DALLAS - Southern Miss and UAB have accepted invitations to play in the 2019 Roman College Basketball Invitational (CBI).

CBI Bracket (PDF)

Southern Miss will travel to Longwood for its first-round match Wednesday, March 20, in Farmville, Virginia. Tip time is TBD.

USM Head Coach Doc Sadler has guided his squad to 36 wins the last two seasons. Wednesday's game will be the first-ever meeting between Southern Miss and Longwood. The winner will play either DePaul or Central Michigan on Monday, March 25.

UAB will head to Brown for a 6 p.m. tip on Wednesday, March 20, in Providence, Rhode Island. The game will air on ESPN+. 

The winner will meet either Cal Baptist and Loyola Marymount on Monday, March 25.  
 
ABOUT THE CBI
The 16-team CBI is a single-elimination tournament up until the best-of-three Finals, with all games played at campus sites. After the First Round games, the Quarterfinal Round will take place on Monday, March 25, followed by the Semifinal Round on Wednesday, March 27 or Thursday, March 28. Prior to the semifinals, the remaining teams will be re-bracketed. The Finals series is a best-of-three in which one team will host two of the three games. Those games will be played on April 1, April 3, and April 5.
 
ESPN is again the official television home of the CBI. ESPNU will televise each game of the best-of-three Championship Series.
 
For more information, visit http://www.gazellegroup.com/main/cbi/