List of CIT Champions
List of CIT Champions
The first Collegeinsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) took place in 2009, becoming the fourth official postseason tournament in Division I men’s basketball. The CIT previously selected 32 teams (and later 26) from mid-major conferences that were not already selected for the NCAA Tournament, NIT or CBI. Starting in 2016, the 26-team format allowed three teams to get a bye to the quarterfinals after winning their opening round game (chosen by Pomeroy rankings). In 2022, after two-straight cancellations due to COVID-19, the event was replaced by The Basketball Classic (TBC) presented by Eracism.
Below is a list of CIT Champions, runners-up and the head coaches for each team:
| Year | CIT Champion / Head Coach | Runner-Up / Head Coach |
| 2009 | Old Dominion | Bradley |
| Blaine Taylor | Jim Les | |
| 2010 | Missouri State | Pacific |
| Cuonzo Martin | Bob Thomason | |
| 2011 | Santa Clara | Iona |
| Kerry Keating | Tim Cluess | |
| 2012 | Mercer | Utah State |
| Bob Hoffman | Stew Morrill | |
| 2013 | East Carolina | Weber State |
| Jeff Lebo | Randy Rahe | |
| 2014 | Murray State | Yale |
| Steve Prohm | James Jones | |
| 2015 | Evansville | Northern Arizona |
| Marty Simmons | Jack Murphy | |
| 2016 | Columbia | UC Irvine |
| Kyle Smith | Russell Turner | |
| 2017 | Saint Peter’s | Texas A&M-Corpus Christi |
| John Dunne | Willis Wilson | |
| 2018 | Northern Colorado | UIC |
| Jeff Linder | Steve McClain | |
| 2019 | Marshall | Green Bay |
| Dan D’Antoni | Linc Darner | |
| 2020 |
tournament cancelled | |
| due to COVID-19 pandemic | ||
| 2021 |
tournament cancelled | |
| due to COVID-19 pandemic | ||
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