March 14, 2010

CBI Bracket

The Saint Louis Billikens will host Indiana State in the first round of the 2010 College Basketball Invitational Tuesday, March 16. Game time at Chaifetz Arena is 8 p.m. The game will be televised by HD Net.

The Billikens play in the postseason for the first time since the 2004 National Invitational Tournament. SLU is 20-11 and finished fourth in the Atlantic 10 Conference with an 11-5 slate. Indiana State is 17-14 and posted a 9-9 record in the Missouri Valley Conference. The Sycamores fell to Illinois State in the MVC Tournament. The winner will advance to the quarterfinals to be played March 22 against the winner of the Akron vs. UW-Green Bay game.

The CBI features 16 teams from across the country playing for a postseason championship with each game played on home campus sites. The first three rounds of the CBI are single-elimination. The two teams competing for the title will play a best-of-three series with the higher seed hosting two games should a third be necessary.

Due to the limited time to process orders, seating in the Loyal Blue and Billiken Gold areas of Chaifetz Arena are available for $20 each and only to the season ticket holders that purchase those seats during the regular season. All tickets outside of those two price levels will be General Admission and will cost $10 each.