2019 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament


The 2019 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament was a postseason single-elimination tournament of NCAA Division I basketball teams. The tournament began on March 18, 2019, and concluded on April 4, 2019.
This was the last CIT contested before the tournament went on a four-year hiatus. The 2020 and 2021 editions were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2022, the CIT was replaced by The Basketball Classic. The Basketball Classic was not contested in 2023, and the CIT was revived in 2024.

Participating teams

The following teams received an invitation to the 2019 CIT:

Note: Team records are before playing in the tournament
TeamConferenceOverall recordConference record
Cal State BakersfieldWAC16–157–9
Cal State FullertonBig West16–1710–6
Charleston SouthernBig South17–159–7
CornellIvy League15–157–7
DrakeMissouri Valley24–912–6
East Tennessee StateSouthern24–913–5
Florida AtlanticC-USA17–158–10
FIUC-USA19–1310–8
Grambling StateSWAC17–1610–8
Green BayHorizon17–1610–8
HamptonBig South16–179–7
IUPUIHorizon16–168–10
Kent StateMAC22–1011–7
Louisiana–MonroeSun Belt18–159–9
[2018–19 2018–19 Marshall Thundering Herd men's basketball team|Marshall Thundering Herd men's basketball team|Marshall]C-USA19–1411–7
New OrleansSouthland19–1312–6
[2018–19 2018–19 NJIT Highlanders men's basketball team|NJIT Highlanders men's basketball team|NJIT]Atlantic Sun21–128–8
PresbyterianBig South18–159–7
QuinnipiacMAAC16–1411–7
Robert MorrisNortheast17–1611–7
SeattleWAC18–146–10
Southern UtahBig Sky16–169–11
St. Francis BrooklynNortheast17–159–9
UTRGVWAC19–169–7
Texas SouthernSWAC21–1314–4
Texas StateSun Belt24–912–6

Seeds

The top three seeds remaining after the first round received byes to the quarterfinals.
Marshall received the number 1 seed. Louisiana-Monroe and NJIT also received byes to the quarterfinals after winning their first round matchup.

Declined invitations

The following programs declined an invitation to play in the CIT.

Schedule

''Note: Top 3 seeds will get a bye after first round''

Bracket

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