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.
| Teams | 16 | ||||
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| Finals site | Qwest Center Omaha Matthew Knight Arena Omaha, Nebraska Eugene, Oregon | ||||
| Champions | Oregon Ducks (1st title) | ||||
| Runner-up | Creighton Bluejays (1st title game) | ||||
| Semifinalists |
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| Winning coach | Dana Altman (1st title) | ||||
| MVP | Joevan Catron (Oregon) | ||||
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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
edit| 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
edit| First round March 15–16 | Quarterfinals March 21 | Semifinals (Reseeded) March 23 | Finals (Best of three) March 28, 30, April 1 | ||||||||||||||
| James Madison | 65 | ||||||||||||||||
| Davidson | 85 | ||||||||||||||||
| Davidson | 92 | ||||||||||||||||
| Creighton | 102 | ||||||||||||||||
| San Jose State | 74 | ||||||||||||||||
| Creighton | 85 | ||||||||||||||||
| Boise State | 71 | ||||||||||||||||
| Oregon | 79 | ||||||||||||||||
| Duquesne | 87 | ||||||||||||||||
| Montana | 76 | ||||||||||||||||
| Duquesne | 75 | ||||||||||||||||
| Oregon | 77 | ||||||||||||||||
| Weber State | 59 | ||||||||||||||||
| Oregon | 68 | ||||||||||||||||
| Oregon | 76 | 71 | 71 | ||||||||||||||
| Creighton | 84 | 58 | 69 | ||||||||||||||
| Hofstra | 70 | ||||||||||||||||
| Evansville | 77 | ||||||||||||||||
| Evansville | 69 | ||||||||||||||||
| Boise State | 75 | ||||||||||||||||
| Austin Peay | 80 | ||||||||||||||||
| Boise State | 83 | ||||||||||||||||
| UCF | 64 | ||||||||||||||||
| Creighton | 82 | ||||||||||||||||
| Miami (Ohio) | 59 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rhode Island | 76 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rhode Island | 54 | ||||||||||||||||
| UCF | 66 | ||||||||||||||||
| St. Bonaventure | 54 | ||||||||||||||||
| UCF | 69 | ||||||||||||||||
During the finals, Oregon hosted games 2 and 3.