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.

2011 College Basketball Invitational

Teams	16
Finals site	Qwest Center Omaha Matthew Knight Arena, Omaha, Nebraska Eugene, Oregon
Champions	Oregon Ducks (1st title)
Runner-up	Creighton Bluejays (1st title game)
Semifinalists	Boise State Broncos (1st semifinal) UCF Knights (1st semifinal)
Winning coach	Dana Altman (1st title)
MVP	Joevan Catron (Oregon)
College Basketball Invitationals «2010 2012»

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.