CBI Champions

[DeepGreen]

Year	Champion	Runner-up	MVP
2008	Tulsa	Bradley	Jerome Jordan, Tulsa
2009	Oregon State	UTEP	Roeland Schaftenaar, Oregon State
2010	VCU	Saint Louis	Joey Rodriguez, VCU
2011	Oregon	Creighton	Joevan Catron, Oregon
2012	Pittsburgh	Washington State	Lamar Patterson, Pittsburgh
2013	Santa Clara	George Mason	Kevin Foster, Santa Clara
2014	Siena	Fresno State	Brett Bisping, Siena
2015	Loyola Chicago	UL Monroe	Earl Peterson, Loyola Chicago
2016	Nevada	Morehead State	Tyron Criswell, Nevada
2017	Wyoming	Coastal Carolina	Justin James, Wyoming
2018	North Texas	USF	Roosevelt Smart, North Texas

Edited March 31, 2018 by DeepGreen

[NM Green]

That is some nice company!  Definitely a top moment in my Mean Green fandom since 1986 and I had to listen to it on the radio in Cali.  Still bursting with Pride!

GMG

 

[TreeFiddy]

Smart won MVP

[NM Green]

The radio broadcast was intense and great!  They had a long show all the way through the celebration.  It feels good to be on top of the CBI World tonight.  I saw the Mercer win and thought, this team is fun to watch and just might have something.  Then things aligned and bam championship banner going to print soon!

GMG

[bstnsportsfan3]

my back hurts, my knees hurt, im tired and i have no more voice, but my heart is so dam happy! LOVE THE MEAN GREEN! CBI CHAMPIONS! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[Matt from A700]

Raise that banner!

[southsideguy]

I know we had to pay to play in this tournament but was just a one time shot or did we have to pay for each game?  I am not being critical because if it was one time shot we might have made a little profit?

[CMJ]

29 minutes ago, southsideguy said:

I know we had to pay to play in this tournament but was just a one time shot or did we have to pay for each game?  I am not being critical because if it was one time shot we might have made a little profit?

If I recall, you had to pay for home games in the first round and quarterfinals (so we only had to pay for one round).  In the semis and finals the tournament gets the gate receipts, but the home school keeps concessions.

 

So hopefully a lot of people bought hot dogs the last three home games.

[curtisdaa]

Glad I made the trip from Ecuador for these game.  Need to save a lot more money for next years NCAA run.

[FirefightnRick]

2 hours ago, CMJ said:

If I recall, you had to pay for home games in the first round and quarterfinals (so we only had to pay for one round).  In the semis and finals the tournament gets the gate receipts, but the home school keeps concessions.

 

So hopefully a lot of people bought hot dogs the last three home games.

Yes.  It cost us $40K up front for the second game.  

So minus the gate from that night...maybe around $23k is all we are out of for the game against Mercer?.  A great investment imo.

The CBI kept the gate reciept from that point on.  And if I had to guess...we might have made the CBI over $200,000.

Seems like I heard Wyoming set the CBI attendance record last year with 6,000+, and we were right there with them last night.

So I'm betting for any year we're available we will get an invite for sure.

Damn that was awesome last night.

 

Rick

Edited March 31, 2018 by FirefightnRick

[EagleMBA]

2 hours ago, CMJ said:

If I recall, you had to pay for home games in the first round and quarterfinals (so we only had to pay for one round).  In the semis and finals the tournament gets the gate receipts, but the home school keeps concessions.

 

So hopefully a lot of people bought hot dogs the last three home games.

There were a LOT of Shiners in those cupholders!

[Matt from A700]

7 hours ago, CMJ said:

So hopefully a lot of people bought hot dogs the last three home games.

I skipped concessions last night to get a good seat -- sorry!

[dahbeed]

Congrats again Mean Green fans.  I meant to get on here last night but didn’t.  

Looks like hella first year for McCasland.  Nice start, a rough stretch when the schedule got very rough.  One hella nice run at the end.  You guys gotta feel good about the direction you’re headed.  I know how we felt when we got rid of Ken Pol Pot McDummy McDonald and Ray Harper took over.

 

It’s a relief to get rid of someone that you knew early on was a train wreck.  I’m talking about McDummy.  I’m sure some of you felt early on that Benford wasn’t the guy.  It’s hard to go through it.  

 

So enjoy the championship.  Hang a banner.  Be better next year.  With Middle having a new coach and with ODU losing Porter we’ll need everyone to step up a bit more if we’re to match what we did as a conference this year.

[greenjoe]

I couldn't be more pleased with NT participating in the CBI and winning the title.  I'm surprised however, having been around NT Athletics for a long time, that there was $40,000. laying around to fund the second round of the tournament.  Is there an extra bit of money figured in the athletic department budget to fund such an expense should it come up ?  Did the tournament pay off from a financial standpoint ?  I had a great time.  I would like to think that NT could use the CBI to springboard into greater things as some CBI champs in the past have done.

GO MEAN GREEN 

[Censored by Laurie]

On 3/30/2018 at 8:37 PM, DeepGreen said:

Year	Champion	Runner-up	MVP
2008	Tulsa	Bradley	Jerome Jordan, Tulsa
2009	Oregon State	UTEP	Roeland Schaftenaar, Oregon State
2010	VCU	Saint Louis	Joey Rodriguez, VCU
2011	Oregon	Creighton	Joevan Catron, Oregon
2012	Pittsburgh	Washington State	Lamar Patterson, Pittsburgh
2013	Santa Clara	George Mason	Kevin Foster, Santa Clara
2014	Siena	Fresno State	Brett Bisping, Siena
2015	Loyola Chicago	UL Monroe	Earl Peterson, Loyola Chicago
2016	Nevada	Morehead State	Tyron Criswell, Nevada
2017	Wyoming	Coastal Carolina	Justin James, Wyoming
2018	North Texas	USF	Roosevelt Smart, North Texas

Here's what each champ did in their subsequent season:

Tulsa - NIT, first round exit

OSU - CBI, first round exit

VCU - NCAA Final Four

Oregon - NIT Quarterfinals

Pitt - NCAA Round of 32

Santa Clara - nada

Siena - nada

Loyola - nada

Nevada - NCAA first round exit

Wyoming - 20 wins, but no invites

A few of the LU-C seniors on the final four squad were freshmen during their CBI run, but they were mid-pack in a good conference for two years after their championship. 

Probably not a conference or at-large bid level yet, but I'd say setting the goal of the NIT for next season is a reasonable bar

 

 

 

 

[Matt from A700]

2 hours ago, Censored by Laurie said:

Here's what each champ did in their subsequent season:

Tulsa - NIT, first round exit

OSU - CBI, first round exit

VCU - NCAA Final Four

Oregon - NIT Quarterfinals

Pitt - NCAA Round of 32

Santa Clara - nada

Siena - nada

Loyola - nada

Nevada - NCAA first round exit

Wyoming - 20 wins, but no invites

A few of the LU-C seniors on the final four squad were freshmen during their CBI run, but they were mid-pack in a good conference for two years after their championship. 

Probably not a conference or at-large bid level yet, but I'd say setting the goal of the NIT for next season is a reasonable bar

 

 

 

 

Waiter, one Final Four please!

[gksmith]

Loyola went to the final 4 this year. So maybe not an immediate result (going to the NCAA tournament) but definitely something to build on. 

[greenminer]

I wonder if years from now people will look at the CBI history and think we beat South Florida.