2013 College Basketball Invitational


The 2013 College Basketball Invitational was a single-elimination tournament of 16 National Collegiate Athletic Association 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.

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. Texas and Purdue were teams invited despite having records under.500.
SchoolConferenceEntering
record		Conference
record
BryantNortheast19–1112–6
College of CharlestonSouthern24–1014–4
George MasonCAA18–1410–8
HoustonC-USA19–127–9
LehighPatriot21–910–4
North Dakota StateSummit24–912–4
PurdueBig Ten15–178–10
RichmondAtlantic 1018–148–8
Santa ClaraWCC21–119–7
TexasBig 1216–177–11
TulsaC-USA17–158–8
VermontAmerica East21–1111–5
Western IllinoisSummit22–813–3
Western MichiganMAC20–1210–6
Wright StateHorizon21–1210–6
WyomingMountain West19–134–12

Schedule

Bracket

* Denotes overtime period
Home teams listed second.
During finals, George Mason hosted games 2 and 3.