NBA players Jerome Jordan and Ben Uzoh played under the Wojcik brothers at Tulsa.
Also, Jerome Jordan left the club ( NBA-out clause ), along with Cibona.
Tulsa center Jerome Jordan was the tournament MVP . The CBI was the first newly created post-season tournament since the Collegiate Commissioners Association Tournament in 1974.
He led the team to 20 wins in both his second, third, and fourth seasons and the 2008 College Basketball Invitational championship, led by tournament MVP Jerome Jordan.
On July 11, 2012, Harrellson was traded to the Houston Rockets along with Toney Douglas, Jerome Jordan and second-round picks in 2014 and 2015 for Marcus Camby.
The Knicks also re-acquired Marcus Camby from the Houston Rockets in a sign and trade sending Houston Josh Harrellson, Jerome Jordan, Toney Douglas and 2014 and 2015 two second round picks and completed a sign-and-trade with the Portland Trail Blazers that brought back Raymond Felton and Chris Smith, the younger brother of J . R . Smith, on August 1, 2012.