2012 College Basketball Invitational
{{Short description|College basketball tournament}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{primary sources|date=March 2012}}
{{infobox college basketball tournament
|Type = CBI
| Year=2012
| Season=
| Image=
| ImageSize=150px
| Caption=College Basketball Invitational Tournament
| Teams=16
| FinalFourArena=Beasley Coliseum
Petersen Events Center
| FinalFourCity=Pullman, Washington
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
| Champions=Pittsburgh Panthers
| TitleCount=1st
| RunnerUp=Washington State Cougars
| GameCount=1st
| Semifinal1=Oregon State Beavers
| SemifinalCount=2nd
| Semifinal2=Butler Bulldogs
| SemifinalCount2=1st
| Coach=Jamie Dixon
| CoachCount=1st
| MOP=Lamar Patterson
| MOPTeam=Pittsburgh
| Attendance=
| OneTopScorer=
| TwoTopScorers=
| TopScorer=
| TopScorerTeam=
| TopScorer2=
| TopScorer2Team=
| Points=
}}
The 2012 College Basketball Invitational (CBI) was a single-elimination tournament of 16 NCAA Division I teams that did not participate in the 2012 NCAA Tournament or the 2012 National Invitation Tournament. The opening games began on Tuesday, March 13. A best-of-three championship series between the final two teams was held on March 26, March 28, and March 30.{{cite web|title=2012 CBI Schedule|url=http://www.gazellegroup.com/events/cbi/schedule.htm|website=gazellegroup.com|accessdate=10 January 2012|df=dmy-all|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120221003715/http://www.gazellegroup.com/events/cbi/schedule.htm|archive-date=21 February 2012|url-status=dead}} HDNet covered select games from the first and second rounds as well as the semifinals and the championship games for the fourth consecutive year. The tournament was won by Pittsburgh who defeated Washington State 2–1 in the finals series.
Participants
| class="wikitable sortable"
!School !Conference !Overall !Conference |
| Butler
|align=center|20–14 |align=center|11–7 |
| Delaware
|CAA |align=center|18–13 |align=center|12–6 |
| Evansville
|align=center|16–15 |align=center|9–9 |
| Milwaukee
|Horizon |align=center|20–13 |align=center|11–7 |
| North Dakota State
|align=center|17–13 |align=center|9–9 |
| Oregon State
|align=center|19–14 |align=center|7–11 |
| Pennsylvania
|Ivy |align=center|19–12 |align=center|11–3 |
| Pittsburgh
|align=center|17–16 |align=center|5–13 |
| Princeton
|Ivy |align=center|19–11 |align=center|10–4 |
| Quinnipiac
|NEC |align=center|18–13 |align=center|10–8 |
| San Francisco
|WCC |align=center|20–13 |align=center|8–8 |
| TCU
|align=center|17–14 |align=center|7–7 |
| Washington State
|Pac-12 |align=center|15–16 |align=center|7–11 |
| Western Illinois
|Summit |align=center|18–14 |align=center|9–9 |
| Wofford
|align=center|19–13 |align=center|12–6 |
| Wyoming
|Mountain West |align=center|20–11 |align=center|6–8 |
Bracket
{{16TeamBracket|RD2-RD3-path=0|seeds=y|legs=1/1/1/3
| RD1 = First round
March 13–14
| RD2 = Quarterfinals
March 19
| RD3 = Semifinals
(Reseeded)
March 21
| RD4 = Finals
(Best of three)
March 26, 28, 30
| RD1-seed01 =
| RD1-team01 = Milwaukee
| RD1-score01 = 73
| RD1-seed02 =
| RD1-team02 = TCU
| RD1-score02 = 83
| RD1-seed03 =
| RD1-team03 = Western Illinois
| RD1-score03 = 59
| RD1-seed04 =
| RD1-team04 = Oregon State
| RD1-score04 = 80
| RD1-seed05 =
| RD1-team05 = North Dakota State
| RD1-score05 = 75
| RD1-seed06 =
| RD1-team06 = Wyoming
| RD1-score06 = 76
| RD1-seed07 =
| RD1-team07 = Washington State
| RD1-score07 = 89
| RD1-seed08 =
| RD1-team08 = San Francisco
| RD1-score08 = 75
| RD1-seed09 =
| RD1-team09 = Delaware
| RD1-score09 = 58
| RD1-seed10 =
| RD1-team10 = Butler
| RD1-score10 = 75
| RD1-seed11 =
| RD1-team11 = Quinnipiac
| RD1-score11 = 63
| RD1-seed12 =
| RD1-team12 = Pennsylvania
| RD1-score12 = 74
| RD1-seed13 =
| RD1-team13 = Princeton
| RD1-score13 = 95
| RD1-seed14 =
| RD1-team14 = Evansville
| RD1-score14 = 86
| RD1-seed15 =
| RD1-team15 = Wofford
| RD1-score15 = 63
| RD1-seed16 =
| RD1-team16 = Pittsburgh
| RD1-score16 = 81
| RD2-seed01 =
| RD2-team01 = TCU
| RD2-score01 = 81
| RD2-seed02 =
| RD2-team02 = Oregon State
| RD2-score02 = 101
| RD2-seed03 =
| RD2-team03 = Wyoming
| RD2-score03 = 41
| RD2-seed04 =
| RD2-team04 = Washington State
| RD2-score04 = 61
| RD2-seed05 =
| RD2-team05 = Butler
| RD2-score05 = 63
| RD2-seed06 =
| RD2-team06 = Pennsylvania
| RD2-score06 = 53
| RD2-seed07 =
| RD2-team07 = Princeton
| RD2-score07 = 61
| RD2-seed08 =
| RD2-team08 = Pittsburgh
| RD2-score08 = 82
| RD3-seed01 =
| RD3-team01 = Washington State
| RD3-score01 = 72
| RD3-seed02 =
| RD3-team02 = Oregon State
| RD3-score02 = 55
| RD3-seed03 =
| RD3-team03 = Pittsburgh
| RD3-score03 = 68OT
| RD3-seed04 =
| RD3-team04 = Butler
| RD3-score04 = 62
| RD4-seed01 =
| RD4-team01 = Washington State
| RD4-seed02 =
| RD4-team02 = Pittsburgh
| RD4-score01-1 = 67
| RD4-score02-1 = 66
| RD4-score01-2 = 53
| RD4-score02-2 = 57
| RD4-score01-3 = 65
| RD4-score02-3 = 71
}}
Home teams are listed second.
References
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{{college Basketball Invitational navbox}}
{{2012 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament navbox}}