2025 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament

2025 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament
Season2024–25
Teams16
CIT tournaments
«2024 2026»

The 2025 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) is a postseason single-elimination tournament of NCAA Division I basketball teams. This will be the first CIT contested. The 2020 and 2021 CITs were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2022, the CIT was replaced by The Basketball Classic. Neither The Basketball Classic nor the CIT were contested in 2023. The CIT plans to employ a 16-team pod-based format for the 2024–25 postseason.[1]

Four classics will be contested during the tournament, each named in honor of a legendary college basketball coach: Hugh Durham, Lou Henson, John McLendon, and Jim Phelan. The winner of each classic will be awarded a trophy, and a classic most valuable player will named.[1]

Norfolk State is the defending champion.[2]

Participating teams

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The teams listed below accepted an invitation to the 2025 CIT. The entire field will be seeded.[1]

Note: Team records are before playing in the tournament.

Seed Team Conference Record Appearance Last Bid
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16

Bracket

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First Round
March 18
Quarterfinals
March 19
Semifinals
March 21–22
Final
March 25
        
 
 
 
Jim Phelan Classic
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hugh Durham Classic
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
John McLendon Classic
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lou Henson Classic
 
 
 

Game summaries

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All times are in Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4)

First round

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Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Final

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Awards

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The CIT will present the awards shown below.

Award Recipient School
CIT MVP
Lou Henson Classic MVP
Jim Phelan Classic MVP
Hugh Durham Classic MVP
John McLendon Classic MVP

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Schedule/Results". CollegeInsider.com. Retrieved February 24, 2025.
  2. ^ "Norfolk State Beats Purdue Fort Wayne 75-67 for the CIT Championship". The Associated Press. March 27, 2024. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
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