2013 National Invitation Tournament

Season

2012–13

Teams

Finals site

Madison Square Garden
New York City

Champions

Baylor (1st title)

Runner-up

Iowa (1st title game)

Semifinalists

BYU (3rd semifinal)
Maryland (3rd semifinal)

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 12	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 Miss Bracket
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type
1	Southern Miss	C-USA	25–9	At-large
2	Tennessee	SEC	20–12	At-large
3	BYU	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 Miss	78

8	Charleston Southern	71
			1	Southern Miss	63

			5	Louisiana Tech	52
4	Florida State	66

5	Louisiana Tech	71
						1	Southern Miss	62

						3	BYU	79
3	BYU	90

6	Washington	79
			3	BYU	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	BYU	70
			2	Baylor	74

			3	Iowa	54
2	Maryland	60

3	Iowa	71

References

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

External links

Official NIT site

National Invitation Tournament
Bids schools and conference Semifinal appearances Records
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Championship broadcasters

2013 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournaments
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National	NCAA NIT CBI CIT

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