2012 College Basketball Invitational

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.

2012 College Basketball Invitational
Teams16
Finals siteBeasley Coliseum
Petersen Events Center
Pullman, Washington
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
ChampionsPittsburgh Panthers (1st title)
Runner-upWashington State Cougars (1st title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coachJamie Dixon (1st title)
MVPLamar Patterson (Pittsburgh)
College Basketball Invitationals
«2011 2013»

Participants

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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

Bracket

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First round
March 13–14
Quarterfinals
March 19
Semifinals
(Reseeded)
March 21
Finals
(Best of three)
March 26, 28, 30
              
Milwaukee 73
TCU 83
TCU 81
Oregon State 101
Western Illinois 59
Oregon State 80
Washington State 72
Oregon State 55
North Dakota State 75
Wyoming 76
Wyoming 41
Washington State 61
Washington State 89
San Francisco 75
Washington State 67 53 65
Pittsburgh 66 57 71
Delaware 58
Butler 75
Butler 63
Pennsylvania 53
Quinnipiac 63
Pennsylvania 74
Pittsburgh 68OT
Butler 62
Princeton 95
Evansville 86
Princeton 61
Pittsburgh 82
Wofford 63
Pittsburgh 81

Home teams are listed second.

References

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  1. ^ "2012 CBI Schedule". gazellegroup.com. Archived from the original on 21 February 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.