games. Four of the teams that won first-round games advanced to the quarterfinals, while the other eight teams played for the right to advance to the quarterfinals in the second round March 18–19. The announcement of the 2011 field was made on March 13, 2011.

Twenty-three of the participants were selected from teams that were not invited to the 2011 NCAA Tournament or the 2011 National Invitation Tournament.^[1] The winner of the 2011 Great West Conference men's basketball tournament, North Dakota, received an automatic bid to the CIT.

The tournament was won by Santa Clara who defeated Iona in the championship game 76–69. Santa Clara was not one of the four teams to receive a second-round bye thus becoming the first team to win five games to win the tournament championship.

Participating teams

The following teams received an invitation to the 2011 CIT:

School	Conference	Overall record	Conference record
Air Force^[2]	Mountain West	15–15	6–10
Buffalo^[3]	Mid-American	17–13	9–9
East Carolina^[4]	Conference USA	18–15	8–8
East Tennessee State^[5]	Atlantic Sun	22–11	16–4
Furman^[6]	Southern	20–9	12–6
Hawaii^[7]	WAC	18–12	8–8
Idaho^[8]	WAC	18–13	9–7
Iona	MAAC	22–11	13–5
Jacksonville^[9]	Atlantic Sun	19–11	13–7
Marshall	Conference USA	22–11	10–8
North Dakota^[10]	Great West	19–14	8–4
Northern Arizona^[11]	Big Sky	19–12	9–7
Northern Iowa^[12]	Missouri Valley	19–13	10–8
Ohio	Mid-American	18–15	10–8
Oral Roberts^[13]	Summit	19–15	13–5
Portland^[14]	West Coast	20–11	7–7
Quinnipiac^[15]	Northeast	22–9	13–5
Rider^[16]	Metro Atlantic Athletic	23–10	13–5
San Francisco^[17]	West Coast	17–14	11–4
Santa Clara^[18]	West Coast	19–14	8–6
SMU^[19]	Conference USA	17–14	8–8
Tennessee Tech^[20]	Ohio Valley	20–12	12–6
Valparaiso^[21]	Horizon	23–11	12–6
Western Michigan^[22]	Mid-American	20–11	11–5

Format

Twelve teams advanced from the first-round games. Of the twelve remaining teams, four received byes into the quarterfinals. RPI, strength of schedule, conference ranking and geographic location determined the byes and seeding of the remaining twelve teams.^[23]

Bracket

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

East Tennessee State, Iona, Northern Iowa and Ohio received byes to the quarterfinal round following their first round victories.

First round March 14, 15 and 16		Second round March 18 and 19		Quarterfinals March 21 and 22		Semifinals March 25 and 26		Championship March 30

North Dakota	67
Air Force	77	Air Force	75
Northern Arizona	63	Santa Clara	88
Santa Clara	68			Santa Clara	95
Idaho	73			San Francisco	91
San Francisco	81	San Francisco	77
Portland	64	Hawaiʻi	74
Hawaiʻi	76					Santa Clara	72
Jacksonville	71*					SMU	55
East Carolina	66	Jacksonville	62
Oral Roberts	57	SMU	63
SMU	64*			SMU	57
				Northern Iowa	50
		Bye
Rider	50	Northern Iowa
Northern Iowa	84							Santa Clara	76
Buffalo	75							Iona	69
Quinnipiac	68	Buffalo	49
Tennessee Tech	66	Western Michigan	48
Western Michigan	74			Buffalo	63
				Iona	78
		Bye
Iona	85	Iona
Valparaiso	77					Iona	83
						East Tennessee State	80
		Bye
Ohio	65	Ohio
Marshall	64			Ohio	73
Furman	63			East Tennessee State	82
East Tennessee State	76	East Tennessee State
		Bye

Home teams are listed second.
* Denotes overtime period.

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2011 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament

Contents

Participating teams

Format

Bracket

References