Cbi Field

[NT03]

If Only there were a CIBNT (College Invitational Basketball National Tournament) that included 16 more teams

We should of beat lowly Denver (11-19) and Troy (12-19) on the road. 22 - 9 sounds a lot better than 20 - 11

Edited March 17, 2008 by NT03

[CMJ]

so i'm guessing the games will be set up something like:

utep (tx) at nevada (nv)

ohio (oh) at cincinnati (oh)

iupui (in) at bradley (il)

utah (ut) at washington (wa)

tulsa (ok) at houston (tx)

rider (nj) at seton hall (nj)

richmond (va) at virginia (va)

leftovers - brown (ri) and unc wilmington (nc)

brown kind of messes things up, but unc wilmington could play either virginia or richmond and teams could shift north or you could just have one purely non-regional match-up

Your breakdown is probably beter than my half ass attempt to put them into regions.

[ADLER]

Unfortunately the teams seem to have been selected as much / more for their ability to sell tickets as for their season record.

Well, North Texas will continue to be overlooked as long as the university continues to treat athletics as an afterthought.

Fix THE PROBLEM and these symptoms will go away.

[MootPoint]

so i'm guessing the games will be set up something like:

utep (tx) at nevada (nv)

ohio (oh) at cincinnati (oh)

iupui (in) at bradley (il)

utah (ut) at washington (wa)

tulsa (ok) at houston (tx)

rider (nj) at seton hall (nj)

richmond (va) at virginia (va)

leftovers - brown (ri) and unc wilmington (nc)

brown kind of messes things up, but unc wilmington could play either virginia or richmond and teams could shift north or you could just have one purely non-regional match-up

editing based on confirmations of who is hosting/going on the road

nevada (nv) at utep (tx)

ohio (oh) at cincinnati (oh)

iupui (in) at bradley (il)

utah (ut) at washington (wa)

houston (tx) at tulsa (ok)

rider (nj) at seton hall (nj)

richmond (va) at virginia (va)

leftovers - brown (ri) and unc wilmington (nc) (would assume that unc wilmington hosts if this is the last match-up)

[Mean Green Matt]

Disappointing, but oh well. Goodnight and Go Mean Green!

[ADLER]

Seton Hall has supposedly declined, Valpo in instead.

Houston is reportedly scheduled to play at Nevada.

Edited March 17, 2008 by ADLER

[MootPoint]

ok, one of these confirms we have is wrong.

valparaiso just confirmed

http://blogs.post-trib.com/lazerus/2008/03...in-the-cbi.html

[MootPoint]

Seton Hall has supposedly declined, Valpo in instead.

[MootPoint]

Seton Hall has supposedly declined, Valpo in instead.

well, with this change, the bracket is all farked up now. now, i'm not sure where you send rider and you have a cluster of three schools near each other in iupui, bradley and valparaiso.

[MootPoint]

wikipedia is showing seton hall in, as well as miami (ohio)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_College_...ll_Invitational

[ADLER]

NCAA, NIT, CBI,............they're .............all................DANCING!!!!

OOOOOoooooooooohhhhhhhHHHH!!!!!!

[MootPoint]

it looks like some teams are having second thoughts or else there is some confusion in "confirmations" with offers to play being listed as "confirmations" and then a school winds up deciding not to. definitely growing pains for the first year of the cbi

[MootPoint]

looks like iupui out and miami (ohio) took their place

[MootPoint]

bracket is finally up

http://www.gazellegroup.com/cbi/cbi_bracket08.pdf

[CMJ]

Man, alot of changes....

[GoMeanGreen1999]

For Cincy to get picked in this field, after losing their last 6 games and 13-18 record, over us, is very sad, and probably why this tourney will be short lived in terms of years.

Edited March 17, 2008 by GoMeanGreen1999

[greenminer]

Tulsa got robbed, IMO...beats UAB, then a streaking UTEP to make it to the CUSA finals, only to watch UAB get an NCAA invite and not get an NIT bid. fantastic...

Houston shouldn't be in the NCAAs, but it does seem weird that they were considered a bubble a week ago and now fail to get the NIT

UAB is in because of Vaden. I just don't see them doing well the last 10 games of the season without him. Unbelievable streak shooter.

and how about a Tulsa/UTEP draw that sets up a second round matchup with a conference foe you just beat a week ago? For a third-tier [er, any tier] post-season tourney, seems kinda flawed.

Extremely happy for the Belt, though.

[CMJ]

Cincy getting in is a joke(they better not win). Other than that it it's a pretty good group - should be a competitive tourney.

[DeepGreen]

For Cincy to get picked in this field, after losing their last 6 games and 13-18 record, over us, is very sad, and probably why this tourney will be short lived in terms of years.

The CBI Tournament just lost all credibility in my book. A 13-18 Cincy team.

Edited March 17, 2008 by DeepGreen