2012 College Basketball Invitational
CBI
Year2012
Teams16
FinalfourarenaBeasley Coliseum
Petersen Events Center
FinalfourcityPullman, Washington
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
ChampionsPittsburgh Panthers
Titlecount1st
RunnerupWashington State Cougars
Gamecount1st
Semifinal 1Oregon State Beavers
Semifinalcount2nd
Semifinal 2Butler Bulldogs
Semifinalcount 21st
MopLamar Patterson
MopteamPittsburgh

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

SchoolConferenceOverall
record		Conference
record
ButlerHorizon20–1411–7
DelawareCAA18–1312–6
EvansvilleMissouri Valley16–159–9
MilwaukeeHorizon20–1311–7
North Dakota StateSummit17–139–9
Oregon StatePac-1219–147–11
PennsylvaniaIvy19–1211–3
PittsburghBig East17–165–13
PrincetonIvy19–1110–4
QuinnipiacNEC18–1310–8
San FranciscoWCC20–138–8
TCUMountain West17–147–7
Washington StatePac-1215–167–11
Western IllinoisSummit18–149–9
WoffordSoCon19–1312–6
WyomingMountain West20–116–8

Bracket

Home teams are listed second.

References

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