2010 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament

The 2010 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) was a postseason single-elimination tournament of 16 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams.

2010 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament

Teams	16
Finals site	JQH Arena Springfield, Missouri
Champions	Missouri State (1st title)
Runner-up	Pacific (1st title game)
Semifinalists	Appalachian State (1st semifinal) Creighton (1st semifinal)
Winning coach	Cuonzo Martin (1st title)
MVP	Will Creekmore (Missouri State)
CIT tournaments «2009 2011»

Fifteen of the selected teams were from a pool that are not invited to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament or the 2010 National Invitation Tournament.^[1] The 16th team was South Dakota, the champion of the 2010 Great West Conference men's basketball tournament.

The tournament began with first-round games March 16–18, 2010. Quarterfinal action continued on campus sites on March 22, and the tournament concluded with the championship game on March 30. The Appalachian State–Pacific game was delayed one day to Thursday, March 25, due to Pacific being snowed in at the airport after the Northern Colorado game.

Participating teams

The following teams received an invitation to the 2010 CIT:

School	Conference	Overall record	Conference record
Appalachian State[2]	Southern	22–12	13–5
Creighton[3]	Missouri Valley	16–15	10–8
Fairfield	Metro Atlantic Athletic	22–10	13–5
George Mason[4]	Colonial Athletic	17–14	12–6
Harvard	Ivy League	21–7	10–4
Louisiana Tech	Western Athletic	23–10	9–7
Loyola Marymount	West Coast	18–15	7–7
Marshall[5]	Conference USA	23–9	11–5
Middle Tennessee	Sun Belt	19–13	13–5
Missouri State	Missouri Valley	20–12	8–10
Northern Colorado	Big Sky	24–7	12–4
Pacific	Big West	20–11	12–4
Portland	West Coast	21–10	10–4
South Dakota	Great West	22–9	11–1
Southern Miss	Conference USA	20–13	8–8
Western Carolina	Southern	22–11	11–7

Bracket

Bracket is for visual purposes only. The CIT does not have a set bracket.

	First round March 16–18					Quarterfinals March 22					Semifinals March 24–25					Championship March 30
	Pacific		86
	Loyola Marymount		76
						Pacific		63
						Northern Colorado		59
	Portland		73
	Northern Colorado		81
											Pacific		64
											Appalachian State		56
	Harvard		71
	Appalachian State		93
						Appalachian State		80
						Marshall		72
	Western Carolina		88
	Marshall		90
																Pacific		65
																Missouri State		78
	Fairfield		101*
	George Mason		96
						Fairfield		55
						Creighton		73
	South Dakota		78
	Creighton		89
											Creighton		61
											Missouri State		67
	Southern Miss		57
	Louisiana Tech		66
						Louisiana Tech		40
						Missouri State		69
	Middle Tennessee		79
	Missouri State		87

Home teams listed second.
* Denotes overtime period.

References

1. "The 2009 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament". Collegeinsider.com. Retrieved April 2, 2013.
2. http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2010/mar/13/mountaineers-set-to-host-cit-game/ ^{[dead link‍]}
3. "Creighton accepts CIT invitation, earns home game". Omaha World-Herald. Retrieved April 2, 2013.
4. "George Mason will host first-round game of CollegeInsider.com tournament". The Washington Post. March 11, 2010. Retrieved April 23, 2010.
5. "Marshall Accepts Invitation to Play in CollegeInsider.com Tournament". Herdzone.cstv.com. March 14, 2010. Retrieved April 2, 2013.