2017 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament
The 2017 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) was a postseason single-elimination tournament of 26 NCAA Division I basketball teams. The tournament was played March 13–31, 2017.
| Season | 2016–17 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teams | 26 | ||||
| Finals site | Dugan Wellness Center Corpus Christi, Texas | ||||
| Champions | Saint Peter's (1st title) | ||||
| Runner-up | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi (1st title game) | ||||
| Semifinalists | |||||
| Winning coach | John Dunne (1st title) | ||||
| MVP | Quadir Welton (Saint Peter's) | ||||
| Attendance | 30,145 (1 game not reported) | ||||
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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.
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