2015 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament

The 2015 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament was a postseason single-elimination tournament of 32 NCAA Division I basketball teams. The first round started on March 16, 2015. The semifinals were played on March 31, and the championship game was on April 2, 2015. The Evansville Purple Aces beat the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks for their first CIT championship.
Thirty-two participants who belonged to "mid-major" conferences, or were independent, and were not invited to the 2015 [2015 National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|NCAA Tournament], National Invitation Tournament, or College Basketball Invitational made up the field.
At the request of the NCAA Men's Basketball Rules Committee, the CIT experimented with a 30-second shot clock during the 2015 tournament.

Participating teams

The following teams received an invitation to the 2015 CIT:

School	Conference	Overall record	Conference record
Bowling Green	Mid-American	20–11	11–7
Canisius	MAAC	16–14	11–9
Cleveland State	Horizon	18–14	11–5
Dartmouth	Ivy League	14–14	7–7
Eastern Illinois	Ohio Valley	17–14	9–7
Eastern Kentucky	Ohio Valley	19–11	11–5
Evansville	Missouri Valley	19–12	9–9
Florida Gulf Coast	Atlantic Sun	22–10	12–3
Grand Canyon	WAC	17–14	8–6
High Point	Big South	22–9	13–5
Incarnate Word	Southland	18–10	10–8
IPFW	Summit	16–14	9–7
James Madison	CAA	19–13	12–6
Kent State	Mid-American	21–11	12–6
Louisiana–Lafayette	Sun Belt	20–13	13–7
Maryland Eastern Shore	MEAC	18–14	11–5
Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	19–16	9–9
New Hampshire	America East	19–12	11–5
NJIT	D-I independent	18–11	—
Norfolk State	MEAC	20–13	12–4
Northern Arizona	Big Sky	19–14	13–5
Northwestern State	Southland	19–12	13–5
Oakland	Horizon	16–16	11–5
Portland	West Coast	17–15	7–11
Sacramento State	Big Sky	20–11	13–5
Saint Francis (PA)	Northeast	16–15	9–9
Sam Houston State	Southland	25–8	15–3
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	Southland	19–13	13–5
UNC Wilmington	CAA	18–13	12–6
USC Upstate	Atlantic Sun	23–11	8–6
UT Martin	Ohio Valley	18–12	10–6
Western Michigan	Mid-American	20–12	10–8

Format

As in the previous year, the CIT used the former model which was traditionally used by the NIT in which teams are re-seeded and match-ups are determined based on the results of the previous round. All games were played on campus sites.

Bracket

Bracket is for visual purposes only. The CIT does not have a set bracket.
Home teams listed second.
* Denotes overtime period.