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
| Seed | Team | Conference | Record | Appearance | Last bid |
| 1 | Indiana State | Missouri Valley | 22–12 | 2nd | 2010 |
| 2 | San Jose State | Mountain West | 20–13 | 2nd | 2011 |
| 3 | Charlotte | C-USA | 18–14 | 1st | Never |
| 4 | Southern Utah | WAC | 22–12 | 1st | Never |
| 5 | Duquesne | A-10 | 20–12 | 4th | 2016 |
| 6 | Stetson | ASUN | 17–13 | 2nd | 2021 |
| 7 | Tarleton State | WAC | 17–16 | 1st | Never |
| 8 | Eastern Kentucky | ASUN | 20–13 | 2nd | 2010 |
| 9 | Cleveland State | Horizon | 21–13 | 1st | Never |
| 10 | Radford | Big South | 19–14 | 3rd | 2015 |
| 11 | Milwaukee | Horizon | 21–11 | 2nd | 2012 |
| 12 | Rice | C-USA | 18–15 | 3rd | 2022 |
| 13 | North Alabama | ASUN | 18–14 | 1st | Never |
| 14 | Western Carolina | Southern | 18–15 | 2nd | 2016 |
| 15 | Southern Indiana | Ohio Valley | 16–16 | 1st | Never |
| 16 | USC Upstate | Big South | 16–15 | 1st | Never |