The 2018 College Basketball Invitational (CBI) was a single-elimination men's college basketball tournament consisting of 16 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams that did not participate in the 2018 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament or the NIT.
North Texas defeated San Francisco two games to one in the best-of-three championship series to win the CBI championship.
[1] The following teams were announced as participants Sunday, March 11 after the NCAA Selection Show.
The following programs received an invitation to the CBI, but declined to participate: The 2018 CBI had 16 teams organized into four regional brackets of four teams.
The participants were announced Sunday, March 12 after the NCAA Selection Show.