| Teams | 16 | ||||
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| Finals site | War Memorial Gymnasium The Super Pit San Francisco, California Denton, Texas | ||||
| Champions | North Texas Mean Green (1st title) | ||||
| Runner-up | San Francisco Dons (1st title game) | ||||
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| Winning coach | Grant McCasland (1st title) | ||||
| MVP | Roosevelt Smart (North Texas) | ||||
| Attendance | 35,348 | ||||
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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. It was held from March 13 through March 30, 2018 in various arenas. This marked the 11th year the Tournament had been held.
North Texas defeated San Francisco two games to one in the best-of-three championship series to win the CBI championship.[1]