2013 National Invitation Tournament

2013 National Invitation Tournament
Season	2012–13
Teams	32
Finals site	Madison Square Garden New York City
Champions	Baylor (1st title)
Runner-up	Iowa (1st title game)
Semifinalists	BYU (3rd semifinal) Maryland (3rd semifinal)
Winning coach	Scott Drew (1st title)
MVP	Pierre Jackson Baylor
National Invitation Tournaments «2012 2014»

The 2013 National Invitation Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 32 NCAA Division I teams that were not selected to participate in the 2013 NCAA Tournament. The annual tournament began on March 19 on campus sites and ended on April 4 at Madison Square Garden. Baylor defeated Iowa, 74-54, to capture the Bears its first NIT title in school history.

Participants

Automatic qualifiers

The following teams earned automatic berths into the 2013 NIT field by virtue of winning their conferences' regular season championship, but failing to win their conference tournament. These teams also did not receive an at-large bid for the NCAA Tournament.

Conference	School
America East	Stony Brook
Atlantic Sun	Mercer
Big South	Charleston Southern
Big West	Long Beach State
CAA	Northeastern
MAAC	Niagara
MEAC	Norfolk State
Northeast	Robert Morris
Southland	Stephen F. Austin
WAC	Louisiana Tech

Seeds

Kentucky Bracket Seed School Conference Record Berth type 1 Kentucky SEC 21–11 At-large 2 Baylor Big XII 18–14 At-large 3 Arizona State Pac-12 21–12 At-large 4 Providence Big East 17–14 At-large 5 Charlotte Atlantic 10 21–11 At-large 6 Detroit Horizon 20–12 At-large 7 Long Beach State Big West 19–13 Automatic 8 Robert Morris NEC 23–10 Automatic	Southern Mississippi Bracket Seed School Conference Record Berth type 1 Southern Mississippi C-USA 25–9 At-large 2 Tennessee SEC 20–12 At-large 3 Brigham Young WCC 21–11 At-large 4 Florida State ACC 18–15 At-large 5 Louisiana Tech WAC 26–6 Automatic 6 Washington Pac-12 18–15 At-large 7 Mercer Atlantic Sun 23–11 Automatic 8 Charleston Southern Big South 19–12 Automatic
Alabama Bracket Seed School Conference Record Berth type 1 Alabama SEC 21–12 At-large 2 Maryland ACC 22–12 At-large 3 Denver WAC 21–9 At-large 4 Stanford Pac-12 18–14 At-large 5 Stephen F. Austin Southland 27–4 Automatic 6 Ohio MAC 24–9 At-large 7 Niagara MAAC 19–13 Automatic 8 Northeastern CAA 20–12 Automatic	Virginia Bracket Seed School Conference Record Berth type 1 Virginia ACC 21–11 At-large 2 Massachusetts Atlantic 10 21–11 At-large 3 Iowa Big Ten 21–12 At-large 4 St. Joseph's Atlantic 10 18–13 At-large 5 St. John's Big East 16–15 At-large 6 Indiana State MVC 18–14 At-large 7 Stony Brook America East 24–7 Automatic 8 Norfolk State MEAC 21–11 Automatic

Bracket

Games are played at Higher Seed unless noted

	First round March 19–20					Second round March 21–25					Quarterfinals March 26–27
	1	Kentucky	57
	8	Robert Morris[1]	59
						8	Robert Morris	68
						4	Providence	77
	4	Providence	75
	5	Charlotte	66
											4	Providence	68
											2	Baylor	79
	3	Arizona State	83
	6	Detroit	68
						3	Arizona State	86
						2	Baylor	89
	2	Baylor	112
	7	Long Beach State	66

	First round March 19–20					Second round March 21–25					Quarterfinals March 26–27
	1	Southern Mississippi	78
	8	Charleston Southern	71
						1	Southern Mississippi	63
						5	Louisiana Tech	52
	4	Florida State	66
	5	Louisiana Tech	71
											1	Southern Mississippi	62
											3	Brigham Young	79
	3	Brigham Young	90
	6	Washington	79
						3	Brigham Young	90
						7	Mercer	71
	2	Tennessee	67
	7	Mercer	75

	First round March 19–20					Second round March 21–25					Quarterfinals March 26–27
	1	Alabama	62
	8	Northeastern	43
						1	Alabama	66
						4	Stanford	54
	4	Stanford	58
	5	Stephen F. Austin	57
											1	Alabama	57
											2	Maryland	58
	3	Denver	61
	6	Ohio	57
						3	Denver	52
						2	Maryland	62
	2	Maryland	86
	7	Niagara	70

	First round March 19–20					Second round March 21–25					Quarterfinals March 26–27
	1	Virginia	67
	8	Norfolk State	56
						1	Virginia	68
						5	St. John's	50
	4	St. Joseph's	61
	5	St. John's	63
											1	Virginia	64
											3	Iowa	75
	3	Iowa	68
	6	Indiana State	52
						3	Iowa	75
						7	Stony Brook	63
	2	Massachusetts	58
	7	Stony Brook	71

	Semifinals April 2					Finals April 4
	2	Baylor	76
	3	Brigham Young	70
						2	Baylor	74
						3	Iowa	54
	2	Maryland	60
	3	Iowa	71

References

1. Lexington's Rupp Arena hosts first two rounds of the 2013 NCAA tournament, Robert Morris hosts NIT first round.

External links

• Official NIT site