2013 National Invitation Tournament


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 bid
Charleston SouthernBig South19–121stNever
Long Beach StateBig West19–137th2011
Louisiana TechWAC26–67th2006
MercerAtlantic Sun23–111stNever
NiagaraMAAC19–1314th2009
Norfolk StateMEAC21–111stNever
NortheasternCAA20–123rd2010
Robert MorrisNortheast23–102nd2008
Stephen F. AustinSouthland27–43rd2008
Stony BrookAmerica East24–73rd2012

At-large bids

The following 22 teams were also awarded NIT berths.
TeamConferenceRecordAppearanceLast bid
AlabamaSEC21–1212th2011
Arizona StatePac-1221–1212th2010
BaylorBig 1218–145th2009
BYUWest Coast21–1111th2006
CharlotteAtlantic 1021–117th2008
DenverWAC21–93rd2005
DetroitHorizon20–127th2002
Florida StateACC18–158th2008
Indiana StateMissouri Valley18–143rd1978
IowaBig Ten21–127th2012
KentuckySEC21–118th2009
MarylandACC22–128th2008
OhioMAC24–95th1999
ProvidenceBig East17–1419th2009
Saint Joseph'sAtlantic 1018–1316th2012
Southern MissC-USA25–99th2001
St. John'sBig East16–1529th2010
StanfordPac-1218–147th2012
TennesseeSEC20–1213th2012
UMassAtlantic 1021–1113th2012
VirginiaACC21–1113th2006
WashingtonPac-1218–157th2012

Seeds

Bracket

''Games are played at higher seed unless noted.''