2023 College Basketball Invitational

Single elimination college basketball tournament

2023 College Basketball InvitationalTeams| 16

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Finals site| Ocean Center
Daytona Beach, Florida
Champions| Charlotte (1st title)
Runner-up| Eastern Kentucky (1st title game)
Semifinalists|

* Radford (1st semifinal)
* Southern Utah (1st semifinal)

Winning coach| Ron Sanchez (1st title)
MVP| Brice Williams (Charlotte)
Attendance| 4,295 (tournament)
771 (championship game)
| College Basketball Invitationals

«2022 | 2024»

The 2023 College Basketball Invitational (CBI) was a single-elimination, fully-bracketed men's college basketball postseason tournament featuring 16 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams not selected to participate in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament or the National Invitation Tournament (NIT). The 15th edition of the tournament began on March 18 and concluded on March 22.[1] All games were played at Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Florida. Semifinal and championship games aired on ESPN2. The tournament was won by Charlotte.

## Participating teams

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Teams in the CBI were seeded 1–16.
Note: Team records are before playing in the tournament

Seed  | Team  | Conference  | Record  | Appearance  | Last bid

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1  | Indiana State | Missouri Valley | 22–12  | 2nd  | 2010
2  | San Jose State | Mountain West | 20–13  | 2nd  | 2011
3  | Charlotte | C-USA | 18–14  | 1st  | Never
4  | Southern Utah | WAC | 22–12  | 1st  | Never
5  | Duquesne | A-10 | 20–12  | 4th  | 2016
6  | Stetson | ASUN | 17–13  | 2nd  | 2021
7  | Tarleton State | WAC | 17–16  | 1st  | Never
8  | Eastern Kentucky[2] | ASUN | 20–13  | 2nd  | 2010
9  | Cleveland State | Horizon | 21–13  | 1st  | Never
10  | Radford[3] | Big South | 19–14  | 3rd  | 2015
11  | Milwaukee[4] | Horizon | 21–11  | 2nd  | 2012
12  | Rice[5] | C-USA | 18–15  | 3rd  | 2022
13  | North Alabama | ASUN | 18–14  | 1st  | Never
14  | Western Carolina[6] | Southern | 18–15  | 2nd  | 2016
15  | Southern Indiana[7] | Ohio Valley | 16–16  | 1st  | Never
16  | USC Upstate | Big South | 16–15  | 1st  | Never

## Schedule

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Game  | Time  | Matchup  | Score  | Television  | Attendance  | Box score

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First round – Saturday, March 18
1  | 12:00 p.m.  | (1) Indiana State vs. (16) USC Upstate  | 67–62  | FloHoops | 876  | [8]
2  | 2:30 p.m.  | (4) Southern Utah vs. (13) North Alabama  | 72–50  | [9]
3  | 5:00 p.m.  | (2) San Jose State vs. (15) Southern Indiana  | 77–52  | [10]
4  | 7:30 p.m.  | (3) Charlotte vs. (14) Western Carolina  | 65–56  | [11]
First round – Sunday, March 19
5  | 12:00 p.m.  | (8) Eastern Kentucky vs. (9) Cleveland State  | 91–75OT | FloHoops  | 922  | [12]
6  | 2:30 p.m.  | (5) Duquesne vs. (12) Rice | 78–84  | [13]
7  | 5:00 p.m.  | (7) Tarleton State vs. (10) Radford | 70–72OT | [14]
8  | 7:30 p.m.  | (6) Stetson vs. (11) Milwaukee | 83–87OT | [15]
Quarterfinals – Monday, March 20
9  | 12:00 p.m.  | (1) Indiana State vs. (8) Eastern Kentucky | 88–89OT | FloHoops  | 764  | [16]
10  | 2:00 p.m.  | (4) Southern Utah vs. (12) Rice  | 81–79  | [17]
11  | 4:30 p.m.  | (2) San Jose State vs. (10) Radford | 57–67  | [18]
12  | 6:30 p.m.  | (3) Charlotte vs. (11) Milwaukee  | 76–65  | [19]
Semifinals – Tuesday, March 21
13  | 7:00 p.m.  | (8) Eastern Kentucky vs. (4) Southern Utah  | 108–1062OT | ESPN2 | 962  | [20]
14  | 9:30 p.m.  | (10) Radford vs. (3) Charlotte | 56–63  | [21]
Championship – Wednesday, March 22
15  | 5:00 p.m.  | (8) Eastern Kentucky vs. (3) Charlotte | 68–71  | ESPN2  | 771  | [22]
Game times in Eastern Time. (#) Rankings denote tournament seed.[23]

## Bracket

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| First round
March 18 & 19 | | | Quarterfinals
March 20 | | | Semifinals
March 21 | | | Championship
March 22 |

