2013 College Basketball Invitational

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]

2013 College Basketball Invitational

Teams	16
Finals site	Leavey Center Recreation and Athletic Complex Patriot Center, Santa Clara, California Fairfax, Virginia
Champions	Santa Clara Broncos (1st title)
Runner-up	George Mason Patriots (1st title game)
Semifinalists	Wright State Raiders (1st semifinal) Western Michigan Broncos (1st semifinal)
Winning coach	Kerry Keating (1st title)
MVP	Kevin Foster (Santa Clara)
College Basketball Invitationals «2012 2014»

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.