2013 College Basketball Invitational

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2013 College Basketball Invitational
Teams16
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
Winning coach Kerry Keating (1st title)
MVP Kevin Foster (Santa Clara)
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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]

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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.

SchoolConferenceEntering
record
Conference
record
Bryant [2] Northeast 19–1112–6
College of Charleston [2] Southern 24–1014–4
George Mason CAA 18–1410–8
Houston [3] C-USA 19–127–9
Lehigh Patriot 21–910–4
North Dakota State Summit 24–912–4
Purdue [4] Big Ten 15–178–10
Richmond Atlantic 10 18–148–8
Santa Clara WCC 21–119–7
Texas [3] Big 12 16–177–11
Tulsa C-USA 17–158–8
Vermont [2] America East 21–1111–5
Western Illinois Summit 22–813–3
Western Michigan MAC 20–1210–6
Wright State Horizon 21–1210–6
Wyoming Mountain West 19–134–12

Schedule

GameDateTime*MatchupTelevision
First round
1March 197:00 pmGeorge Mason at College of Charleston AXS TV
29:00 pmLehigh at WyomingAXS TV
310:00 pmVermont at Santa Clara
4March 207:00 pmWestern Illinois at PurdueAXS TV
57:00 pmNorth Dakota State at Western Michigan
67:00 pmTulsa at Wright State
77:00 pmRichmond at BryantNEC TV, OSN
89:00 pmTexas at HoustonAXS TV
Quarterfinals
9March 257:00 pmHouston at George MasonAXS TV
107:00 pmSanta Clara at PurdueBTN Digital
117:00 pmRichmond at Wright StateHLN
129:00 pmWestern Michigan at WyomingAXS TV
Semifinals
13March 277:00 pmWestern Michigan at George MasonAXS TV
149:00 pmSanta Clara at Wright StateAXS TV
Finals
15April 110:00 pmGeorge Mason at Santa ClaraAXS TV
16April 37:00 pmSanta Clara at George MasonAXS TV
17April 57:00 pmSanta Clara at George MasonAXS 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 Michigan72*
Western Michigan75*
Wyoming 67
Lehigh 66
Wyoming67
Western Michigan 52
George Mason62
Texas 72
Houston73
Houston 84
George Mason88*
George Mason78
College of Charleston 77
George Mason 73 7377
Santa Clara8166 80
Vermont 67
Santa Clara77
Santa Clara86
Purdue 83
Western Illinois 67
Purdue81
Santa Clara81
Wright State 69
Richmond76
Bryant 71
Richmond 51
Wright State57
Tulsa 52
Wright State72

Home teams listed second.
* Denotes overtime period.

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