2015 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament

The 2015 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) was a postseason single-elimination tournament of 32 NCAA Division I basketball teams. The first round started on March 16, 2015. The semifinals were played on March 31, and the championship game was on April 2, 2015.^[1] The Evansville Purple Aces beat the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks for their first CIT championship.

2015 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament

Season	2014–15
Teams	32
Finals site	Ford Center, Evansville, Indiana
Champions	Evansville (1st title)
Runner-up	Northern Arizona (1st title game)
Semifinalists	UT Martin (1st semifinal) NJIT (1st semifinal)
Winning coach	Marty Simmons (1st title)
MVP	D.J. Balentine (Evansville)
CIT tournaments «2014 2016»

Thirty-two participants who belonged to "mid-major" conferences, or were independent, and were not invited to the 2015 NCAA Tournament, National Invitation Tournament (NIT), or College Basketball Invitational (CBI) made up the field.

At the request of the NCAA Men's Basketball Rules Committee, the CIT experimented with a 30-second shot clock during the 2015 tournament.^[2]

Participating teams

The following teams received an invitation to the 2015 CIT:

School	Conference	Overall record	Conference record
Bowling Green[3][4]	Mid-American	20–11	11–7
Canisius[5]	MAAC	16–14	11–9
Cleveland State[6]	Horizon	18–14	11–5
Dartmouth[7]	Ivy League	14–14	7–7
Eastern Illinois[8]	Ohio Valley	17–14	9–7
Eastern Kentucky[9]	Ohio Valley	19–11	11–5
Evansville[10]	Missouri Valley	19–12	9–9
Florida Gulf Coast[11]	Atlantic Sun	22–10	12–3
Grand Canyon[12]	WAC	17–14	8–6
High Point[13]	Big South	22–9	13–5
Incarnate Word[14]	Southland	18–10	10–8
IPFW[15]	Summit	16–14	9–7
James Madison[16]	CAA	19–13	12–6
Kent State[17]	Mid-American	21–11	12–6
Louisiana–Lafayette[18]	Sun Belt	20–13	13–7
Maryland Eastern Shore[19]	MEAC	18–14	11–5
Middle Tennessee[20]	Conference USA	19–16	9–9
New Hampshire[21]	America East	19–12	11–5
NJIT[22]	D-I independent	18–11	—
Norfolk State[23]	MEAC	20–13	12–4
Northern Arizona[24]	Big Sky	19–14	13–5
Northwestern State[25]	Southland	19–12	13–5
Oakland[26]	Horizon	16–16	11–5
Portland[27][28]	West Coast	17–15	7–11
Sacramento State[29]	Big Sky	20–11	13–5
Saint Francis (PA)[30]	Northeast	16–15	9–9
Sam Houston State[31]	Southland	25–8	15–3
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi[32]	Southland	19–13	13–5
UNC Wilmington[31]	CAA	18–13	12–6
USC Upstate[33]	Atlantic Sun	23–11	8–6
UT Martin[34]	Ohio Valley	18–12	10–6
Western Michigan[3]	Mid-American	20–12	10–8

