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. 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

Teams	16
Finals site	Beasley Coliseum Petersen Events Center Pullman, Washington Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Champions	Pittsburgh Panthers (1st title)
Runner-up	Washington State Cougars (1st title game)
Semifinalists	Oregon State Beavers (2nd semifinal) Butler Bulldogs (1st semifinal)
Winning coach	Jamie Dixon (1st title)
MVP	Lamar Patterson (Pittsburgh)
College Basketball Invitationals «2011 2013»

Participants

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

	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.