2012 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament


The 2012 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament was a postseason single-elimination tournament of 32 NCAA Division I teams, up from 24 teams in the 2011 CIT. The CIT began with 16 first round games. Games took place March 13–28, 2012.
32 participants who were not invited to the 2012 NCAA Tournament, the 2012 National Invitation Tournament, or the 2012 College Basketball Invitational made up the field. The winner of the 2012 Great West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, North Dakota, received an automatic bid to the tournament.
All games, except for the championship game, were streamed online by America One Sports at https://web.archive.org/web/20120320034908/http://www.b2livetv.com/partner_members.asp?id=379. Free registration was required to view the games. The championship game was once again broadcast nationally by Fox College Sports on FCS Central.
The tournament was won by Mercer who defeated Utah State in the championship game 70–67. This was the first post-season tournament win for a men's basketball team from the Atlantic Sun Conference.

Participating teams

The following teams received an invitation to the 2012 CIT:
SchoolConferenceOverall
record		Conference
record
AlbanyAmerica East19–149–7
AmericanPatriot20–1110–4
Bowling GreenMid-American16–159–7
BuffaloMid-American19–1012–4
Cal State BakersfieldDivision I independent16–14
Cal State FullertonBig West21–912–4
Coastal CarolinaBig South19–1112–6
DrakeMissouri Valley17–159–9
FairfieldMetro Atlantic Athletic19–1412–6
Georgia StateColonial Athletic21–1111–7
IdahoWestern Athletic18–139–5
Indiana StateMissouri Valley17–138–10
Kent StateMid-American21–1110–6
Louisiana–LafayetteSun Belt16–1510–6
Loyola MarymountWest Coast19–1211–5
ManhattanMetro Atlantic Athletic20–1212–6
McNeese StateSouthland17–1510–6
MercerAtlantic Sun22–1113–5
North DakotaGreat West17–146–4
OaklandSummit League17–1511–7
Old DominionColonial Athletic20–1313–5
RiceConference USA17–158–8
Robert MorrisNortheast24–1013–5
Tennessee StateOhio Valley20–1211–5
Tennessee TechOhio Valley19–139–7
ToledoMid-American18–167–9
USC UpstateAtlantic Sun20–1213–5
UC Santa BarbaraBig West20–1012–4
Utah StateWestern Athletic17–158–6
Utah ValleyGreat West20–129–1
Weber StateBig Sky24–614–2
YaleIvy League19–99–5

Format

The fourth annual CIT used the old NIT model in which matchups in future rounds were determined by the results of the previous round.

Bracket

Bracket is for visual purposes only. The CIT does not have a set bracket.
Home teams are listed second.
* Denotes overtime period