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2011 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament

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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.

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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.

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Participating teams

The following teams received an invitation to the 2011 CIT:

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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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