2019 College Basketball Invitational

The 2019 College Basketball Invitational (CBI) was a single-elimination men's college basketball tournament consisting of 16 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams that did not participate in the 2019 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament or the NIT. It was held from March 19 through April 5, 2019 in various arenas. This event marked the 12th year the tournament has been held.

2019 College Basketball Invitational

Teams	16
Finals site	Yuengling Center McGrath–Phillips Arena, Tampa, Florida Chicago, Illinois
Champions	South Florida Bulls (1st title)
Runner-up	DePaul Blue Demons (1st title game)
Semifinalists	Loyola Marymount Lions (1st semifinal) Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (2nd semifinal)
Winning coach	Brian Gregory (1st title)
MVP	David Collins (South Florida)
Attendance	32,449
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Participating teams

The following teams were announced as participants Sunday, March 17 after the NCAA Selection Show.^[1]

Team	Conference	Overall record	Conference record
Brown	Ivy	19–11	7–7
Cal State Northridge	Big West	13–20	7–9
California Baptist	WAC	16–14	7–9
Central Michigan	MAC	23–11	10–8
Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	15–16	9–9
DePaul	Big East	15–15	7–11
Loyola Marymount	West Coast	20–11	8–8
Longwood	Big South	15–17	5–11
Grand Canyon	WAC	20–13	10–6
Howard	MEAC	17–16	10–6
South Florida	American	19–13	8–10
Southern Miss	Conference USA	20–12	11–7
Stony Brook	America East	24–8	12–4
UAB	Conference USA	20–14	10–8
Utah Valley	WAC	24–9	12–4
West Virginia	Big 12	14–20	4–14

Declined invitations

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

• Bowling Green^[2]
• BYU^[3]
• Fresno State^[4]
• Jacksonville State^[5]
• Omaha^[6]
• San Francisco^[7]
• UTSA

Format

The 2019 CBI had 16 teams organized into four regional brackets of four teams. The four teams that advanced to the semifinals were reseeded. The finals were a best-of-three series.

Schedule

Date	Time*	Matchup	Television	Score	Attendance
First round
March 19	9:00 pm	Cal State Northridge at Utah Valley	WAC DN	84–92	375
March 20	7:00 pm	Grand Canyon at West Virginia	Frontier	63–77	5,313
	7:00 pm	Howard at Coastal Carolina	ESPN+	72–81	779
	7:00 pm	Stony Brook at South Florida	Bullvision	79–82OT	1,705
	7:00 pm	Southern Miss at Longwood	ESPN+	68–90	1,372
	7:00 pm	UAB at Brown	ESPN+	78–83	683
	8:00 pm	Central Michigan at DePaul		86–100	1,173
	10:00 pm	Loyola Marymount at California Baptist	WAC DN	56–55	2,346
Quarterfinals
March 25	7:00 pm	Coastal Carolina at West Virginia		109–91	6,775
	7:00 pm	Utah Valley at South Florida	Bullvision	57–66	1,679
	8:00 pm	Longwood at DePaul	NBCSN Chicago+	89–97	1,040
	10:00 pm	Brown at Loyola Marymount	TheW.tv	63–81	657
Semifinals
March 27	8:00 pm	Coastal Carolina at DePaul		87–92	939
March 28	7:00 pm	Loyola Marymount at South Florida		47–56	1,658
Finals
April 1	7:00 pm	DePaul at South Florida	ESPNU	61–63	2,375
April 3	8:00 pm	South Florida at DePaul		96–100OT	1,704
April 5	7:00 pm	South Florida at DePaul		77–65	1,876
*All times are listed as Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4). Winning team in bold.

Bracket

	First round March 19–20					Quarterfinals March 25					Semifinals (Reseeded) March 27–28					Finals (Best of three) April 1, 3, 5
		DePaul	100
		Central Michigan	86
							DePaul	97
							Longwood	89
		Longwood	90
		Southern Miss	68
												DePaul	92
												Coastal Carolina	87
		West Virginia	77
		Grand Canyon	63
							West Virginia	91
							Coastal Carolina	109
		Coastal Carolina	81
		Howard	72
																	DePaul	61	100*	65
																	South Florida	63	96	77
		South Florida	82*
		Stony Brook	79
							South Florida	66
							Utah Valley	57
		Utah Valley	92
		Cal State Northridge	84
												South Florida	56
												Loyola Marymount	47
		California Baptist	55
		Loyola Marymount	56
							Loyola Marymount	81
							Brown	63
		Brown	83
		UAB	78

Home teams listed first.
* Denotes overtime period.