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. TeamConferenceRecordAppearanceLast bidCharleston SouthernBig South19–121stNeverLong Beach StateBig West19–137th2011Louisiana TechWAC26–67th2006MercerAtlantic Sun23–111stNeverNiagaraMAAC19–1314th2009Norfolk StateMEAC21–111stNeverNortheasternCAA20–123rd2010Robert MorrisNortheast23–102nd2008Stephen F. AustinSouthland27–43rd2008Stony BrookAmerica East24–73rd2012
At-large bids The following 22 teams were also awarded NIT berths. TeamConferenceRecordAppearanceLast bidAlabamaSEC21–1212th2011Arizona StatePac-1221–1212th2010BaylorBig 1218–145th2009BYUWest Coast21–1111th2006CharlotteAtlantic 1021–117th2008DenverWAC21–93rd2005DetroitHorizon20–127th2002Florida StateACC18–158th2008Indiana StateMissouri Valley18–143rd1978IowaBig Ten21–127th2012KentuckySEC21–118th2009MarylandACC22–128th2008OhioMAC24–95th1999ProvidenceBig East17–1419th2009Saint Joseph'sAtlantic 1018–1316th2012Southern MissC-USA25–99th2001St. John'sBig East16–1529th2010StanfordPac-1218–147th2012TennesseeSEC20–1213th2012UMassAtlantic 1021–1113th2012VirginiaACC21–1113th2006WashingtonPac-1218–157th2012
Seeds +Kentucky BracketSeedSchoolConference RecordBerth type1KentuckySEC21–11At-large2BaylorBig 1218–14At-large3Arizona StatePac-1221–12At-large4ProvidenceBig East17–14At-large5CharlotteAtlantic 1021–11At-large6DetroitHorizon20–12At-large7Long Beach StateBig West19–13Automatic8Robert MorrisNEC23–10Automatic+Southern Miss BracketSeedSchoolConference RecordBerth type1 Southern MissC-USA25–9At-large2TennesseeSEC20–12At-large3BYUWCC21–11At-large4Florida StateACC18–15At-large5Louisiana TechWAC26–6Automatic6WashingtonPac-1218–15At-large7MercerAtlantic Sun23–11Automatic8Charleston SouthernBig South19–12Automatic+Alabama BracketSeedSchoolConference RecordBerth type1AlabamaSEC21–12At-large2MarylandACC22–12At-large3DenverWAC21–9At-large4StanfordPac-1218–14At-large5Stephen F. AustinSouthland27–4Automatic6OhioMAC24–9At-large7NiagaraMAAC19–13Automatic8NortheasternCAA20–12Automatic+Virginia BracketSeedSchoolConference RecordBerth type1VirginiaACC21–11At-large2 MassachusettsAtlantic 1021–11At-large3 IowaBig Ten21–12At-large4 St. Joseph'sAtlantic 1018–13At-large5 St. John'sBig East16–15At-large6 Indiana StateMVC18–14At-large7 Stony BrookAmerica East24–7Automatic8Norfolk StateMEAC21–11Automatic
Bracket Games are played at higher seed unless noted.
See also 2013 Women's National Invitation Tournament 2013 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament 2013 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament 2013 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament 2013 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament 2013 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament 2013 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament 2013 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament 2013 NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament 2013 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament NAIA Division II Women's Basketball Championship 2013 College Basketball Invitational 2013 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament
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