March 24, 2009
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CBI SEMIFINAL MATCHUPS SET FOR WEDNESDAY
UTEP/Richmond At 8:00 PM; Stanford/Oregon State At 10:00 PM ET

(Princeton, NJ) - The Gazelle Group is pleased to announced the Semifinal Round matchups for the 2009 College Basketball Invitational. Semifinal Round games will take place on Wednesday, March 25th.

HDNet will broadcast both semifinal games beginning at 8:00 PM ET.

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Click HERE for a complete 2009 CBI bracket.

Richmond (20-15) advanced to the semifinals with a 74-72 win over College of Charleston. Kevin Anderson (21 points) hit a jumper with :09 left for the game-winner.

UTEP (21-12) got 26 points from Conference USA's all-time leading scorer Stefon Jackson in a 75-66 win at home over Northeastern.

Oregon State (15-17) got a runner from Calvin Haynes with :06 left in overtime to get past Vermont, 71-70. Haynes came off the bench for a game-high 19 points

Stanford (20-13) jumped out to a big early lead at Wichita State en route to a 70-56 win. Lawrence Hill led the Cardinal with 21 points.

Tournament Notes

- For the second year in a row, games in the CBI Tournament have been closer, on average, than those of the NCAA Tournament or the NIT.

7.0- average point differential in the CBI Tournament
9.9- average point differential in the NIT
12.7-average point differential in the NCAA Tournament

- The paid attendance at tonight's Stanford-Wichita State game was 8,812... the second largest crowd in CBI Tournament history. Only Game #2 of the 2008 CBI Championship Series was bigger. That crowd was 8,014 to watch host Bradley defeat Tulsa

- UTEP, with their win tonight, is now 7-0 all-time against schools from the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA).

- Richmond won their 20th game of the season tonight, 74-72, over College of Charleston. it is the first time that the Spiders have reached that plateau since the 2003-04.

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