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. 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 Teams in the CBI were seeded 1–16. Note: Team records are before playing in the tournament
SeedTeamConferenceRecordAppearanceLast bid1Indiana StateMissouri Valley22–122nd20102San Jose StateMountain West20–132nd20113CharlotteC-USA18–141stNever4Southern UtahWAC22–121stNever5DuquesneA-1020–124th20166StetsonASUN17–132nd20217Tarleton StateWAC17–161stNever8Eastern KentuckyASUN20–132nd20109 Cleveland StateHorizon21–131stNever10RadfordBig South19–143rd201511MilwaukeeHorizon21–112nd201212RiceC-USA18–153rd202213North AlabamaASUN18–141stNever14Western CarolinaSouthern18–152nd201615Southern IndianaOhio Valley16–161stNever16USC UpstateBig South16–151stNever
Schedule GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevisionAttendanceBox score First round – Saturday, March 18112:00 p.m.(1) Indiana State vs. (16) USC Upstate67–62FloHoops87622:30 p.m.(4) Southern Utah vs. (13) North Alabama72–5035:00 p.m.(2) San Jose State vs. (15) Southern Indiana77–5247:30 p.m. (3) Charlotte vs. (14) Western Carolina65–56 First round – Sunday, March 19512:00 p.m.(8) Eastern Kentucky vs. (9) Cleveland State91–75OTFloHoops92262:30 p.m.(5) Duquesne vs. (12) Rice78–8475:00 p.m.(7) Tarleton State vs. (10) Radford70–72OT87:30 p.m.(6) Stetson vs. (11) Milwaukee83–87OT Quarterfinals – Monday, March 20912:00 p.m.(1) Indiana State vs. (8) Eastern Kentucky88–89OTFloHoops764102:00 p.m.(4) Southern Utah vs. (12) Rice81–79114:30 p.m.(2) San Jose State vs. (10) Radford57–67126:30 p.m.(3) Charlotte vs. (11) Milwaukee76–65 Semifinals – Tuesday, March 21137:00 p.m.(8) Eastern Kentucky vs. (4) Southern Utah108–1062OTESPN2962149:30 p.m.(10) Radford vs. (3) Charlotte56–63 Championship – Wednesday, March 22155:00 p.m.(8) Eastern Kentucky vs. (3) Charlotte68–71ESPN2771 Game times in Eastern Time. (#) Rankings denote tournament seed.
Bracket
*Denotes overtime period
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