HOLY CROSS at BROWN, 7:00 PM Eastern, live streaming at collegeinsider.com
Don’t forget to check out our review of the NCAA field here: https://hoopshd.com/2014/03/17/selection-sunday-review-and-recap/
The field has been set. The first round matchups are out. It is time to play the games. Of course, here at the home of Under the Radar and the Small Conference Game of the Day, we are talking about the 2014 CollegeInsider.com Tournament, otherwise known at the CIT. The CIT is unique in that the matchups for reach round are set after the round is played, allowing the tournament organizers to get the best matchups (and avoiding lengthy travel requirements) for each round. Every day of the CIT we will be bringing you a Game of the Day feature, all the way through the April 3 championship.
Tonight, the CIT tips off with a single first round game, The Patriot League’s Holy Cross Crusaders heading to Rhode Island to take on the Ivy League’s Brown Bears. Holy Cross was 19-13 on the season, finishing 12-6 in the Patriot, in third place. They lost at eventual champion American in a tough, hard fought game in the Patriot League semifinals. This is the Crusaders first ever appearance in the CIT, and their first postseason bid since the 2007 NCAA tournament.
The Brown Bears enter tonight’s game at 15-13 overall. They finished 7-7 in the Ivy League, and should only be better next season. The Bears did show some flashes of their potential this season, including taking Harvard to overtime (though losing) in the last game of the season. As with Holy Cross, this is the Bears’ first appearance in the CIT. Their last postseason bid came in 2008, when they lost in the first round of the CBI.