Illinois State wins 2025 CBI Tournament Title 79-68 over Cleveland State for program’s first postseason title, full scores.

-- Caden Boser scored a season-high 20 points, Chase Walker was named the tournament's most valuable player, and Illinois State beat Cleveland State 79-68 on Wednesday night to claim the program's first CBI championship.

The Redbirds closed the season with a 22-14 record, the program's first time reaching the 20-win plateau since the 2016-17 season.

Boser was a perfect 7 for 7, including 4 for 4 from beyond the arc for the Redbirds. Johnny Kinziger and Walker each scored 13 points, and Dalton Banks and Ty Pence had 11 apiece.

Tevin Smith led the Vikings (23-13) in scoring, finishing with 16 points. Cleveland State also got 11 points from Chase Robinson and Je'Shawn Stevenson.

March is the month of basketball, and when you're not watching the NCAA or NIT tournaments, you'll want to be watching the College Basketball Invitational 2025.

A dozen teams are getting ready to play for a CBI title, but they'll have to make it through the bracket first. With programs like Cleveland State and Jacksonville, There's guaranteed to be some heated matchups in Daytona Beach this week.

Last year, Seattle University became CBI champions as a No. 3 seed, but the title is back up for grabs — you won't want to miss the action.

Here's everything you need to know about the 17th annual College Basketball Invitational, including TV channel and streaming options for each game of the tournament.

College Basketball Invitational: CBI Tournament 2025 Teams

Here are all the teams in the CBI:

Army West Point

Cleveland State

Elon

Florida Gulf Coast

Illinois State

Jacksonville

Manhattan

Northern Arizona

Presbyterian

Queens University of Charlotte

UIW

How to watch CBI 2025: TV channels, live streams

TV channel: ESPN2, ESPNU

Live stream: Sling | FloCollege

The first round and quarterfinals of the 2025 CBI will air exclusively on FloCollege.

The semifinals will be televised by ESPNU and the championship game is on ESPN2. Viewers can also stream those matchups on Sling.

Sling is your home for March Madness. Catch the NIT and NCAA men's and women's tournaments with a range of sports channels including ESPN, TNT, TBS, truTV and more.

Where will CBI Tournament be played in 2025? Location site.

The 2025 CBI Tournament will be taking place at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Florida for four days of competition.

CBI 2025: College Basketball Invitational bracket, schedule, dates, game times, scores

FIRST ROUND - Sunday, March 23

1 — Manhattan 85, UIW 92 , 12 p.m. Sunday, March 23 | FloHoops (subscription required)

2 — Elon 78, Army 83, 2 p.m. Sunday March 23 | FloHoops (subscription required)

3 — Queens 85, Northern Arizona 78, 4:30 p.m. Sunday, March 23 | FloHoops (subscription required)

4 — Illinois State 78, Presbyterian, 70 - 6:30 p.m. Sunday, March 23 | FloHoops (subscription required)

QUARTERFINALS - Monday, March 24

5 — Jacksonville 71, UIW, 87 noon Monday, March 24 | FloHoops

6 — Florida Gulf Coast 68, Army 65, 2 p.m. Monday, March 24 | FloHoops (subscription required)

7 — Cleveland State 88, Queens 73, 4 p.m. Monday, March 24 | FloHoops (subscription required)

SEMIFINALS - Tuesday , March 25

Illinois State 78, UIW 73, 7 p.m. Tuesday , March 25| ESPNU | Fubo (free trial available)

Florida GC 65, Cleveland State 72, 9 p.m. Tuesday, March 25 | ESPNU | Fubo (free trial available)

CHAMPIONSHIP

Illinois State vs Cleveland State, 5 p.m. Wednesday, March 26 | ESPN2 | Fubo (free trial available)

List of CBI past champions by year, History Since 2008

2025 —

2024 — Seattle

2023 — Charlotte

2022 — UNCW

2021 — Pepperdine

2020 — No tournament

2019 — South Florida

2018 — North Texas

2017 — Wyoming

2016 — Nevada

2015 — Loyola Chicago

2014 — Siena

2013 — Santa Cruz

2012 — Pittsburgh

2011 — Oregon

2010 — VCU

2009 — Oregon State

2008 — Tulsa

What is the CBI?

Played every year since 2008 — except in 2020 — the CBI is among the lower-tier college basketball postseason tournaments, falling behind the NCAA Tournament and National Invitation Tournament. This season, it is played in one location, a four-day tournament at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Florida. The field this season includes Illinois State, the third consecutive season with a Missouri Valley Conference team. Bradley has played in the CBI once, finishing as runner-up in the inaugural tournament.

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