It's the second year in a row that no "power" conferences will touch it. The following participants all have losing records:
Coastal Carolina, Hampton, UIC, Loyola (MD), and Utah Valley.
It used to be that there would be one or two teams with losing records, and they were the "power" conference teams. With this kind of field, I'm not sure a CBI championship means anything at all.
The CIT will probably survive, since it's tailored for mid-majors and they only take teams with winning records. I'm not sure how many more seasons the CBI will survive. Well, as long as there is an abundance of 15-17 teams willing to pay to play, I guess it will limp along, but who wants to watch that?