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.
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.
SchoolConferenceEnteringrecordConferencerecordBryantNortheast19–1112–6College of CharlestonSouthern24–1014–4George MasonCAA18–1410–8HoustonCougars, Longhorns to meet in College Basketball Invitational (with bracket)C-USA19–127–9LehighPatriot21–910–4North Dakota StateSummit24–912–4Purdue2013 CBI Tournament: Purdue Accepts Bid – Hammer and RailsBig Ten15–178–10RichmondAtlantic 1018–148–8Santa ClaraWCC21–119–7TexasBig 1216–177–11TulsaC-USA17–158–8VermontAmerica East21–1111–5Western IllinoisSummit22–813–3Western MichiganMAC20–1210–6Wright StateHorizon21–1210–6WyomingMountain West19–134–12
Schedule Game Date Time* Matchup Television 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 Finals 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
Home teams listed second. * Denotes overtime period.
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