The FAU Owls (19-15 overall, 11-7 C-USA) season comes to a close after losing 74-71 in heartbreaking fashion to the University of Northern Colorado Bears (21-15 overall, 13-7 Big Sky) in the first round of the College Basketball Invitational (CBI) Tournament.
This was the first match-up between the two teams. FAU came into the game as the fifth seed against UNC’s 12th seed.
After they were eliminated from the C-USA tournament by the eventual champions, the UAB Blazers, the Owls were invited to participate in the CBI, which selects teams that were not selected to participate in the NCAA Tournament or the National Invitational Tournament.