2012 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament

The 2012 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) was a postseason single-elimination tournament of 32 NCAA Division I teams, up from 24 teams in the 2011 CIT. The CIT began with 16 first-round games. Games took place March 13–28, 2012.^[1]

2012 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament

Teams	32
Finals site	Smith Spectrum Logan, Utah
Champions	Mercer (1st title)
Runner-up	Utah State (1st title game)
Semifinalists	Fairfield (1st semifinal) Oakland (1st semifinal)
Winning coach	Bob Hoffman (1st title)
MVP	Langston Hall (Mercer)
CIT tournaments «2011 2013»

Thirty-two participants who were not invited to the 2012 NCAA tournament, the 2012 National Invitation Tournament, or the 2012 College Basketball Invitational made up the field.^[2] The winner of the 2012 Great West Conference men's basketball tournament, North Dakota, received an automatic bid to the tournament.

All games, except for the championship game, were streamed online by America One Sports.^[3] Free registration was required to view the games. The championship game was once again broadcast nationally by Fox College Sports on FCS Central.

The tournament was won by Mercer who defeated Utah State in the championship game 70–67. This was the first post-season tournament win for a men's basketball team from the Atlantic Sun Conference.

Participating teams

The following teams received an invitation to the 2012 CIT:

School	Conference	Overall record	Conference record
Albany[4][dead link]	America East	19–14	9–7
American	Patriot	20–11	10–4
Bowling Green	Mid-American	16–15	9–7
Buffalo	Mid-American	19–10	12–4
Cal State Bakersfield	Division I independent	16–14
Cal State Fullerton	Big West	21–9	12–4
Coastal Carolina[5]	Big South	19–11	12–6
Drake	Missouri Valley	17–15	9–9
Fairfield[6]	Metro Atlantic Athletic	19–14	12–6
Georgia State[7]	Colonial Athletic	21–11	11–7
Idaho	Western Athletic	18–13	9–5
Indiana State[8]	Missouri Valley	17–13	8–10
Kent State[9]	Mid-American	21–11	10–6
Louisiana–Lafayette[10]	Sun Belt	16–15	10–6
Loyola Marymount	West Coast	19–12	11–5
Manhattan[11]	Metro Atlantic Athletic	20–12	12–6
McNeese State	Southland	17–15	10–6
Mercer[12]	Atlantic Sun	22–11	13–5
North Dakota	Great West	17–14	6–4
Oakland[13]	Summit League	17–15	11–7
Old Dominion	Colonial Athletic	20–13	13–5
Rice[14]	Conference USA	17–15	8–8
Robert Morris[15]	Northeast	24–10	13–5
Tennessee State[16]	Ohio Valley	20–12	11–5
Tennessee Tech[17]	Ohio Valley	19–13	9–7
Toledo[18]	Mid-American	18–16	7–9
USC Upstate[19]	Atlantic Sun	20–12	13–5
UC Santa Barbara	Big West	20–10	12–4
Utah State	Western Athletic	17–15	8–6
Utah Valley	Great West	20–12	9–1
Weber State	Big Sky	24–6	14–2
Yale	Ivy League	19–9	9–5

Format

The fourth annual CIT used the old NIT model in which matchups in future rounds were determined by the results of the previous round.^[20]

Bracket

Bracket is for visual purposes only. The CIT does not have a set bracket.^[21]

	First round March 13–15					Second round March 17 & 18					Quarterfinals March 20 & 21					Semifinals March 24 & 25					Championship March 28
	Tennessee Tech		43
	Georgia State		74
						Georgia State		59
						Mercer		64
	Tennessee State		60
	Mercer		68
											Mercer		79
											Old Dominion		73
	Kent State		58
	USC Upstate		73
						USC Upstate		56
						Old Dominion		65
	Coastal Carolina		66
	Old Dominion		68
																Mercer		64
																Fairfield		59
	Robert Morris		67
	Indiana State		60
						Robert Morris		69
						Toledo		51
	McNeese State		63
	Toledo		76
											Robert Morris		61
											Fairfield		67
	Manhattan		89
	Albany		79
						Manhattan		57
						Fairfield		69
	Yale		56
	Fairfield		68
																					Mercer		70
																					Utah State		67
	North Dakota		64
	Drake		70
						Drake		68
						Rice		74
	Rice		68
	Louisiana–Lafayette		63
											Rice		70
											Oakland		77
	Buffalo		78
	American		61
						Buffalo		76
						Oakland		84
	Bowling Green		69
	Oakland		86
																Oakland		81
																Utah State		105
	Utah Valley		69
	Weber State		72
						Weber State		78
						Loyola Marymount		84*
	Cal State Fullerton		79
	Loyola Marymount		88
											Loyola Marymount		69
											Utah State		77
	UC Santa Barbara		83
	Idaho		86
						Idaho		56
						Utah State		76
	Cal State Bakersfield		69
	Utah State		75

Home teams are listed second.
* Denotes overtime period

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