# 2023 College Basketball Invitational

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
| 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 |

## Schedule

| Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television | Attendance |
| First round – Saturday, March 18 |||||||
| 1 | 12:00 p.m. | (1) Indiana State vs. (16) USC Upstate | 67–62 | FloHoops | 876 |
| 2 | 2:30 p.m. | (4) Southern Utah vs. (13) North Alabama | 72–50 | FloHoops | 876 |
| 3 | 5:00 p.m. | (2) San Jose State vs. (15) Southern Indiana | 77–52 | FloHoops | 876 |
| 4 | 7:30 p.m. | (3) Charlotte vs. (14) Western Carolina | 65–56 | FloHoops | 876 |
| First round – Sunday, March 19 |||||||
| 5 | 12:00 p.m. | (8) Eastern Kentucky vs. (9) Cleveland State | 91–75$^{OT}$ | FloHoops | 922 |
| 6 | 2:30 p.m. | (5) Duquesne vs. (12) Rice | 78–84 | FloHoops | 922 |
| 7 | 5:00 p.m. | (7) Tarleton State vs. (10) Radford | 70–72$^{OT}$ | FloHoops | 922 |
| 8 | 7:30 p.m. | (6) Stetson vs. (11) Milwaukee | 83–87$^{OT}$ | FloHoops | 922 |
| Quarterfinals – Monday, March 20 |||||||
| 9 | 12:00 p.m. | (1) Indiana State vs. (8) Eastern Kentucky | 88–89$^{OT}$ | FloHoops | 764 |
| 10 | 2:00 p.m. | (4) Southern Utah vs. (12) Rice | 81–79 | FloHoops | 764 |
| 11 | 4:30 p.m. | (2) San Jose State vs. (10) Radford | 57–67 | FloHoops | 764 |
| 12 | 6:30 p.m. | (3) Charlotte vs. (11) Milwaukee | 76–65 | FloHoops | 764 |
| Semifinals – Tuesday, March 21 |||||||
| 13 | 7:00 p.m. | (8) Eastern Kentucky vs. (4) Southern Utah | 108–106$^{2OT}$ | ESPN2 | 962 |
| 14 | 9:30 p.m. | (10) Radford vs. (3) Charlotte | 56–63 | ESPN2 | 962 |
| Championship – Wednesday, March 22 |||||||
| 15 | 5:00 p.m. | (8) Eastern Kentucky vs. (3) Charlotte | 68–71 | ESPN2 | 771 |
| Game times in Eastern Time. (#) Rankings denote tournament seed. |||||||

## Bracket

| First round March 18 & 19 | First round March 18 & 19 | First round March 18 & 19 | Quarterfinals March 20 | Quarterfinals March 20 | Quarterfinals March 20 | Semifinals March 21 | Semifinals March 21 | Semifinals March 21 | | Championship March 22 | Championship March 22 | Championship March 22 |
| 1 | Indiana State | 67 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | USC Upstate | 62 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | USC Upstate | 62 | 1 | Indiana State | 88 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | Eastern Kentucky | 89* | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Eastern Kentucky | 91* | 8 | Eastern Kentucky | 89* | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Cleveland State | 75 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Cleveland State | 75 | | | | 8 | Eastern Kentucky | 108** | | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Southern Utah | 106 | | | | |
| 4 | Southern Utah | 72 | | | | | | | 4 | Southern Utah | 106 | | | | |
| 13 | North Alabama | 50 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | North Alabama | 50 | 4 | Southern Utah | 81 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 12 | Rice | 79 | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Duquesne | 78 | 12 | Rice | 79 | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Rice | 84 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Rice | 84 | | | | | | | | 8 | Eastern Kentucky | 68 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Charlotte | 71 |
| 2 | San Jose State | 77 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Charlotte | 71 |
| 15 | Southern Indiana | 52 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | Southern Indiana | 52 | 2 | San Jose State | 57 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 10 | Radford | 67 | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Tarleton State | 70 | 10 | Radford | 67 | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Radford | 72* | | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Radford | 72* | | | | 10 | Radford | 56 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | Charlotte | 63 | | | | |
| 3 | Charlotte | 65 | | | | | | | 3 | Charlotte | 63 | | | | |
| 14 | Western Carolina | 56 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Western Carolina | 56 | 3 | Charlotte | 76 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 11 | Milwaukee | 65 | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Stetson | 83 | 11 | Milwaukee | 65 | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Milwaukee | 87* | | | | | | | | | | |
*Denotes overtime period