2013 College Basketball Invitational
| 2013 College Basketball Invitational Tournament | |||||
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| Season | 2012–13 | ||||
| Teams | 16 | ||||
| Finals site |
Leavey Center Recreation and Athletic Complex Patriot Center Santa Clara, CA Fairfax, VA | ||||
| Champions | Santa Clara (1st title) | ||||
| Runner-up | George Mason (1st title game) | ||||
| Semifinalists |
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| 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]
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 | |
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| 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 | ||
| Championship series | |||||
| 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 March 27 |
Finals April 1, 3, 5 (Best of three) | |||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||
* Overtime
Home teams listed second.
During finals, George Mason hosted games 2 and 3.
References
- ↑ "2013 CBI Schedule" (PDF). gazellegroup.com. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 http://nycbuckets.com/cbicit-tracking/
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Cougars, Longhorns to meet in College Basketball Invitational (with bracket) | Cougars | a Chron.com blog
- ↑ 2013 CBI Tournament: Purdue Accepts Bid - Hammer and Rails
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