2013 National Invitation Tournament

2013 National Invitation Tournament
Season 2012–13
Teams 32
Finals site Madison Square Garden
New York City
Champions Baylor (1st title)
Runner-up Iowa (1st title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Scott Drew (1st title)
MVP Pierre Jackson Baylor
National Invitation Tournaments
«2012 2014»

The 2013 National Invitation Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 32 NCAA Division I teams that were not selected to participate in the 2013 NCAA Tournament. The annual tournament began on March 19 on campus sites and ended on April 4 at Madison Square Garden. Baylor defeated Iowa, 74-54, to capture the Bears its first NIT title in school history.

Participants

Automatic qualifiers

The following teams earned automatic berths into the 2013 NIT field by virtue of winning their conferences' regular season championship, but failing to win their conference tournament. These teams also did not receive an at-large bid for the NCAA Tournament.

Conference School
America East Stony Brook
Atlantic Sun Mercer
Big South Charleston Southern
Big West Long Beach State
CAA Northeastern
MAAC Niagara
MEAC Norfolk State
Northeast Robert Morris
Southland Stephen F. Austin
WAC Louisiana Tech

Seeds

Kentucky Bracket
Seed School Conference Record Berth type
1 Kentucky SEC 21–11 At-large
2 Baylor Big XII 18–14 At-large
3 Arizona State Pac-12 21–12 At-large
4 Providence Big East 17–14 At-large
5 Charlotte Atlantic 10 21–11 At-large
6 Detroit Horizon 20–12 At-large
7 Long Beach State Big West 19–13 Automatic
8 Robert Morris NEC 23–10 Automatic
Southern Mississippi Bracket
Seed School Conference Record Berth type
1 Southern Mississippi C-USA 25–9 At-large
2 Tennessee SEC 20–12 At-large
3 Brigham Young WCC 21–11 At-large
4 Florida State ACC 18–15 At-large
5 Louisiana Tech WAC 26–6 Automatic
6 Washington Pac-12 18–15 At-large
7 Mercer Atlantic Sun 23–11 Automatic
8 Charleston Southern Big South 19–12 Automatic
Alabama Bracket
Seed School Conference Record Berth type
1 Alabama SEC 21–12 At-large
2 Maryland ACC 22–12 At-large
3 Denver WAC 21–9 At-large
4 Stanford Pac-12 18–14 At-large
5 Stephen F. Austin Southland 27–4 Automatic
6 Ohio MAC 24–9 At-large
7 Niagara MAAC 19–13 Automatic
8 Northeastern CAA 20–12 Automatic
Virginia Bracket
Seed School Conference Record Berth type
1 Virginia ACC 21–11 At-large
2 Massachusetts Atlantic 10 21–11 At-large
3 Iowa Big Ten 21–12 At-large
4 St. Joseph's Atlantic 10 18–13 At-large
5 St. John's Big East 16–15 At-large
6 Indiana State MVC 18–14 At-large
7 Stony Brook America East 24–7 Automatic
8 Norfolk State MEAC 21–11 Automatic

Bracket

Games are played at Higher Seed unless noted

First round
March 19–20 		Second round
March 21–25 		Quarterfinals
March 26–27
         
1 Kentucky 57
8 Robert Morris[1] 59
8 Robert Morris 68
4 Providence 77
4 Providence 75
5 Charlotte 66
4 Providence 68
2 Baylor 79
3 Arizona State 83
6 Detroit 68
3 Arizona State 86
2 Baylor 89
2 Baylor 112
7 Long Beach State 66
First round
March 19–20 		Second round
March 21–25 		Quarterfinals
March 26–27
         
1 Southern Mississippi 78
8 Charleston Southern 71
1 Southern Mississippi 63
5 Louisiana Tech 52
4 Florida State 66
5 Louisiana Tech 71
1 Southern Mississippi 62
3 Brigham Young 79
3 Brigham Young 90
6 Washington 79
3 Brigham Young 90
7 Mercer 71
2 Tennessee 67
7 Mercer 75
First round
March 19–20 		Second round
March 21–25 		Quarterfinals
March 26–27
         
1 Alabama 62
8 Northeastern 43
1 Alabama 66
4 Stanford 54
4 Stanford 58
5 Stephen F. Austin 57
1 Alabama 57
2 Maryland 58
3 Denver 61
6 Ohio 57
3 Denver 52
2 Maryland 62
2 Maryland 86
7 Niagara 70
First round
March 19–20 		Second round
March 21–25 		Quarterfinals
March 26–27
         
1 Virginia 67
8 Norfolk State 56
1 Virginia 68
5 St. John's 50
4 St. Joseph's 61
5 St. John's 63
1 Virginia 64
3 Iowa 75
3 Iowa 68
6 Indiana State 52
3 Iowa 75
7 Stony Brook 63
2 Massachusetts 58
7 Stony Brook 71
Semifinals
April 2 		Finals
April 4
      
2 Baylor 76
3 Brigham Young 70
2 Baylor 74
3 Iowa 54
2 Maryland 60
3 Iowa 71

References

  1. ↑ Lexington's Rupp Arena hosts first two rounds of the 2013 NCAA tournament, Robert Morris hosts NIT first round.

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