2023 College Basketball Invitational


The 2023 College Basketball Invitational was a single-elimination, fully-bracketed men's college basketball postseason tournament featuring 16 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I teams not selected to participate in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament or the National Invitation Tournament. 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 bid
1Indiana StateMissouri Valley22–122nd2010
2San Jose StateMountain West20–132nd2011
3CharlotteC-USA18–141stNever
4Southern UtahWAC22–121stNever
5DuquesneA-1020–124th2016
6StetsonASUN17–132nd2021
7Tarleton StateWAC17–161stNever
8Eastern KentuckyASUN20–132nd2010
9Cleveland StateHorizon21–131stNever
10RadfordBig South19–143rd2015
11MilwaukeeHorizon21–112nd2012
12RiceC-USA18–153rd2022
13North AlabamaASUN18–141stNever
14Western CarolinaSouthern18–152nd2016
15Southern IndianaOhio Valley16–161stNever
16USC UpstateBig South16–151stNever

Bracket

*Denotes overtime period