Format

As in the previous year, the CIT used the former model which was traditionally used by the NIT in which teams are re-seeded and match-ups are determined based on the results of the previous round. All games were played on campus sites.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time*	Matchup	Recap	Boxscore	Television
First round
March 16	7:00 pm	New Hampshire 77 at NJIT 84	[35]	[36]
March 17	7:00 pm	Eastern Illinois 97 at Oakland 91	[37]	[38]	Comcast 900
	7:00 pm	James Madison 72 at USC Upstate 73	[39]	[40]	ESPN3
	7:00 pm	Bowling Green 67 at Saint Francis (PA) 64	[41]	[42]
	7:00 pm	Norfolk State 75 at Eastern Kentucky 81	[43]	[44]
	8:00 pm	UL-Lafayette 83 at Incarnate Word 68	[45]	[46]
March 18	7:00 pm	UMES 64 at High Point 70	[47]	[48]
	7:00 pm	Dartmouth 72 at Canisius 87	[49]	[50]
	7:00 pm	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 75 at FGCU 69	[51]	[52]	ESPN3
	7:00 pm	Cleveland State 86 at Western Michigan 57	[53]	[54]
	7:00 pm	Kent State 68 at Middle Tennessee 56	[55]	[56]
	7:05 pm	IPFW 77 at Evansville 82	[57]	[58]
	7:30 pm	UNC Wilmington 71 at Sam Houston State 87	[59]	[60]
	8:00 pm	Northern Arizona 75 at Grand Canyon 70	[61]	[62]	Cox 7
	10:00 pm	Sacramento State 73 at Portland 66	[63]	[64]
March 19	7:30 pm	UT Martin 104 at Northwestern State 79	[65]	[66]
Second round
March 20	7:00 pm	High Point 65 at Eastern Kentucky 66	[67]	[68]
March 21	1:00 pm	Canisius 82 at Bowling Green 59	[69]	[70]	BCSN
	3:00 pm	UL Lafayette 71 at Sam Houston State 70	[71]	[72]
	5:00 pm	UT Martin 60 at USC Upstate 49	[73]	[74]	ESPN3
	10:00 pm	Northern Arizona 78 at Sacramento State 73	[75]	[76]
March 23	7:00 pm	Cleveland State 77 at NJIT 80	[77]	[78]
	8:00 pm	Evansville 83 at Eastern Illinois 68	[79]	[80]
	8:00 pm	Kent State 69 at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 65	[81]	[82]
Quarterfinals
March 25	7:00 pm	UT Martin 70 at Eastern Kentucky 69	[83]	[84]
March 26	7:30 pm	Evansville 89 at UL Lafayette 82	[85]	[86]
March 27	10:00 pm	Kent State 73 at Northern Arizona 74 OT	[87]	[88]	FCS Atlantic FS Arizona+ STO
March 28	7:30 pm	Canisius 73 at NJIT 78	[89]	[90]
Semifinals
March 31	7:00 pm	UT Martin 66 at Evansville 79	[91]	[92]	CBSSN
	9:00 pm	NJIT 61 at Northern Arizona 68	[93]	[94]	CBSSN
Championship
April 2	7:00 pm	Northern Arizona 65 at Evansville 71	[95]	[96]	CBSSN
* All game times in Eastern Daylight Time. Winning team in bold.

Bracket

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

	First round March 16–19					Second round March 20–23					Quarterfinals March 25–28					Semifinals March 31					Championship April 2
	Dartmouth		72
	Canisius		87
						Canisius		82
						Bowling Green		59
	Bowling Green		67
	Saint Francis (PA)		64
											Canisius		73
											NJIT		78
	Cleveland State		86
	Western Michigan		57
						Cleveland State		77
						NJIT		80
	New Hampshire		77
	NJIT		84
																NJIT		61
																Northern Arizona		68
	Kent State		68
	Middle Tennessee		56
						Kent State		69
						Texas A&M–Corpus Christi		65
	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi		75
	Florida Gulf Coast		69
											Kent State		73
											Northern Arizona		74*
	Northern Arizona		75
	Grand Canyon		70
						Northern Arizona		78
						Sacramento State		73
	Sacramento State		73
	Portland		66
																					Northern Arizona		65
																					Evansville		71
	UT Martin		104
	Northwestern State		79
						UT Martin		60
						USC Upstate		49
	James Madison		72
	USC Upstate		73
											UT Martin		70
											Eastern Kentucky		69
	Maryland Eastern Shore		64
	High Point		70
						High Point		65
						Eastern Kentucky		66
	Norfolk State		75
	Eastern Kentucky		81
																UT Martin		66
																Evansville		79
	IPFW		77
	Evansville		82
						Evansville		83
						Eastern Illinois		68
	Eastern Illinois		97
	Oakland		91
											Evansville		89
											Louisiana–Lafayette		82
	Louisiana–Lafayette		83
	Incarnate Word		68
						Louisiana–Lafayette		71
						Sam Houston State		70
	UNC Wilmington		71
	Sam Houston State		87

Home teams listed second.
* Denotes overtime period.