2017 CollegeInsider.com Tournament
| 2017 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament | |||||
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| Season | 2016–17 | ||||
| Teams | 26 | ||||
| Finals site | Dugan Wellness Center Corpus Christi, TX |
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| Champions | Saint Peter's (1st title) | ||||
| Runner-up | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi (1st title game) | ||||
| Semifinalists | |||||
| Winning coach | John Dunne (1st title) | ||||
| MVP | Quadir Welton St. Peter's | ||||
| Attendance | 30,145 (1 game not reported) | ||||
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The 2017 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) was a postseason single-elimination tournament of 26 NCAA Division I basketball teams. The tournament was played March 13–31, 2017.
Participants who belonged to "mid-major" conferences and who were not invited to the 2017 NCAA Tournament or the National Invitation Tournament make up the field.
After all 26 teams played in the first round, the top-three highest rated teams based on the Pomeroy College Basketball Ratings regular season rating automatically advanced to the quarterfinals.
Saint Peter's beat Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 62–61 in the championship game.
The following teams received an invitation to the 2017 CIT:
The CIT uses the old NIT model in which there is no set bracket. Future round opponents are determined by the results of the previous round. After all 26 teams played in the first round, the top-three highest rated teams based on the Pomeroy College Basketball Ratings regular season rating automatically advanced to the quarterfinals.
In 2016, the CIT introduced the Coach John McLendon Classic as the first "Classic" game to ever be played during postseason tournament. For 2017, the CIT introduced three more "Classic" games, for a total of four, all to be played in the first round.
Coach John McLendon Classic
Hugh Durham Classic
Lou Henson Classic
Riley Wallace Classic
The winners of each Classic received a trophy and advanced to the second round or quarterfinals if they received a second round bye.
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