PRINCETON, N.J. - The 16-team field for the 2010 College Basketball Invitational has been announced. The third annual event will begin with eight Opening Round games on Tuesday, March 16, and Wednesday, March 17.

Indiana State will play at Saint Louis University, of the Atlantic 10, on Tuesday, March 16 in a game that will be televised nationally on HDNET. Tipoff is slated for 9 p.m. (ET) and is one of four opening round games to be featured on television.

The game can be found on Dish Network's Channel 9422 or DirecTv's Channel 79 or 306.

The Sycamores are facing Saint Louis for the first time since 1990. The Billikens own a 9-4 advantage in an all-time series that dates back to 1924.

Below is a complete list of the CBI's matchups.

March 16 -- Indiana State at Saint Louis
March 16 -- VCU at George Washington
March 17 -- Green Bay at Akron
March 17 -- Boston University at Oregon State
March 17 -- Colorado State at Morehead State
March 17 -- Charleston at Eastern Kentucky
March 17 -- IUPUI at Hofstra
March 17 -- Duquesne at Princeton

The College Basketball Invitational is a single-elimination tournament, up until the "best-of-three" Championship Series, with all games being played at campus sites. Prior to the semifinals, the remaining teams will be re-seeded. The Championship Series is a "best-of-three" in which the higher seeded team will host two of the three games.

Oregon State, as defending CBI champion, was invited to this year's CBI. The Beavers won the title by downing UTEP two games to one, in the Championship Series, with the final game played in front of a full house at UTEP's Don Haskins Center. Tulsa won the inaugural CBI in 2008.

HDNet is the official broadcast home for the CBI. HDNet will broadcast up to eleven of the tournament games, including doubleheaders on March 16, 17, 22, and 24. Opening Round matchups to be broadcast include:

March 16
VCU at George Washington 7pm ET
Indiana State at Saint Louis 9pm ET

March 17
Duquesne at Princeton 7pm ET
Colorado State at Morehead State 9pm ET

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