2013 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament

2013 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament
Teams	32
Finals site	Dee Events Center; Ogden, Utah
Champions	East Carolina (1st title)
Runner-up	Weber State (1st title game)
Semifinalists	Evansville (1st semifinal); Northern Iowa (1st semifinal);
Winning coach	Jeff Lebo (1st title)
MVP	Maurice Kemp (East Carolina)
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The 2013 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) was a postseason single-elimination tournament of 32 NCAA Division I teams. Games took place throughout March 2013. The semifinals were played on March 30 with the championship game played on April 2, 2013.

31 participants who are not invited to the 2013 NCAA tournament, the 2013 National Invitation Tournament, or the 2013 College Basketball Invitational made up the field, as well as the winner of the Great West conference tournament winner, Chicago State.

All games, except for the championship game, were streamed online through the CollegeInsider.com Game of the Week platform powered by NeuLion at watchcollegeinsider.com. Free registration was required to view the games. The championship game was broadcast by new partner CBS Sports Network.^[1]

The tournament was won by East Carolina who defeated Weber State in the championship game.

Participating teams

The following teams received an invitation to the 2013 CIT. The Great West Conference tournament champion, Chicago State, received an automatic bid.

School	Conference	Overall record	Conference record
Air Force	Mountain West	17–13	8–8
Boston University^[2]	America East	17–12	11–7
Bradley^[3]	Missouri Valley	16–16	7–11
Cal Poly	Big West	18–13	12–6
Canisius^[4]	Metro Atlantic Athletic	18–13	11–7
Chicago State	Great West	11–21	3–5
East Carolina^[5]	Conference USA	18–12	9–7
Eastern Kentucky	Ohio Valley	24–9	12–4
Elon^[6]	Southern	21–11	13–5
Evansville	Missouri Valley	18–14	10–4
Fairfield^[7]	Metro Atlantic Athletic	19–15	9–9
Gardner–Webb^[8]	Big South	21–12	11–5
Green Bay^[9]	Horizon League	18–15	10–6
Hartford^[10]	America East	17–13	10–6
Hawaiʻi	Big West	17–14	10–8
High Point	Big South	17–13	12–4
Kent State^[11]	Mid-American	20–13	9–7
Loyola (MD)^[12]	Metro Atlantic Athletic	21–11	12–6
North Dakota	Big Sky	16–16	12–8
Northern Iowa	Missouri Valley	21–11	12–6
Oakland^[13]	Summit	18–14	11–7
Oral Roberts^[14]	Southland	18–14	13–5
Rider^[15]	Metro Atlantic Athletic	18–14	12–6
Savannah State^[5]	Mid-Eastern Athletic	19–14	11–5
South Alabama^[16]	Sun Belt	17–12	14–6
Tennessee State^[17]	Ohio Valley	18–14	11–5
Texas–Arlington^[18]	Western Athletic	19–13	11–7
Tulane^[16]	Conference USA	19–14	6–10
UC Irvine^[19]	Big West	20–15	11–7
UIC^[20]	Horizon League	17–15	7–9
Weber State	Big Sky	26–6	18–2
Youngstown State^[21]	Horizon League	17–15	7–9

Format

The fifth annual CIT will once again use the old NIT model in which matchups in future rounds will be determined by the results of the previous round.

Bracket

Bracket is for visual purposes only. The CIT does not have a set bracket.

First round March 19–20		Second round March 23–25		Quarterfinals March 26–27		Semifinals March 30		Championship April 2

Eastern Kentucky	69

Gardner–Webb	62
		Eastern Kentucky	72

		Evansville	86
Tennessee State	72

Evansville	84
				Evansville	84

				Canisius	83
Elon	53

Canisius	69
		Canisius	84*

		Youngstown State	82
Oakland	87

Youngstown State	99
						Evansville	58

						East Carolina	81
Fairfield	71

Kent State	73
		Kent State	59

		Loyola (MD)	73
Boston University	63

Loyola (MD)	70
				Loyola (MD)	58

				East Carolina	70
Rider	63

Hartford	54
		Rider	54

		East Carolina	75
Savannah State	65

East Carolina	66
								East Carolina	77

								Weber State	74
High Point	71

UC Irvine	80
		UC Irvine	62

		Oral Roberts	76
Oral Roberts	87

UT–Arlington	76
				Oral Roberts	74

				Weber State	83
Air Force	69

Hawaiʻi	65
		Air Force	57

		Weber State	78
Cal Poly	43

Weber State	85
						Weber State	59

						Northern Iowa	56
South Alabama	73

Tulane	84
		Tulane	72

		Bradley	77
Green Bay	69

Bradley	75
				Bradley	77

				Northern Iowa	90
Chicago State	69

UIC	80
		UIC	51

		Northern Iowa	63
North Dakota	66

Northern Iowa	77

Home teams are listed second.
* Denotes overtime period.

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2013 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament

Contents

Participating teams

Format

Bracket

References