College basketball tournament
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.[ 1]
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.
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
First round March 19–20
Quarterfinals March 25
Semifinals (Reseeded) March 27
Finals (Best of three) April 1, 3, 5
North Dakota State
71
Western Michigan
72 *
Western Michigan
75 *
Wyoming
67
Lehigh
66
Wyoming
67
Western Michigan
52
George Mason
62
Texas
72
Houston
73
Houston
84
George Mason
88 *
George Mason
78
College of Charleston
77
George Mason
73
73
77
Santa Clara
81
66
80
Vermont
67
Santa Clara
77
Santa Clara
86
Purdue
83
Western Illinois
67
Purdue
81
Santa Clara
81
Wright State
69
Richmond
76
Bryant
71
Richmond
51
Wright State
57
Tulsa
52
Wright State
72
Home teams listed second.
* Denotes overtime period.
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