2011 College Basketball Invitational Explained

Type:	CBI
Year:	2011
Teams:	16
Finalfourarena:	Qwest Center Omaha Matthew Knight Arena
Finalfourcity:	Omaha, Nebraska Eugene, Oregon
Champions:	Oregon Ducks
Titlecount:	1st
Runnerup:	Creighton Bluejays
Gamecount:	1st
Semifinal1:	Boise State Broncos
Semifinalcount:	1st
Semifinal2:	UCF Knights
Semifinalcount2:	1st
Coach:	Dana Altman
Coachcount:	1st
Mop:	Joevan Catron
Mopteam:	Oregon

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.

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

During the finals, Oregon hosted games 2 and 3.