# 2025 College Basketball Invitational

The 2025 College Basketball Invitational (CBI) is a single-elimination, fully-bracketed men's college basketball postseason tournament featuring twelve National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams not selected to participate in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament (NCAA), the National Invitation Tournament (NIT), or the College Basketball Crown (CBC).
The 17th edition of the tournament commences on March 22nd and concludes on March 26th. All games will be played at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Florida, with the first and quarterfinal rounds streamed on FloCollege, the semifinal round telecast on ESPNU and the final round telecast on ESPN2.
Seattle was victorious in the 2024 final, having defeated High Point 77–67.

## Participating teams
### Accepted bids

| Seed | Team | Conference | Record | Appearance | Last Bid |
| — | Army | Patriot | 16–15 (.516) | 2nd | 2021 |
| — | Cleveland State | Horizon | 21–12 (.636) | 3rd | 2024 |
| — | Elon | Coastal | 17–15 (.531) | 1st | — |
| — | Florida Gulf Coast | Atlantic Sun | 18–14 (.563) | 1st | — |
| — | Illinois State | Missouri Valley | 19–14 (.576) | 2nd | 2014 |
| — | Incarnate Word | Southland | 17–16 (.515) | 1st | — |
| — | Jacksonville | Atlantic Sun | 19–13 (.594) | 1st | — |
| — | Manhattan | Metro Atlantic | 17–13 (.567) | 1st | — |
| — | Northern Arizona | Big Sky | 18–15 (.545) | 1st | — |
| — | Presbyterian | Big South | 14–18 (.438) | 2nd | 2024 |
| — | Queens | Atlantic Sun | 19–14 (.576) | 1st | — |
Note: Team records are as of the end of the regular season and prior to the beginning of the tournament.

### Returned bids

| Seed | Team | Conference | Record | Appearance | Last Bid |
| — | UC Riverside | Big West | 21–12 (.636) | 1st | — |
The NCAA caused confusion on Selection Sunday, by failing to communicate with at least one program invited to the NIT prior to the initial release of the bracket. Instead, it appears the NCAA assumed that mid-major schools would not decline an NIT bid. UC Riverside had already confirmed their participation in the 2025 College Basketball Invitational, before learning they had been invited to the NIT. For a brief time, NIT and CBI brackets co-existed showing UC Riverside playing in both tournaments. Participation in multiple postseason tournaments is not permitted under NCAA rules. After UC Riverside's commitment to play in the CBI came to the attention of the NCAA, instead of communicating with UC Riverside, they contacted South Alabama, the top remaining at-large team, and extended an NIT invitation to them. As the NCAA was communicating with South Alabama, UC Riverside was in contact with CBI organizers to decline their invitation to that tournament, so they could play in the NIT. After their commitment to the CBI was dissolved, UC Riverside contacted the NCAA and accepted their bid to the NIT. Just an hour after extending the invitation, the NCAA contacted South Alabama and informed them their bid to the NIT had been revoked.

## Schedule

| Game | Time | Matchup | Television |
| First Round – Sunday, March 23 |||||||
| 1 | 12:00 pm | Manhattan vs. Incarnate Word | FloCollege |
| 2 | 2:00 pm | Elon vs. Army | FloCollege |
| 3 | 4:30 pm | Queens vs. Northern Arizona | FloCollege |
| 4 | 6:30 pm | Illinois State vs. Presbyterian | FloCollege |
| Quarterfinals – Monday, March 24 |||||||
| 5 | 12:00 pm | Jacksonville vs. Winner Game 1 | FloCollege |
| 6 | 2:00 pm | Florida Gulf Coast vs. Winner Game 2 | FloCollege |
| 7 | 4:00 pm | Cleveland State vs. Winner Game 3 | FloCollege |
| Semifinals – Tuesday, March 25 |||||||
| 8 | 7:00 pm | Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 4 | ESPNU |
| 9 | 9:00 pm | Winner Game 6 vs. Winner Game 7 | ESPNU |
| Final – Wednesday, March 26 |||||||
| 10 | 5:00 pm | Winner Game 8 vs. Winner Game 9 | ESPN2 |
| Game times are in Eastern Daylight Savings Time; # denotes tournament seed. |||||||

## Bracket
### Final

| First Round March 23 FloCollege | First Round March 23 FloCollege | Quarterfinals March 24 FloCollege | Quarterfinals March 24 FloCollege |
| Illinois State | Illinois State | | |
| Presbyterian | Presbyterian | | |
| Manhattan | Manhattan | | |
| Incarnate Word | Incarnate Word | | |
| | | Jacksonville | Jacksonville |
| Elon | Elon | | |
| Army | Army | | |
| | | Florida Gulf Coast | Florida Gulf Coast |
| Queens | Queens | | |
| Northern Arizona | Northern Arizona | | |
| | | Cleveland State | Cleveland State |

### Original

| First Round March 22 & 23 FloCollege | First Round March 22 & 23 FloCollege | Quarterfinals March 24 FloCollege | Quarterfinals March 24 FloCollege |
| Illinois State | Illinois State | | |
| Presbyterian | Presbyterian | | |
| Manhattan | Manhattan | | |
| Incarnate Word | Incarnate Word | | |
| Elon | Elon | | |
| Army | Army | | |
| | | Florida Gulf Coast | Florida Gulf Coast |
| Queens | Queens | | |
| Northern Arizona | Northern Arizona | | |
| | | UC Riverside | UC Riverside |
| | | Jacksonville | Jacksonville |
| | | Cleveland State | Cleveland State |