2013 National Invitation Tournament

Annual NCAA basketball competition August 2023 April 2026 April 2021 NIT Men's 2013 200px 2013 NIT Tournament 32 Madison Square Garden New York City Baylor Bears 1st Iowa Hawkeyes 1st BYU Cougars 3rd Maryland Terrapins 3rd Scott Drew 1st Pierre Jackson Baylor 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. First roundMarch 19–20 Second roundMarch 21–25 QuarterfinalsMarch 26–27 1 Kentucky 57 8 Robert MorrisLexington's Rupp Arena hosted the first two rounds of the 2013 NCAA tournament, so Robert Morris hosted the NIT first round. 59 4 Providence 75 5 Charlotte 66 3 Arizona State 83 6 Detroit 68 2 Baylor 112 7 Long Beach State 66 8 Robert Morris 68 4 Providence 77 3 Arizona State 86 2 Baylor 89 4 Providence 68 2 Baylor 79 First roundMarch 19–20 Second roundMarch 21–25 QuarterfinalsMarch 26–27 1 Southern Miss 78 8 Charleston Southern 71 4 Florida State 66 5 Louisiana Tech 71 3 BYU 90 6 Washington 79 2 Tennessee 67 7 Mercer 75 1 Southern Miss 63 5 Louisiana Tech 52 3 BYU 90 7 Mercer 71 1 Southern Miss 62 3 BYU 79 First roundMarch 19–20 Second roundMarch 21–25 QuarterfinalsMarch 26–27 1 Alabama 62 8 Northeastern 43 4 Stanford 58 5 Stephen F. Austin 57 3 Denver 61 6 Ohio 57 2 Maryland 86 7 Niagara 70 1 Alabama 66 4 Stanford 54 3 Denver 52 2 Maryland 62 1 Alabama 57 2 Maryland 58 First roundMarch 19–20 Second roundMarch 21–25 QuarterfinalsMarch 26–27 1 Virginia 67 8 Norfolk State 56 4 St. Joseph's 61 5 St. John's 63 3 Iowa 68 6 Indiana State 52 2 Massachusetts 58 7 Stony Brook 71 1 Virginia 68 5 St. John's 50 3 Iowa 75 7 Stony Brook 63 1 Virginia 64 3 Iowa 75 SemifinalsApril 2 FinalsApril 4 2 Baylor 76 3 BYU 70 2 Maryland 60 3 Iowa 71 2 Baylor 74 3 Iowa 54 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 References National Invitation National Invitation Tournament Category:2010s in Manhattan National Invitation Tournament National Invitation Tournament Category:National Invitation Tournament Category:College basketball tournaments in New York City Category:Sports competitions in Manhattan