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| 1 | Indiana State | 67 | | | |
| 16 | USC Upstate | 62 |
| | 1 | Indiana State | 88 |
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| | | 8 | Eastern Kentucky | 89* |
| 8 | Eastern Kentucky | 91* |

| 9 | Cleveland State | 75 |
| | 8 | Eastern Kentucky | 108** |
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| | | 4 | Southern Utah | 106 |
| 4 | Southern Utah | 72 | |

| 13 | North Alabama | 50 |
| | 4 | Southern Utah | 81 |
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| | | 12 | Rice | 79 |
| 5 | Duquesne | 78 |

| 12 | Rice | 84 |
| | 8 | Eastern Kentucky | 68 |
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| | | 3 | Charlotte | 71 |
| 2 | San Jose State | 77 | | |

| 15 | Southern Indiana | 52 |
| | 2 | San Jose State | 57 |
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| | | 10 | Radford | 67 |
| 7 | Tarleton State | 70 |

| 10 | Radford | 72* |
| | 10 | Radford | 56 |
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| | | 3 | Charlotte | 63 |
| 3 | Charlotte | 65 | |

| 14 | Western Carolina | 56 |
| | 3 | Charlotte | 76 |
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| | | 11 | Milwaukee | 65 |
| 6 | Stetson | 83 |

| 11 | Milwaukee | 87* |

*Denotes overtime period

## References

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1. ^ "CBI Returns to Daytona Beach and ESPN2". College Basketball Invitational. Gazelle Group. January 27, 2023. Retrieved March 8, 2023.
2. ^ "Colonels Accept Bid To 2023 College Basketball Invitational". Eastern Kentucky University Athletics. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
3. ^ "Radford Men's Basketball Accepts Bid To 2023 College Basketball Invitational". Radford University Athletics. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
4. ^ Zills, Chris (March 6, 2023). "Panthers Fall Short In Bid For Championship Appearance". Indianapolis, Indiana: Milwaukee Athletics. Retrieved March 9, 2023. "The program has accepted an invitation to the College Basketball Invitational."
5. ^ "Men's Basketball Accepts Bid to the College Basketball Invitational". Rice Owls. March 11, 2023.
6. ^ Hooker, Daniel (March 9, 2023). "Western Carolina Men's Basketball Team Accepts CBI bid". Cullowhee, North Carolina: Western Carolina University. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
7. ^ Sher, Tamar; Eberly, Keaton (March 8, 2023). "USI men's basketball accepts bid to compete in CBI tournament". 14News.com. Evansville, Indiana. Retrieved March 9, 2023.
8. ^ "Indiana State Sycamores 67–62 South Carolina Upstate Spartans". ESPN. March 18, 2023. Retrieved November 6, 2023.
9. ^ "Southern Utah Thunderbirds 72–50 North Alabama Lions". ESPN. March 18, 2023. Retrieved November 6, 2023.
10. ^ "San José State Spartans 77–52 Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles". ESPN. March 18, 2023. Retrieved November 6, 2023.
11. ^ "Charlotte 49ers 65–56 Western Carolina Catamounts". ESPN. March 18, 2023. Retrieved November 6, 2023.
12. ^ "Cleveland State Vikings 75–91 Eastern Kentucky Colonels". ESPN. March 19, 2023. Retrieved November 6, 2023.
13. ^ "Duquesne Dukes 78–84 Rice Owls". ESPN. March 19, 2023. Retrieved November 6, 2023.
14. ^ "Tarleton State Texans 70–72 Radford Highlanders". ESPN. March 19, 2023. Retrieved November 6, 2023.
15. ^ "Stetson Hatters 83–87 Milwaukee Panthers". ESPN. March 19, 2023. Retrieved November 6, 2023.
16. ^ "Indiana State Sycamores 88–89 Eastern Kentucky Colonels". ESPN. March 20, 2023. Retrieved November 6, 2023.
17. ^ "Southern Utah Thunderbirds 81–79 Rice Owls". ESPN. March 20, 2023. Retrieved November 6, 2023.
18. ^ "San José State Spartans 57–67 Radford Highlanders". ESPN. March 20, 2023. Retrieved November 6, 2023.
19. ^ "Charlotte 49ers 76–65 Milwaukee Panthers". ESPN. March 20, 2023. Retrieved November 6, 2023.
20. ^ "Southern Utah Thunderbirds 106–108 Eastern Kentucky Colonels". ESPN. March 21, 2023. Retrieved November 6, 2023.
21. ^ "Charlotte 49ers 63–56 Radford Highlanders". ESPN. March 21, 2023. Retrieved November 6, 2023.
22. ^ "Charlotte 49ers 71–68 Eastern Kentucky Colonels". ESPN. March 22, 2023. Retrieved November 6, 2023.
23. ^ "Schedule". College Basketball Invitational. Gazelle Group. March 2023. Retrieved March 8, 2023.

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