2009 College Basketball Invitational
Appearance
Teams | 16 | ||||
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Finals site | Gill Coliseum Don Haskins Center Corvallis, Oregon El Paso, Texas | ||||
Champions | Oregon State Beavers (1st title) | ||||
Runner-up | UTEP Miners (1st title game) | ||||
Semifinalists |
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Winning coach | Craig Robinson (1st title) | ||||
MVP | Roeland Schaftenaar (Oregon State) | ||||
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The 2009 Craig Robinson's first year. The Beavers were honored with a visit to the White House with president Barack Obama; Robinson is the brother of First Lady Michelle Obama.
Participants
Round 1 away teams
School | Conference | Overall record |
Conference record |
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Boise State | Western Athletic | 19–12 | 9–7 |
Buffalo | Mid-American | 21–11 | 11–5 |
UTEP | Conference USA | 19–12 | 10–6 |
Northeastern | Colonial Athletic
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18–12 | 12–6 |
Houston | Conference USA | 21–11 | 10–6 |
Vermont | America East | 23–9 | 13–3 |
St. John's | Big East | 16–17 | 6–12 |
Charleston
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Southern | 26–8 | 15–5 |
Round 1 home teams
School | Conference | Overall record |
Conference record |
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Stanford | Pacific-10
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18–13 | 6–12 |
Wichita State | Missouri Valley | 16–16 | 8–10 |
Nevada | Western Athletic | 21–12 | 11–5 |
Wyoming | Mountain West | 19–13 | 7–9 |
Oregon State | Pacific-10
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13–17 | 7–11 |
UW-Green Bay | Horizon | 22–10 | 13–5 |
Richmond | Atlantic 10 | 18–15 | 9–7 |
Troy | Sun Belt | 19–12 | 14–4 |
Bracket
The bracket for the 2009 College Basketball Invitational was announced on March 15, 2009.[1]
First round March 17–18 | Quarterfinals March 23 | Semifinals (Reseeded) March 25 | Finals (Best of three) March 30, April 1, 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
E1 | Richmond | 75 | |||||||||||||||||||
E4 | Saint John's | 69 | |||||||||||||||||||
E1 | Richmond | 74 | |||||||||||||||||||
E3 | Charleston | 72 | |||||||||||||||||||
E2 | Troy | 91 | |||||||||||||||||||
E3 | Charleston
| 93 | |||||||||||||||||||
1 | Richmond | 69 | |||||||||||||||||||
4 | UTEP | 81 | |||||||||||||||||||
S1 | Nevada | 77 | |||||||||||||||||||
S4 | UTEP | 79 | |||||||||||||||||||
S4 | UTEP | 75 | |||||||||||||||||||
S3 | Northeastern | 66 | |||||||||||||||||||
S2 | Wyoming | 62 | |||||||||||||||||||
S3 | Northeastern | 64 | |||||||||||||||||||
4 | UTEP | 69 | 70 | 73 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Oregon State | 75 | 63 | 81 | |||||||||||||||||
W1 | Oregon State | 49 | |||||||||||||||||||
W4 | Houston | 45 | |||||||||||||||||||
W1 | Oregon State | 71* | |||||||||||||||||||
W3 | Vermont | 70 | |||||||||||||||||||
W2 | UW-Green Bay
| 72 | |||||||||||||||||||
W3 | Vermont | 76 | |||||||||||||||||||
2 | Oregon State | 65* | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | Stanford | 62 | |||||||||||||||||||
M1 | Stanford | 96 | |||||||||||||||||||
M4 | Boise State | 76 | |||||||||||||||||||
M1 | Stanford | 70 | |||||||||||||||||||
M2 | Wichita State | 56 | |||||||||||||||||||
M2 | Wichita State | 84 | |||||||||||||||||||
M3 | Buffalo | 73 |
* Denotes overtime period.
References
- ^ "2009 College Basketball Invitational Bracket" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 7, 2009. Retrieved March 16, 2009.