2011 College Basketball Invitational
The 2011 College Basketball Invitational 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.
The tournament was won by Oregon Ducks men's basketball team|Oregon] who defeated Creighton Bluejays men's basketball team|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.
Coach Dana Altman, who was in his first year at Oregon, coached at Creighton the year before.