2022 College Basketball Invitational

The 2022 College Basketball Invitational (CBI) was a single-elimination, fully-bracketed men’s college basketball postseason tournament featuring 16 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams not selected to participate in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament or the National Invitation Tournament (NIT). The tournament began on March 19 and concluded on March 23.^[1] Semifinal and championship games aired on ESPN2. The tournament was won by UNC Wilmington.

2022 College Basketball Invitational

Teams	16
Finals site	Ocean Center, Daytona Beach, Florida
Champions	UNC Wilmington Seahawks (1st title)
Runner-up	Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders (1st title game)
Semifinalists	Northern Colorado Bears (1st semifinal) Abilene Christian Wildcats (1st semifinal)
Winning coach	Takayo Siddle (1st title)
MVP	Jaylen Sims (UNC Wilmington)
Attendance	5,057 (tournament) 624 (championship game)
College Basketball Invitationals «2021 2023»

In 2021, CBI was held for the first time in Daytona Beach, Florida, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Previously, the tournament had been held on campus sites. In response to feedback received for the 2021 playing, CBI returned to the Ocean Center in 2022, which was the 14th edition of the tournament.

Participating teams

Teams in the CBI were seeded 1–16.
Note: Team records are before playing in the tournament

Seed	Team	Conference	Record	Appearance	Last bid
1	Drake	Missouri Valley	24–10	1st	Never
2	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	23–10	1st	Never
3	Ohio	Mid-American	24–9	3rd	2016
4	Stephen F. Austin	WAC	22–9	1st	Never
5	Florida Atlantic[2]	Conference USA	19–14	1st	Never
6	Abilene Christian	WAC	23–10	1st	Never
7	UNC Greensboro	SoCon	17–14	2nd	2016
8	VMI[3]	SoCon	16–15	1st	Never
9	UNC Wilmington	Colonial	23–9	1st	Never
10	Boston University[4]	Patriot League	21–12	2nd	2010
11	Troy[5]	Sun Belt	20–11	2nd	2009
12	Northern Colorado	Big Sky	20–15	1st	Never
13	UNC Asheville[6]	Big South	16–14	1st	Never
14	Rice[7]	Conference USA	16–16	2nd	2017
15	California Baptist	WAC	18–15	2nd	2019
16	Purdue Fort Wayne	Horizon	21–11	1st	Never

Declined invitation

There has been speculation that the following program might have declined an invitation to play in the 2022 CBI:

Bellarmine^[8]

Schedule

Game	Time	Matchup	Score	Television	Attendance	Box score
First round – Saturday, March 19
1	12:00 p.m.	(1) Drake vs. (16) Purdue Fort Wayne	87–65	FloHoops	367	Box
2	2:30 p.m.	(4) Stephen F. Austin vs. (13) UNC Asheville	68–80		588	Box
3	5:00 p.m.	(2) Middle Tennessee vs. (15) California Baptist	64–58		578	Box
4	7:30 p.m.	(3) Ohio vs. (14) Rice	65–64		799	Box
First round – Sunday, March 20
5	12:00 p.m.	(8) VMI vs. (9) UNC Wilmington	78–93	FloHoops	762	Box
6	2:30 p.m.	(5) Florida Atlantic vs. (12) Northern Colorado	71–74			Box
7	5:00 p.m.	(7) UNC Greensboro vs. (10) Boston University	68–71			Box
8	7:30 p.m.	(6) Abilene Christian vs. (11) Troy	82–70			Box
Quarterfinals – Monday, March 21
9	1:00 p.m.	(1) Drake vs. (9) UNC Wilmington	75–76	FloHoops	706	Box
10	3:30 p.m.	(12) Northern Colorado vs. (13) UNC Asheville	87–84			Box
11	6:00 p.m.	(2) Middle Tennessee vs. (10) Boston University	76–46			Box
12	8:30 p.m.	(3) Ohio vs. (6) Abilene Christian	86–91			Box
Semifinals – Tuesday, March 22
13	7:00 p.m.	(9) UNC Wilmington vs. (12) Northern Colorado	80–64	ESPN2	633	Box
14	9:30 p.m.	(2) Middle Tennessee vs. (6) Abilene Christian	85–69			Box
Championship – Wednesday, March 23
15	5:00 p.m.	(2) Middle Tennessee vs. (9) UNC Wilmington	90–96 2OT	ESPN2	624	Box
Game times in Eastern Time. (#) Rankings denote tournament seed.[9]

Bracket

	First round March 19 & 20					Quarterfinals March 21					Semifinals March 22					Championship March 23
	1	Drake	87
	16	Purdue Fort Wayne	65
						1	Drake	75
						9	UNC Wilmington	76
	8	VMI	78
	9	UNC Wilmington	93
											9	UNC Wilmington	80
											12	Northern Colorado	64
	4	Stephen F. Austin	68
	13	UNC Asheville	80
						13	UNC Asheville	84
						12	Northern Colorado	87
	5	Florida Atlantic	71
	12	Northern Colorado	74
																9	UNC Wilmington	96**
																2	Middle Tennessee	90
	2	Middle Tennessee	64
	15	California Baptist	58
						2	Middle Tennessee	76
						10	Boston University	46
	7	UNC Greensboro	68
	10	Boston University	71
											2	Middle Tennessee	85
											6	Abilene Christian	69
	3	Ohio	65
	14	Rice	64
						3	Ohio	86
						6	Abilene Christian	91
	6	Abilene Christian	82
	11	Troy	70

* – Denotes overtime period