2023 College Basketball Invitational

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2023 College Basketball Invitational
Teams16
Finals site Ocean Center
Daytona Beach, Florida
Champions Charlotte (1st title)
Runner-up Eastern Kentucky (1st title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Ron Sanchez (1st title)
MVPBrice Williams (Charlotte)
Attendance4,295 (tournament)
771 (championship game)
College Basketball Invitationals
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The 2023 College Basketball Invitational (CBI) was a single-elimination, fully-bracketed men's college basketball postseason tournament featuring 16 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams not selected to participate in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament or the National Invitation Tournament (NIT). The 15th edition of the tournament began on March 18 and concluded on March 22. [1] All games were played at Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Florida. Semifinal and championship games aired on ESPN2. The tournament was won by Charlotte.

Contents

Participating teams

Teams in the CBI were seeded 1–16.
Note: Team records are before playing in the tournament

SeedTeamConferenceRecordAppearanceLast bid
1 Indiana State Missouri Valley 22–122nd 2010
2 San Jose State Mountain West 20–132nd 2011
3 Charlotte C-USA 18–141stNever
4 Southern Utah WAC 22–121stNever
5 Duquesne A-10 20–124th 2016
6 Stetson ASUN 17–132nd 2021
7 Tarleton State WAC 17–161stNever
8 Eastern Kentucky [2] ASUN 20–132nd 2010
9 Cleveland State Horizon 21–131stNever
10 Radford [3] Big South 19–143rd 2015
11 Milwaukee [4] Horizon 21–112nd 2012
12 Rice [5] C-USA 18–153rd 2022
13 North Alabama ASUN 18–141stNever
14 Western Carolina [6] Southern 18–152nd 2016
15 Southern Indiana [7] Ohio Valley 16–161stNever
16 USC Upstate Big South 16–151stNever

Schedule

GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevisionAttendanceBox score
First round – Saturday, March 18
112:00 p.m.(1) Indiana State vs. (16) USC Upstate67–62 FloHoops 876 [8]
22:30 p.m.(4) Southern Utah vs. (13) North Alabama72–50 [9]
35:00 p.m.(2) San Jose State vs. (15) Southern Indiana77–52 [10]
47:30 p.m.(3) Charlotte vs. (14) Western Carolina65–56 [11]
First round – Sunday, March 19
512:00 p.m.(8) Eastern Kentucky vs. (9) Cleveland State91–75OTFloHoops922 [12]
62:30 p.m.(5) Duquesne vs. (12) Rice78–84 [13]
75:00 p.m.(7) Tarleton State vs. (10) Radford70–72OT [14]
87:30 p.m.(6) Stetson vs. (11) Milwaukee83–87OT [15]
Quarterfinals – Monday, March 20
912:00 p.m.(1) Indiana State vs. (8) Eastern Kentucky88–89OTFloHoops764 [16]
102:00 p.m.(4) Southern Utah vs. (12) Rice81–79 [17]
114:30 p.m.(2) San Jose State vs. (10) Radford57–67 [18]
126:30 p.m.(3) Charlotte vs. (11) Milwaukee76–65 [19]
Semifinals – Tuesday, March 21
137:00 p.m.(8) Eastern Kentucky vs. (4) Southern Utah108–1062OT ESPN2 962 [20]
149:30 p.m.(10) Radford vs. (3) Charlotte56–63 [21]
Championship – Wednesday, March 22
155:00 p.m.(8) Eastern Kentucky vs. (3) Charlotte68–71ESPN2771 [22]
Game times in Eastern Time. (#) Rankings denote tournament seed. [23]

Bracket

First round
March 18 & 19 		Quarterfinals
March 20 		Semifinals
March 21 		Championship
March 22
            
1 Indiana State 67
16 USC Upstate 62
1 Indiana State 88
8 Eastern Kentucky 89*
8 Eastern Kentucky 91*
9 Cleveland State 75
8 Eastern Kentucky 108**
4 Southern Utah 106
4 Southern Utah 72
13 North Alabama 50
4 Southern Utah 81
12 Rice 79
5 Duquesne 78
12 Rice 84
8 Eastern Kentucky 68
3 Charlotte 71
2 San Jose State 77
15 Southern Indiana 52
2 San Jose State 57
10 Radford 67
7 Tarleton State 70
10 Radford 72*
10 Radford 56
3 Charlotte 63
3 Charlotte 65
14 Western Carolina 56
3 Charlotte 76
11 Milwaukee 65
6 Stetson 83
11 Milwaukee 87*

*Denotes overtime period

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