2013 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament

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2013 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament
Teams32
Finals site Dee Events Center
Ogden, Utah
Champions East Carolina (1st title)
Runner-up Weber State (1st title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Jeff Lebo (1st title)
MVPMaurice Kemp (East Carolina)
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The 2013 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) was a postseason single-elimination tournament of 32 NCAA Division I teams. Games took place throughout March 2013. The semifinals were played on March 30, with the championship game played on April 2, 2013.

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31 participants who were not invited to the 2013 NCAA tournament, the 2013 National Invitation Tournament, or the 2013 College Basketball Invitational made up the field, as well as the winner of the Great West conference tournament, Chicago State.

All games, except for the championship game, were streamed online through the CollegeInsider.com Game of the Week platform powered by NeuLion at watchcollegeinsider.com. Free registration was required to view the games. The championship game was broadcast by new partner CBS Sports Network. [1]

The tournament was won by East Carolina, who defeated Weber State in the championship game.

Participating teams

The following teams received an invitation to the 2013 CIT. The Great West Conference tournament champion, Chicago State, received an automatic bid.

SchoolConferenceOverall
record		Conference
record
Air Force Mountain West 17–138–8
Boston University [2] America East 17–1211–7
Bradley [3] Missouri Valley 16–167–11
Cal Poly Big West 18–1312–6
Canisius [4] Metro Atlantic Athletic 18–1311–7
Chicago State Great West 11–213–5
East Carolina [5] Conference USA 18–129–7
Eastern Kentucky Ohio Valley 24–912–4
Elon [6] Southern 21–1113–5
Evansville Missouri Valley 18–1410–4
Fairfield [7] Metro Atlantic Athletic 19–159–9
Gardner–Webb [8] Big South 21–1211–5
Green Bay [9] Horizon League 18–1510–6
Hartford [10] America East 17–1310–6
Hawaiʻi Big West 17–1410–8
High Point Big South 17–1312–4
Kent State [11] Mid-American 20–139–7
Loyola (MD) [12] Metro Atlantic Athletic 21–1112–6
North Dakota Big Sky 16–1612–8
Northern Iowa Missouri Valley 21–1112–6
Oakland [13] Summit 18–1411–7
Oral Roberts [14] Southland 18–1413–5
Rider [ citation needed ] Metro Atlantic Athletic 18–1412–6
Savannah State [5] Mid-Eastern Athletic 19–1411–5
South Alabama [15] Sun Belt 17–1214–6
Tennessee State [16] Ohio Valley 18–1411–5
Texas–Arlington [17] Western Athletic 19–1311–7
Tulane [15] Conference USA 19–146–10
UC Irvine [18] Big West 20–1511–7
UIC [19] Horizon League 17–157–9
Weber State Big Sky 26–618–2
Youngstown State [20] Horizon League 17–157–9

Format

The fifth annual CIT will once again use the old NIT model, in which matchups in future rounds will be determined by the results of the previous round.

Bracket

Bracket is for visual purposes only. The CIT does not have a set bracket.

First round
March 19–20 		Second round
March 23–25 		Quarterfinals
March 26–27 		Semifinals
March 30 		Championship
April 2
               
Eastern Kentucky69
Gardner–Webb 62
Eastern Kentucky 72
Evansville86
Tennessee State 72
Evansville84
Evansville84
Canisius 83
Elon 53
Canisius69
Canisius84*
Youngstown State 82
Oakland 87
Youngstown State99
Evansville 58
East Carolina81
Fairfield 71
Kent State73
Kent State 59
Loyola (MD)73
Boston University 63
Loyola (MD)70
Loyola (MD) 58
East Carolina70
Rider63
Hartford 54
Rider 54
East Carolina75
Savannah State 65
East Carolina66
East Carolina77
Weber State 74
High Point 71
UC Irvine80
UC Irvine 62
Oral Roberts76
Oral Roberts87
UT–Arlington 76
Oral Roberts 74
Weber State83
Air Force69
Hawaiʻi 65
Air Force 57
Weber State78
Cal Poly 43
Weber State85
Weber State59
Northern Iowa 56
South Alabama 73
Tulane84
Tulane 72
Bradley77
Green Bay 69
Bradley75
Bradley 77
Northern Iowa90
Chicago State 69
UIC80
UIC 51
Northern Iowa63
North Dakota 66
Northern Iowa77

Home teams are listed second.
* Denotes overtime period.

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