2013 College Basketball Invitational

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2013 College Basketball Invitational Tournament
Season2012–13
Teams16
Finals siteLeavey Center
Recreation and Athletic Complex
Patriot Center
Santa Clara, California
Fairfax, Virginia
ChampionsSanta Clara Broncos (1st title)
Runner-upGeorge Mason Patriots (1st title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coachKerry Keating (1st title)
MVPKevin Foster (Santa Clara)
College Basketball Invitational Tournaments
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The 2013 College Basketball Invitational (CBI) was a single-elimination tournament of 16 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams that did not participate in the NCAA Tournament or the NIT. The opening games were held on Tuesday, March 19. A best-of-three championship series between the final two teams was held on April 1, April 3, and April 5.[1]

Participants[]

North Dakota State and College of Charleston each had 24 wins going into this tournament, which is the most since Akron and IUPUI in 2009 (24 wins each). Texas and Purdue were teams invited despite having records under .500.

School Conference Entering
record 		Conference
record
Bryant[2] Northeast 19–11 12–6
College of Charleston[2] Southern 24–10 14–4
George Mason CAA 18–14 10–8
Houston[3] C-USA 19–12 7–9
Lehigh Patriot 21–9 10–4
North Dakota State Summit 24–9 12–4
Purdue[4] Big Ten 15–17 8–10
Richmond Atlantic 10 18–14 8–8
Santa Clara WCC 21–11 9–7
Texas[3] Big 12 16–17 7–11
Tulsa C-USA 17–15 8–8
Vermont[2] America East 21–11 11–5
Western Illinois Summit 22–8 13–3
Western Michigan MAC 20–12 10–6
Wright State Horizon 21–12 10–6
Wyoming Mountain West 19–13 4–12

Schedule[]

Game Date Time* Matchup Television
First round
1 March 19 7:00 pm George Mason at College of Charleston AXS TV
2 9:00 pm Lehigh at Wyoming AXS TV
3 10:00 pm Vermont at Santa Clara
4 March 20 7:00 pm Western Illinois at Purdue AXS TV
5 7:00 pm North Dakota State at Western Michigan
6 7:00 pm Tulsa at Wright State
7 7:00 pm Richmond at Bryant NEC TV, OSN
8 9:00 pm Texas at Houston AXS TV
Quarterfinals
9 March 25 7:00 pm Houston at George Mason AXS TV
10 7:00 pm Santa Clara at Purdue BTN Digital
11 7:00 pm Richmond at Wright State HLN
12 9:00 pm Western Michigan at Wyoming AXS TV
Semifinals
13 March 27 7:00 pm Western Michigan at George Mason AXS TV
14 9:00 pm Santa Clara at Wright State AXS TV
Finals
15 April 1 10:00 pm George Mason at Santa Clara AXS TV
16 April 3 7:00 pm Santa Clara at George Mason AXS TV
17 April 5 7:00 pm Santa Clara at George Mason AXS TV
All tipoff times in Eastern Time Zone. Winning team in bold.

Bracket[]

First round
March 19–20
  		Quarterfinals
March 25
  		Semifinals
(Reseeded)
March 27 		Finals
(Best of three)
April 1, 3, 5
              
North Dakota State 71
Western Michigan 72*
Western Michigan 75*
Wyoming 67
Lehigh 66
Wyoming 67
Western Michigan 52
George Mason 62
Texas 72
Houston 73
Houston 84
George Mason 88*
George Mason 78
College of Charleston 77
George Mason 73 73 77
Santa Clara 81 66 80
Vermont 67
Santa Clara 77
Santa Clara 86
Purdue 83
Western Illinois 67
Purdue 81
Santa Clara 81
Wright State 69
Richmond 76
Bryant 71
Richmond 51
Wright State 57
Tulsa 52
Wright State 72

Home teams listed second.
 * Denotes overtime period.

References[]

  1. ^ "2013 CBI Schedule" (PDF). gazellegroup.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
  2. ^ a b c "Tracking CBI, CIT and Vegas 16 Bids |". Archived from the original on 2017-06-02. Retrieved 2013-03-17.
  3. ^ a b Cougars, Longhorns to meet in College Basketball Invitational (with bracket)
  4. ^ 2013 CBI Tournament: Purdue Accepts Bid - Hammer and Rails
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