FIRST ROUND (March 14-16)

Monday March 14
Buffalo 75, Quinnipiac 68    

Tuesday March 15
Ohio 65, Marshall 64  
East Tennessee State 76, Furman 63  
Jacksonville 71, East Carolina 66 (OT)  
Northern Iowa 84, Rider 50  
Air Force 77, North Dakota 67  
Santa Clara 68, Northern Arizona 63  
Hawaii 76, Portland 64  

Wednesday March 16
Western Michigan 74, Tennessee Tech 66  
Iona 85, Valparaiso 77  
SMU 64, Oral Roberts 57 (OT)  
San Francisco 81, Idaho 73  


SECOND ROUND (March 18-19)

Friday March 18
Santa Clara 88, Air Force 75  

Saturday March 19
Buffalo 49, Western Michigan 48  
SMU 63, Jacksonville 62  
San Francisco 77, Hawaii 74  


QUARTERFINALS (March 21-22)

Monday March 21
SMU 57, Northern Iowa 50  

Tuesday March 22
East Tennessee State 82, Ohio 73  
Iona 78, Buffalo 63  
Santa Clara 95, San Francisco 91  


SEMIFINALS (March 25-26)

Friday March 25
Santa Clara 72, SMU 55  

Saturday March 26
Iona 83, East Tennessee State 80  


2011 CIT CHAMPIONSHIP

Wednesday March 30
Santa Clara 76, Iona 69  

2011 ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM

Papa Dia (SMU)
Kevin Foster (Santa Clara)
Michael Glover (Iona)
Scott Machado (Iona)
Troy Payne (Santa Clara)
Mike Smith (East Tennessee State)
Marc Trasolini (Santa Clara)

MOST VALUABLE PLAYER: Kevin Foster (Santa Clara)


FORMAT: 12 teams will advance with four teams receiving a bye into the quarterfinals, based on seeding. The seeding will be determined using RPI, strength of schedule, conference ranking and geographical location.

The tournament format is similar to that of the old NIT model, which had not pre-set bracket, with the results from the previous round determining the matchups in the next round. Ideally teams can be kept within their geographic region to cut down on travel.