Bryant Bulldogs (19-11 overall, 12-6 Northeast Conference, T-2nd)
Bryant posted one of the most impressive turnarounds in NCAA history, earning a 19-11 record and second-place finish in the Northeast Conference after finishing 2-28 last season…the Bulldogs qualified for postseason play in their first year of full Division I eligibility, breaking league records for overall win improvement (17) and in league action (11)…three players earned all-conference honors, including Alex Francis being named to the first-team...Tim O'Shea was named the NEC Coach of the Year for guiding Bryant to its first winning season at the D-I level.
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Charleston Cougars (24-10 overall, 14-4 Southern Conference, 2nd in South Division)
The College of Charleston is making its third CBI appearance in program history (reached the quarterfinals in 2009 and 2010)…CofC is one of 26 Division I schools currently with 24+ wins on the season, including an impressive 11-2 record on the road which is tied for the second-most road victories in the country under first-year head coach Doug Wojcik…reached the SoCon Tournament finals for the fourth time in seven years...Andrew Lawrence earned first-team All-Southern Conference honors.
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George Mason Patriots (18-14 overall, 10-8 Colonial Athletic Association, T- 5th)
George Mason is 18-14 on the season, after falling in the CAA semifinals as the fourth seed to No. 1 Northeastern…under the direction of second-year head coach Paul Hewitt, the Patriots, who are making their first postseason appearance in two years, are led by a six-man junior class headlined by All-CAA performer Sherrod Wright…guard Bryon Allen was named to the CAA All-Tournament Team after averaging 18 points in the two games.
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Houston Cougars (19-12 overall, 7-9 Conference USA, T- 6th)
Houston, with one of the youngest teams in the nation, is looking for its first 20-win season since the 2008-09 campaign…the Cougars boast a combined six letters among all 15 student-athletes with their top four scorers competing as freshmen or sophomores, led by first-team Conference USA selection TaShawn Thomas….despite their youth, the Cougars tied for sixth in Conference USA and reeled off a seven-game winning streak earlier this season…Houston enters the CBI having won four of its last five games…this is the program's third CBI (2009, 2008).
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Lehigh Mountain Hawks (21-9 overall, 10-4 Patriot League, T-2nd)
Lehigh made history last season in beating Duke in the NCAA Tournament…the Mountain Hawks carried that momentum into this season, beginning 8-2 for their best start since the 1938-39 season…Lehigh lost first-team All-American C.J. McCollum to an injury at VCU but hung tough, winning at eventual Patriot League champion Bucknell while earning double-digit league wins and eclipsing 20 victories for the third time in the last four years...Holden Greiner was named a first-team Patriot League honoree.
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North Dakota State Bison (24-9 overall, 12-4 Summit League, 3rd)
The Bison finished one game out of first place in The Summit League despite Tyler Braun (second-team all-league pick) missing nine league games…played a schedule that featured No. 1 Indiana, No. 13 Minnesota, and MAC champion Akron that cracked the coaches Top 25 the following week…won the Progressive Legends Classic Pittsburgh Subregional with three wins…among the top 10 in the nation in scoring defense…all five starters will return next season.
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Purdue Boilermakers (15-17 overall, 8-10 Big Ten Conference, T-7th)
In a departure from the Purdue mold of recent years, the Boilermakers have been frontcourt-oriented and reliant on a talented young core en route to the program's seventh-consecutive postseason berth…. has scored nearly half its points in the paint this season and gotten nearly half its scoring from its four-man freshman class…the infusion of size and youth up front has helped the Boilers rank near the top of the Big Ten in both rebounds and blocked shots over the course of the season...Terone Johnson was named to the All-Big Ten third-team.
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Richmond Spiders (18-14 overall, 8-8 Atlantic 10 Conference, T-8th)
Richmond has four wins against top 100 RPI teams and just one loss to a team outside the top 110 in the RPI….tied the school record for home wins in a season with a 15-2 record in the Robins Center…senior Darien Brothers, a third-team all-Atlantic 10 pick, leads the team in scoring at 14.5 points per game and freshman Terry Allen is averaging 10.1 points and 7.0 rebounds per game in the last seven games.
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Santa Clara Broncos (21-11 overall, 9-7 West Coast Conference, 4th)
Santa Clara is 21-11, its first 21-win regular season since 1996, and the Broncos finished fourth in the WCC at 9-6….won 21 games for just the 13th time in 106 years of basketball…the victory total matches the second-highest recorded over the last 29 seasons, behind only the 2010-11 squad that posted 24 wins under Kerry Keating…have four 1,000 point scorers on the current roster – a first in West Coast Conference history...seniors Marc Trasolini and Kevin Foster were named first-team All-WCC.
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Texas Longhorns (16-17 overall, 7-11 Big 12 Conference, 7th)
Texas is the youngest team in the country, featuring six scholarship freshmen and five scholarship sophomores in its playing rotation…this is UT's first postseason appearance in a non-NCAA Tournament since the 1985-86 season, when Texas advanced to the NIT Second Round… played without its top player, sophomore point guard Myck Kabongo, for the first 23 games of the year…Sheldon McClellan, an honorable Big 12 selection, ranks second on the team in scoring (13.8 ppg).
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Tulsa Hurricane (17-15 overall, 8-8 Conference USA, 5th)
Tulsa is 17-15 overall this season with a fifth place finish in Conference USA…one of the youngest teams in the country this season with seven freshmen, led by C-USA all-freshman team members guard James Woodard and forward D'Andre Wright….battled through injuries all season, winning 17 games despite seven of the 11 scholarship players missing a total of 68 games during the season.
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Vermont Catamounts (21-11 overall, 11-5 America East Conference, 2nd)
The Catamounts are making their ninth postseason appearance in 11 years and participating in the CBI for the second time since 2009...earned their eighth trip to the America East Championship game in 12 years, but fell to Albany in the finals, 53-49...second-year head coach John Becker guided the Catamounts to back-to-back 20-win seasons, an America East title and an NCAA victory in 2012...Brian Voelkel was named to the All-America East first-team while also earning a spot on the all-defensive team.
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Western Illinois Leathernecks (22-8 overall, 13-3 Summit League, T-1st)
Western Illinois is enjoying its best season in the program's Division I history…known for their tough defense, ranking second in the nation, and for not fouling, ranking first in the country in least fouls per game…for this the fans have responded as more are entering Western Hall than had in the last 14 years…Terell Parks (Summit League Defensive Player of the Year) and Ceola Clark have great chemistry and are the team's two best players.
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Wright State Raiders (21-13 overall, 10-6 Horizon League, T-3rd)
Started the season with a 14-5 record, the program's best start since 1990…also started the home slate at 8-0 and have a school record-tying eight road wins with the 11th youngest roster in the country and no seniors…eight different Raiders have led the team in scoring…head coach Billy Donlon was named Horizon League Coach of the Year…Cole Darling was named second-team all-league.
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Wyoming Cowboys (19-13 overall, 4-12 Mountain West Conference, 8th)
Wyoming is making its third trip to the CBI (2012, 2009) with a 19-13 overall record after competing in the Mountain West, the top-ranked conference in the RPI…the Cowboys were one of the last four undefeated teams in the nation after a 13-0 start to the season, but finished eighth in the ultra-competitive MW…Wyoming is a team predicated on defense, ranking first in the league and 21st in the NCAA in scoring defense at 58.4...Leonard Washington, a member of the MW all-defensive team, also earned third-team honors.
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