2008 College Basketball Invitational

College basketball tournament August 2023 CBI 2008 Houston Cougars vs Valpo Crusaders CBI 2008.jpg 150px Houston and Valparaiso at during the 2008 CBI quarterfinals. 16 Reynolds CenterCarver Arena Tulsa, OklahomaPeoria, Illinois Tulsa Golden Hurricane 1st 2007-08 men Bradley Braves Bradley University Bradley Braves 1st 2007-08 men Houston Cougars University of Houston Houston Cougars 1st Virginia Cavaliers 1st Doug Wojcik 1st Jerome Jordan Tulsa The 2008 College Basketball Invitational (CBI) was a single-elimination tournament of 16 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams that did not participate in the 2008 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament or the 2008 National Invitation Tournament. The inaugural tournament began on March 18 on campus sites and ended on April 4, won by the University of Tulsa, defeating their former Missouri Valley Conference rivals Bradley University in the best-of-three final. Tulsa center Jerome Jordan was the tournament MVP. The CBI was the first newly created post-season tournament since the Collegiate Commissioners Association Tournament in 1974. The opening round was played on March 18 and 19, 2008 with the second round being played on March 24 and the semifinals on March 26. The championship was a best-of-three series with games being played on March 31, April 2, and April 4 of that year. The bracketing was done in East, West, South and Midwest regions. Following the quarterfinals, the teams were reseeded. Besides Tulsa and Bradley, 2007-08 men Brown Bears Brown University Brown, Cincinnati, 2007-08 men Houston Cougars University of Houston Houston, 2007-08 men Miami RedHawks Miami University Miami (Ohio), 2007-08 men Nevada Wolf Pack University of Nevada, Reno Nevada, Old Dominion, Ohio, Richmond, 2007-08 men Rider Broncs Rider University Rider, 2007-08 men Utah Utes University of Utah Utah, UTEP, Valparaiso, Virginia and Washington also participated in the tournament. New Mexico State turned down a CBI bid for financial reasons.http://www.lcsun-news.com/sports/ci_8597299 Aggies don't receive Postseason NIT bid, turn down CBI (9:28 p.m.) - Las Cruces Sun-News 2008-03-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20100314061525/http://www.lcsun-news.com/sports/ci_8597299 2010-03-14 dead Alabama,http://www.al.com/sports/huntsvilletimes/index.ssf?%2Fbase%2Fsports%2F1205747149194900.xml&coll=1 Hoops season is over for Tide- al.com 2018-09-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20080318154618/http://www.al.com/sports/huntsvilletimes/index.ssf?%2Fbase%2Fsports%2F1205747149194900.xml&coll=1 2008-03-18 dead Seton Hall,Story not found - NJ.comAugust 2026 InternetArchiveBot Texas Tech,Texas Tech Sports presented by The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal and Wake Foresthttp://hamptonroads.com/2008/03/price-tag-playing-host-inaugural-cbi-may-hit-150000 Price tag for playing host in inaugural CBI may hit $150,000 HamptonRoads.com PilotOnline.com 2008-04-01 2008-03-31 https://web.archive.org/web/20080331141017/http://hamptonroads.com/2008/03/price-tag-playing-host-inaugural-cbi-may-hit-150000 dead turned down invitations as well for other various reasons. Bracket 0 y 1/1/1/3 First round  Quarterfinals  Semifinals(Reseeded) Finals(Best of three) E1 Virginia 66 E4 Richmond 64 E2 Old Dominion 68 E3 2007-08 men Rider Broncs Rider University Rider 65 M1 2007-08 men Bradley Braves Bradley University Bradley 70 M4 Cincinnati 67 M2 Ohio 80 M3 2007-08 men Brown Bears Brown University Brown 74 S1 UTEP 69 S4 2007-08 men Utah Utes University of Utah Utah 81 S2 Tulsa 61 S3 2007-08 men Miami RedHawks Miami University Miami (Ohio) 45 W1 Washington 71 W4 Valparaiso 72 W2 2007-08 men Nevada Wolf Pack University of Nevada, Reno Nevada 79 W3 2007-08 men Houston Cougars University of Houston Houston 80 E1 Virginia 80 E2 Old Dominion 76 M1 Bradley 79 M2 Ohio 73 S4 Utah 60 S2 Tulsa 69 W4 Valparaiso 67 W3 Houston 91 1 Virginia 85 4 Bradley 96 2 Tulsa 73 3 Houston 69 4 Bradley 68 83 64 2 Tulsa 73 74 70 References College Basketball Invitational Category:College Basketball Invitational