2013 Great West Conference men's basketball tournament

2013 Great West Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2012–13
Teams5
SiteEmil and Patricia Jones Convocation Center
Chicago, IL
ChampionsChicago State (1st title)
Winning coachTracy Dildy (1st title)
MVPNate Duhon (Chicago State)
2012–13 Great West Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
NJIT 6 2   .750 16 13   .552
Texas–Pan American 5 3   .625 16 16   .500
Chicago State 3 5   .375 11 22   .333
Houston Baptist 3 5   .375 14 17   .452
Utah Valley 3 5   .375 14 18   .438
2013 Great West tournament winner
As of March 20, 2013
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2013 Great West Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 14–16, 2013, at the Emil and Patricia Jones Convocation Center in Chicago, Illinois. Per NCAA regulations as a new Division I conference, the Great West champion would not have received an automatic bid into the NCAA tournament until 2020; however, the winner was extended an automatic bid to the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament.[1]

This edition was to be the last Great West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament as Houston Baptist would depart the conference after the season to join the Southland Conference and Chicago State, Texas–Pan American and Utah Valley would depart the conference after the season to join the Western Athletic Conference, leaving the New Jersey Institute of Technology as its sole remaining member.

Format

Chicago State re-established postseason eligibility (after failing for 2012) by meeting the NCAA's Academic Progress Rate requirements, but North Dakota had joined the Big Sky Conference for the 2012-13 season; as a result, the conference utilized the same five-team format they used for 2012 as the outline.

Bracket

The entire tournament was streamed online by CSU-TV.

First
round

March 14, 2013
Semifinal
round

March 15, 2013
Championship
round

March 16, 2013
         
1 NJIT 61
4 Houston Baptist 62
4 Houston Baptist 76
5 Utah Valley 74 2OT
4 Houston Baptist 60
3 Chicago State 75
2 Texas–Pan American 55
3 Chicago State 63

References

  1. ^ "Great West Conference". Archived from the original on July 26, 2011. Retrieved October 18, 2012.