2013 Great West Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2013 Great West Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 14–16, 2013, in Chicago, Illinois at the Emil and Patricia Jones Convocation Center. 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. The winner, however, did receive an automatic bid to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament. [1] This was the final GMC men's basketball tournament as the conference dissolved after the season due to its member schools joining other conferences.

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)
← 2012
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
Houston Baptist 3 5   .375 14 17   .452
Utah Valley 3 5   .375 14 18   .438
Chicago State 3 5   .375 11 22   .333
2013 Great West tournament winner
As of March 20, 2013
Rankings from AP Poll

Format

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With North Dakota joining the Big Sky Conference for the 2012-13 season, the conference used the same 5-team format they used for 2012 as the outline.

Five teams participated in the 2013 Great West tournament. This was the last Great West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament as Houston Baptist left the conference after this season to join the Southland Conference and Utah Valley, UTPA and Chicago State left the conference after this season to join the Western Athletic Conference.

Bracket

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The entire tournament was streamed online by CSU-TV.

First round
March 14, 2013
Semifinals
March 15, 2013
Championship game
March 16, 2013
         
1 NJIT 61
4 Houston Baptist 62
4 Houston Baptist 76
5 Utah Valley 742OT
4 Houston Baptist 60
3 Chicago State 75
2 Texas–Pan American 55
3 Chicago State 63

References

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