2012 College Basketball Invitational

2012 College Basketball Invitational
Teams	16
Finals site	Beasley Coliseum; Petersen Events Center; Pullman, Washington; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Champions	Pittsburgh Panthers (1st title)
Runner-up	Washington State Cougars (1st title game)
Semifinalists	Oregon State Beavers (2nd semifinal); Butler Bulldogs (1st semifinal);
Winning coach	Jamie Dixon (1st title)
MVP	Lamar Patterson (Pittsburgh)
College Basketball Invitationals
«2011	2013»

The 2012 College Basketball Invitational (CBI) was a single-elimination tournament of 16 NCAA Division I teams that did not participate in the 2012 NCAA Tournament or the 2012 National Invitation Tournament. The opening games began on Tuesday, March 13. A best-of-three championship series between the final two teams was held on March 26, March 28, and March 30.^[1] HDNet covered select games from the first and second rounds as well as the semifinals and the championship games for the fourth consecutive year. The tournament was won by Pittsburgh who defeated Washington State 2–1 in the finals series.

Participants

School	Conference	Overall record	Conference record
Butler	Horizon	20–14	11–7
Delaware	CAA	18–13	12–6
Evansville	Missouri Valley	16–15	9–9
Milwaukee	Horizon	20–13	11–7
North Dakota State	Summit	17–13	9–9
Oregon State	Pac-12	19–14	7–11
Pennsylvania	Ivy	19–12	11–3
Pittsburgh	Big East	17–16	5–13
Princeton	Ivy	19–11	10–4
Quinnipiac	NEC	18–13	10–8
San Francisco	WCC	20–13	8–8
TCU	Mountain West	17–14	7–7
Washington State	Pac-12	15–16	7–11
Western Illinois	Summit	18–14	9–9
Wofford	SoCon	19–13	12–6
Wyoming	Mountain West	20–11	6–8

Home teams are listed second.