What is cbi basketball

This isn't true: Ask the players who get to play another game especially the seniors , ask the student sections, ask the coaches who use it for recruitment, and ask the TV networks who don't have to use bull riding as a filler.

Niagara's home NIT game on St. Patrick's Day this year sold out in five hours. I think people care about this thing. Maybe it's a letdown for the schools from major conferences or the former NCAA Tournament "bubble teams," but given the choice between playing and not playing, these teams are picking play every time. To those who say that there are too many teams moving on to the postseason, I ask: Under what logic? By percentage far fewer make it in basketball than football.

If everyone takes these postseason tournaments as what they are, it is easy to be seen that they harm nobody. Yes, it's clear that the NIT is the second most prestigious tournament by a longshot. The CBI and CIT have some jostling to do to see who comes in as the third most prestigious postseason tournament, with the CBI currently holding the lead due to seniority. That leaves one tournament that, as of this point, is somewhat realistic: the College Basketball Invitational, or the CBI.

So what is this tournament that you've only vaguely heard of? We're here to answer some questions. Basically, it's a chance to play postseason basketball.

Teams can be under. It's single elimination until the finals, which are best two-out-of-three!!!!! Games are all held on campus sites. Glad you asked! It ain't cheap, but it can give young teams that are showing improvement a chance to keep playing. We don't play in the CBI. It's more experience for the young players who are learning, the potential to gain more momentum around the program heading into next year and more games — possibly against recognizable teams with similar records — for fans.

Not a bad deal. Paying for home games obviously stinks, and there's still somewhat of a bad stigma surrounding the tournament. Plus, if you lose at home to Pepperdine or Eastern Kentucky or something, it could end up being counterproductive. Say NU gets to the finals with some wins over Cal and Vanderbilt, then it's well worth it. You've got teams in college football — and counting the national title game in the new playoff format — 39 bowl games.

That's 76 teams that compete in the postseason, but only four that are eligible for the national title. In college basketball there are Division I teams. Only 68 of them will make the NCAA tournament. Let's be honest, usually only a handful of them have a shot at winning the title. Before the rule that automatically puts every regular season conference champion in the NIT, Richard won the Sun Belt his first year at Louisiana Tech and sat home.