The 2026 College Basketball Invitational has been canceled, leaving the College Basketball Crown as the one males’s postseason tournament apart from the NCAA and NIT.
“Due to circumstances beyond our control, the CBI will not be held this year,” the CBI introduced in a social media submit Thursday. “We will see you next year!”
Messages searching for remark have been left with the Gazelle Group, the New Jersey-based sports activities advertising agency that has placed on the CBI since 2008.
The CollegeInsider.com Tournament folded final 12 months.
Teams collaborating within the CBI and CollegeInsider.com tournaments have been required to pay an entry price.
The CBI had 16-team fields from 2008 to ’19 and was thought of the third-best postseason tournament behind the NCAA and NIT. The tournament was canceled in 2020 due to the pandemic, had an eight-team discipline in 2021 and was again to 16 groups for 2022 and ’23. There have been 14 groups in ’24 earlier than dropping to 11 in ’25.
The Crown had a 16-team discipline for its inaugural tournament final 12 months however can have eight groups this 12 months. The Crown is a sexy possibility for groups that miss the NCAA tournament as a result of collaborating groups obtain identify, picture and likeness funds to divide amongst their gamers.
