2011 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament

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.

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)
CIT tournaments «2010 2012»

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.