2019 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament

The 2019 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) was a postseason single-elimination tournament of NCAA Division I basketball teams. The tournament began on March 18, 2019, and concluded on April 4, 2019.

2019 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament

Season	2018–19
Teams	26
Finals site	Cam Henderson Center, Huntington, West Virginia
Champions	Marshall (1st title)
Runner-up	Green Bay (1st title game)
Semifinalists	Hampton (1st semifinal) Texas Southern (1st semifinal)
Winning coach	Dan D'Antoni (1st title)
MVP	C.J. Burks (Marshall)
Attendance	60,058
CIT tournaments «2018 2024»

This was the last CIT contested before the tournament went on a four-year hiatus. The 2020 and 2021 editions were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2022, the CIT was replaced by The Basketball Classic. The Basketball Classic was not contested in 2023, and the CIT was revived in 2024.

Participating teams

The following teams received an invitation to the 2019 CIT:
Note: Team records are before playing in the tournament

Team	Conference	Overall record	Conference record
Cal State Bakersfield	WAC	16–15	7–9
Cal State Fullerton	Big West	16–17	10–6
Charleston Southern	Big South	17–15	9–7
Cornell	Ivy League	15–15	7–7
Drake	Missouri Valley	24–9	12–6
East Tennessee State	Southern	24–9	13–5
Florida Atlantic	C-USA	17–15	8–10
FIU	C-USA	19–13	10–8
Grambling State[1]	SWAC	17–16	10–8
Green Bay	Horizon	17–16	10–8
Hampton	Big South	16–17	9–7
IUPUI	Horizon	16–16	8–10
Kent State	MAC	22–10	11–7
Louisiana–Monroe	Sun Belt	18–15	9–9
Marshall	C-USA	19–14	11–7
New Orleans[2]	Southland	19–13	12–6
NJIT	Atlantic Sun	21–12	8–8
Presbyterian	Big South	18–15	9–7
Quinnipiac	MAAC	16–14	11–7
Robert Morris	Northeast	17–16	11–7
Seattle	WAC	18–14	6–10
Southern Utah	Big Sky	16–16	9–11
St. Francis Brooklyn	Northeast	17–15	9–9
UTRGV[3]	WAC	19–16	9–7
Texas Southern	SWAC	21–13	14–4
Texas State	Sun Belt	24–9	12–6

Seeds

The top three seeds remaining after the first round received byes to the quarterfinals. Marshall received the number 1 seed.^[4] Louisiana-Monroe and NJIT also received byes to the quarterfinals after winning their first round matchup.

Declined invitations

The following programs declined an invitation to play in the CIT.

• Bowling Green^[5]
• BYU^[6]
• Fresno State^[7]
• Hawaii^[8]
• Jacksonville State^[9]
• San Francisco^[10]
• Texas-San Antonio^[11]

Schedule

Note: Top 3 seeds will get a bye after first round

Date	Time*	Matchup	Score	Attendance	Television
First round
March 18	7:00 pm	Quinnipiac at NJIT	81–92	777	CBS Sports Live watchcit.com
March 19	7:00 pm	Cornell at Robert Morris	89–98OT	622
	7:00 pm	IUPUI at Marshall (Jim Phelan Classic)	73–78	3,725
March 20	7:00 pm	Green Bay at East Tennessee State (Hugh Durham Classic)	102–94	2,817
	8:00 pm	Texas Southern at New Orleans	95–89OT	612
	8:00 pm	Grambling State at UTRGV	73–74	2,071
	10:00 pm	Presbyterian at Seattle	73–68	472
March 21	7:00 pm	St. Francis Brooklyn at Hampton (Coach John McLendon Classic)	72–81	3,124
	7:00 pm	Florida Atlantic at Charleston Southern	66–68	696
	8:00 pm	Kent State at Louisiana–Monroe (Lou Henson Classic)	77–87	5,742
	10:00 pm	Cal State Bakersfield at Cal State Fullerton (Riley Wallace Classic)	66–58	677
March 22	8:30 pm	Drake at Southern Utah	73–80OT	2,714
March 23	7:00 pm	FIU at Texas State	87–81	1,237
Second round
March 24	1:00 pm	Presbyterian at Robert Morris[12]	77–70	541	CBS Sports Live watchcit.com
March 25	8:00 pm	Texas Southern at UTRGV[13]	94–85	2,216
	8:30 pm	Cal State Bakersfield at Southern Utah	70–67	3,027
March 26	7:00 pm	Charleston Southern at Hampton	67–73	3,523
	8:00 pm	FIU at Green Bay	68–98	1,341
Quarterfinals
March 26	7:00 pm	Presbyterian at Marshall	66–83	3,383	CBS Sports Live watchcit.com
March 28	7:00 pm	Hampton at NJIT	82–70	776
	8:00 pm	Texas Southern at Louisiana–Monroe	108–1023OT	6,004
March 29	7:00 pm	Cal State Bakersfield at Green Bay	65–80	1,822
Semifinals
April 2	7:00 pm	Hampton at Marshall	78–80	4,122	CBS Sports Live watchcit.com
9:00 pm	Texas Southern at Green Bay	86–87OT	2,269
Championship
April 4	7:00 pm	Green Bay at Marshall	70–90	5,748	CBS Sports Live
*All times are listed as Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4). Winning team in bold.

Bracket

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

	First round March 18–23				Second round March 24–26				Quarterfinals March 26–29				Semifinals April 2				Championship April 4
	Texas Southern	95*
	New Orleans	89			Texas Southern	94
	Grambling State	73			UTRGV	85
	UTRGV	74							Texas Southern	108***
	Kent State	77							Louisiana–Monroe	102
	Louisiana–Monroe	87			Louisiana–Monroe
					(bye)
													Texas Southern	86
	Cal State Bakersfield	66											Green Bay	87*
	Cal State Fullerton	58			Cal State Bakersfield	70
	Drake	73			Southern Utah	67
	Southern Utah	80*							Cal State Bakersfield	65
	FIU	87							Green Bay	80
	Texas State	81			FIU	68
	Green Bay	102			Green Bay	98
	East Tennessee State	94															Green Bay	70
	Florida Atlantic	66															Marshall	90
	Charleston Southern	68			Charleston Southern	67
	St. Francis (NY)	72			Hampton	73
	Hampton	81							Hampton	82
	Quinnipiac	81							NJIT	70
	NJIT	92			NJIT
					(bye)
													Hampton	78
	Presbyterian	73											Marshall	80
	Seattle	68			Presbyterian	77
	Cornell	89			Robert Morris	70
	Robert Morris	98*							Presbyterian	66
	IUPUI	73							Marshall	83
	Marshall	78			Marshall
					(bye)

Home teams listed second.
* Denotes overtime period.