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Tournament organizers have scrapped the College Basketball Invitational men’s basketball championship, calling off the 16-team competition that was slated for March 21-25.<\/p>

Officials released a short announcement on X explaining the decision: “Due to circumstances beyond our control, the CBI will not be held this year.”<\/p>

However, tournament organizers pledged to bring back the event, adding: “We will see you next year!”<\/p>

The CBI ranks as the third-most prominent men’s postseason basketball competition, trailing the NCAA Tournament and NIT. The tournament has run annually since its 2008 debut, with the exception of 2020 when organizers suspended it due to the pandemic.<\/p>

Before 2020, participating teams hosted games at their own venues throughout the entire tournament, including the final game. Starting in 2021, all tournament action moved to a single location in Daytona Beach, Florida.<\/p>

Illinois State claimed the 2025 championship. Other schools that have captured titles since the tournament relocated to Florida include Seattle, Charlotte, UNC Wilmington and Pepperdine.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The College Basketball Invitational has called off its 2026 men’s basketball tournament that was set for late March. Tournament officials cited unspecified circumstances but promised to bring the event back in 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":36344,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[836],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/news-1773430607304.png?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-9sd","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":27319,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/salisbury-university-mens-basketball-prepares-for-2026-c2c-tournament\/","url_meta":{"origin":36345,"position":0},"title":"Salisbury University Men’s Basketball Prepares for 2026 C2C Tournament","author":"Admin","date":"February 25, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"The Salisbury University Sea Gulls men's basketball team is gearing up for the upcoming 2026 Coast-to-Coast Conference Championships. 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