If the NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournaments, plus the NIT are not enough to fill your insatiable appetite for college basketball, there is always the College Basketball Invitational. The CBI semifinals are tonight, with UCF at Creighton (8 p.m., HDNet) and Boise State at Oregon (10 p.m., HDNet).
Tonight’s winners will meet in a best-of-three championship series beginning March 28. The third and final game of the series would be April 1, if necessary.
Creighton carries a 24-15 record into tonight’s semifinal. The team has won 20 or more games in 12 of 13 seasons. UCF. is led by Marcus Jordan with a 15.3 scoring average. Creighton set a CBI record for most points in a game during a 102-92 victory over Davidson on Monday in a quarterfinal round game.
Boise State (22-12) is led by La’Shard Anderson, who averages 15.3 points per game. Oregon (18-17) is led by Joevan Catron (15.2 ppg.).