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.

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Label	Occurrences
CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament canonical	9
CollegeInsider.com Tournament	1

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]

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.

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.
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.
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.
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.
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 ⓘ college basketball postseason tournament ⓘ defunct sports competition ⓘ
aboveTierTournaments	NCAA Tournament ⓘ linked to: 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 Division I men's basketball postseason tournaments ⓘ linked to: NCAA tournament
competitionLevel	NCAA Division I ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
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 ⓘ 26 teams ⓘ 32 teams ⓘ
notAffiliatedWith	NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship ⓘ linked to: NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament 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 ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball → postseasonTournament → CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament ⓘ

Boston University Terriers men's basketball → postseasonTournament → CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament ⓘ

Hofstra Pride men's basketball → madePostseasonTournament → CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament ⓘ

Murray State Racers men's basketball → hasPostseasonAppearances → CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament ⓘ

CIT → fullName → CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament ⓘ

CIT → alsoKnownAs → CollegeInsider.com Tournament ⓘ

linked to: CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament

CollegeInsider.com → operates → CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament ⓘ

CollegeInsider.com → subjectOf → CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament ⓘ

University of Akron men's basketball team → postseasonTournament → CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament ⓘ

NCAA Division I men's basketball team → mayParticipateIn → CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament ⓘ

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