CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament
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NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
college basketball postseason tournament
defunct sports competition
The CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) was a now-defunct NCAA Division I men's college basketball postseason tournament designed primarily for mid-major programs that did not receive bids to the NCAA Tournament or NIT.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1168091 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament Context triple: [Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball, postseasonTournament, CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament]
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A.
SEC Men's Basketball Tournament
The SEC Men's Basketball Tournament is the postseason conference championship event that determines the Southeastern Conference's automatic qualifier for the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.
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B.
National Invitation Tournament
The National Invitation Tournament is a long-running postseason college basketball competition in the United States that features teams not selected for the NCAA Tournament.
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C.
Ivy League Men’s Basketball Tournament
The Ivy League Men’s Basketball Tournament is the postseason championship event that determines the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament.
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D.
NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament
The NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament is an annual single-elimination college basketball championship held each March in the United States, widely known as “March Madness” and one of the most popular sporting events in the country.
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E.
NCAA Convention
The NCAA Convention is the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s annual gathering of member institutions and officials to conduct governance business, set policies, and recognize major award recipients.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament Target entity description: The CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) was a now-defunct NCAA Division I men's college basketball postseason tournament designed primarily for mid-major programs that did not receive bids to the NCAA Tournament or NIT.
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A.
SEC Men's Basketball Tournament
The SEC Men's Basketball Tournament is the postseason conference championship event that determines the Southeastern Conference's automatic qualifier for the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.
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B.
National Invitation Tournament
The National Invitation Tournament is a long-running postseason college basketball competition in the United States that features teams not selected for the NCAA Tournament.
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C.
Ivy League Men’s Basketball Tournament
The Ivy League Men’s Basketball Tournament is the postseason championship event that determines the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament.
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D.
NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament
The NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament is an annual single-elimination college basketball championship held each March in the United States, widely known as “March Madness” and one of the most popular sporting events in the country.
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E.
NCAA Convention
The NCAA Convention is the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s annual gathering of member institutions and officials to conduct governance business, set policies, and recognize major award recipients.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
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college basketball postseason tournament ⓘ defunct sports competition ⓘ |
| aboveTierTournaments |
NCAA tournament
ⓘ
surface form:
NCAA Tournament
NIT ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | CIT ⓘ |
| cancellationReason | COVID-19 pandemic (2020) for that year's edition ⓘ |
| category |
College basketball competitions in the United States
ⓘ
Defunct basketball competitions in the United States ⓘ NCAA tournament ⓘ
surface form:
NCAA Division I men's basketball postseason tournaments
|
| competitionLevel | NCAA Division I ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| designedFor |
teams not selected for NCAA Tournament
ⓘ
teams not selected for NIT ⓘ |
| eligibility | NCAA Division I teams not in NCAA Tournament or NIT ⓘ |
| finalGameSite | hosted on campus of participating team ⓘ |
| firstEditionSeason | 2008–09 NCAA Division I men's basketball season ⓘ |
| focus |
providing additional postseason opportunities
ⓘ
showcasing mid-major programs ⓘ |
| gameSites | campus sites ⓘ |
| gender | men's ⓘ |
| governingBody | CollegeInsider.com ⓘ |
| inception | 2009 ⓘ |
| lastHeld | 2019 ⓘ |
| laterFieldSize |
24 teams
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26 teams ⓘ 32 teams ⓘ |
| notAffiliatedWith |
NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament
ⓘ
surface form:
NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship
National Invitation Tournament ⓘ |
| numberOfTeamsAtInception | 16 ⓘ |
| organizedBy | CollegeInsider.com ⓘ |
| postseason | yes ⓘ |
| primaryParticipants | mid-major programs ⓘ |
| regionFocus | mid-major conferences ⓘ |
| rules | NCAA men's college basketball rules ⓘ |
| seasonTiming | March and April ⓘ |
| selectionMethod | invitation-only ⓘ |
| sport | basketball ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| successorTournament | The Basketball Classic ⓘ |
| successorTournamentOrganizer | The Basketball Classic organizers ⓘ |
| tournamentFormat | single-elimination ⓘ |
| type | third-tier postseason tournament ⓘ |
| website | CollegeInsider.com ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament Description of subject: The CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) was a now-defunct NCAA Division I men's college basketball postseason tournament designed primarily for mid-major programs that did not receive bids to the NCAA Tournament or NIT.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball
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postseasonTournament
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CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament
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Boston University Terriers men's basketball
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postseasonTournament
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CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament
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Hofstra Pride men's basketball
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madePostseasonTournament
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CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament
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