2017 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament

The 2017 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament 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.

Participating teams

The following teams received an invitation to the 2017 CIT:

Team	Conference	Overall record	Conference record
Albany	America East	21–13	10–6
Ball State	MAC	21–12	11–7
Cal State Fullerton	Big West	17–14	10–6
Campbell	Big South	17–17	7–11
Canisius	MAAC	18–15	10–10
Fairfield	MAAC	16–14	11–9
Fort Wayne	Summit	19–12	8–8
Furman	SoCon	21–11	14–4
Georgia State	Sun Belt	20–12	12–6
Houston Baptist	Southland	17–13	12–6
Idaho	Big Sky	18–13	12–6
Jacksonville	ASUN	17–15	5–9
Lamar	Southland	19–14	10–8
Liberty	Big South	19–13	14–4
Norfolk State	MEAC	17–16	12–4
Saint Francis (PA)	NEC	16–16	11–7
Saint Peter's	MAAC	19–13	14–6
Samford	SoCon	19–15	8–10
Stephen F. Austin	Southland	18–14	12–6
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	Southland	20–11	12–6
Texas State	Sun Belt	20–13	11–7
UMBC	America East	18–12	9–7
UNC Asheville	Big South	23–9	15–3
USC Upstate	ASUN	17–15	7–7
UT Martin	OVC	21–12	10–6
Weber State	Big Sky	19–13	12–6

Format

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.

Postseason classics

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.

Bracket

Bracket is for visual purposes only. The CIT does not have a set bracket.
''Home teams listed second.''