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2018 College Basketball Invitational

Teams	32
Finals site	T-Mobile Arena Las Vegas, Nevada
Champions	San Francisco (1st title)
Runner-up	South Carolina (1st title game)
Semifinalists	BYU (1st semifinal) East Tennessee State (1st semifinal)
College Basketball Invitationals «2017 2019»

The 2023 College Basketball Invitational (CBI) was a single-elimination tournament of 32 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams that did not participate on the 2023 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament or the NIT.

Participants

Automatic qualifiers

The following teams are guaranteed berths into the 2023 CBI field by finishing the season with 22 wins but did not win the regular season or conference tournament. Such teams were eligible to receive an at-large berth into the NCAA Tournament or NIT but did not.

Team	Conference	Overall record	NET	Seed
UMass Lowell	America East	26–8	119	5
Fordham	Atlantic 10	25–8	134	7
UC Riverside	Big West	22–12	137	7
Cal State Fullerton	Big West	20–13	121	6
Hawai'i	Big West	22–11	127	7
UNC Wilmington	CAA	24–10	144	8
Akron	Mid-American	22–11	102	3
Ball State	Mid-American	23–10	150	8
Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	23–10	120	7
Indiana State	Missouri Valley	22–12	93	2
Grambling State	SWAC	24–9	180	8
Northwestern State	Southland	22–11	202	8
Marshall	Sun Belt	24–8	83	1
James Madison	Sun Belt	22–11	94	2
Southern Utah	WAC	22–12	113	5

At-large bids

The following teams were also awarded CBI berths.

Team	Conference	Overall record	NET	Seed
Utah	Pac-12	17–15	79	1
BYU	West Coast	19–15	85	2
UNLV	Mountain West	19–13	91	2
San Jose State	Mountain West	20–13	95	3
St. John's	Big East	18–15	98	4
Saint Louis	Atlantic 10	21–12	99	3
Tulane	American	20–11	105	4
Wichita State	American	17–15	111	4
Loyola Marymount	West Coast	19–12	106	4
Charlotte	Conference USA	18–14	116	5
Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	17–14	117	5
Washington	Pac-12	16–16	122	6
Oklahoma	Big 12	15–17	68	1
Nebraska	Big Ten	16–16	92	3
Samford	Atlantic 10	20–13	136	6
UNC Greensboro	SoCon	20–12	113	4
Ohio SState	Big Ten	16–19	52	1

Bracket

The 32-team bracket was announced on March 12, via the NIT Selection Show on ESPNU at 10 p.m. EST.

	First round March 14–15 Campus sites					Second round March 18–19 Campus sites					Quarterfinal March 21–22 Campus sites
	1	Utah	83
	8	Northwestern State	64
						1	Utah	67
						4	Loyola Marymount	68
	4	Loyola Marymount	79
	5	Southern Utah	76
											4	Loyola Marymount
											2	UNLV
	2	UNLV	67
	7	Hawaii	64
						2	UNLV	85
						6	Washington	50
	3	Nebraska	79
	6	Washington	80

	First round March 14–15 Campus sites					Second round March 18–19 Campus sites					Quarterfinal March 21–22 Campus sites
	1	Oklahoma	66
	8	Grambling State	67
						8	Grambling State	68
						5	Middle Tennessee	63
	4	Wichita State	64
	5	Middle Tennessee	73
											8	Grambling State
											3	Saint Louis
	2	San Jose State	57
	7	UC Riverside	63
						7	UC Riverside	96
						3	Saint Louis	98**
	3	Saint Louis	68
	6	Cal State Fullerton	54

	First round March 14–15 Campus sites					Second round March 18–19 Campus sites					Quarterfinal March 21–22 Campus sites
	1	Marshall	78
	8	UNC Wilmington	74
						1	Marshall	82
						4	Tulane	80
	4	Tulane	81
	5	Charlotte	78
											1	Marshall
											7	Fordham
	2	Indiana State	71
	7	Fordham	84
						7	Fordham	71
						3	Akron	64
	3	Akron	83
	6	Samford	63

	First round March 14–15 Campus sites					Second round March 18–19 Campus sites					Quarterfinal March 21–22 Campus sites
	1	Ohio State	83
	8	Ball State	51
						1	Ohio State	74
						5	UMass Lowell	68
	4	St. John's	68
	5	UMass Lowell	70
											1	Ohio State
											2	BYU
	2	BYU	62
	7	Southern Illinois	61
						2	BYU	77
						6	UNC Greensboro	63
	3	James Madison	71
	6	UNC Greensboro	73

	Semifinals March 28 Orleans Arena					Final March 30 Orleans Arena

* Denotes overtime period