The college basketball postseason is dominated by the NCAA Tournament (a/k/a March Madness). Outside of the main event, there is also the NIT, the CBI and (until 2019) the CIT. However, there have been some other sanctioned D-I postseason tournaments over the years that we will outline below:

 

The Basketball Classic (TBC) // 2022

The CIT was cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and then again in 2021. For the 2021-22 season, it was replaced by The Basketball Classic (TBC) presented by Eracism. The event was meant to feature 32 teams but ultimately had just 18 (3 more accepted but were unable to compete). The championship game was held at the HTC Center in Conway, South Carolina, while all other games took place at campus sites. The event did not return in 2023.

Year	Champion / Head Coach	Runner-Up / Head Coach
2022	Fresno State	Coastal Carolina
	Justin Hutson	Cliff Ellis

 

Vegas 16 // 2016

The Vegas 16 was a one-off postseason tournament held at Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was originally intended to feature 16 teams (as the name implies) but ultimately had just eight participants playing single-elimination over three days in March 2016. The event was not held in 2017 or in any other years since.

Year	Champion / Head Coach	Runner-Up / Head Coach
2016	Old Dominion	Oakland
	Jeff Jones	Greg Kampe

National Commissioners Invitational Tournament (NCIT) // 1974-1975

Originally called the Collegiate Commissioners Association Tournament (CCAT), the NCIT was created by the NCAA in 1974 to be a direct competitor to the NIT (which was not controlled by the NCAA at that time). However, the event only last two seasons as it was no longer deemed necessary following expansion and rule changes with the NCAA Tournament. The two events each featured eight teams, the first was hosted in St. Louis, Missouri and the second in Louisville, Kentucky.

Year	Champion / Head Coach	Runner-Up / Head Coach
1974	Indiana	USC
	Bob Knight	Bob Boyd
1975	Drake	Arizona
	Bob Ortegel	Fred Snowden

 

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