The 2024 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) was a postseason single-elimination tournament of NCAA Division I basketball teams. This was the first CIT contested since 2019. The 2020 and 2021 CITs were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2022, the CIT was replaced by The Basketball Classic. Neither The Basketball Classic nor the CIT were contested in 2023. However, CollegeInsider.com announced in early March 2024, that the CIT was to be revived in a 16-team pod-based format for the 2023âÂÂ24 postseason. Ultimately, only nine teams agreed to play in the 2024 edition.
Four classics were contested during the tournament, each named in honor of a legendary college basketball coach: Hugh Durham, Lou Henson, John McLendon and Jim Phelan. The winner of each classic was awarded a trophy, and a classic most valuable player was named.
Norfolk State won their first-ever CIT title, defeating Purdue Fort Wayne, 75âÂÂ67, after overcoming an 18-point deficit.
The teams listed below accepted an invitation to the 2024 CIT.
Note: Team records are before playing in the tournament.
Although the initial announcement that the tournament would be contested stated that all the teams would be seeded, no seeds were assigned to teams on the published schedule. However, Norfolk State indicated they were the no. 1 seed, and they received a bye to the semifinals and hosted both games in which they played.
The CIT presented the awards shown below.