2012 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament

The 2012 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) was a postseason single-elimination tournament of 32 NCAA Division I teams, up from 24 teams in the 2011 CIT. The CIT began with 16 first-round games. Games took place March 13–28, 2012.

Thirty-two participants who were not invited to the 2012 NCAA tournament, the 2012 National Invitation Tournament, or the 2012 College Basketball Invitational made up the field. The winner of the 2012 Great West Conference men's basketball tournament, North Dakota, received an automatic bid to the tournament.

All games, except for the championship game, were streamed online by America One Sports. Free registration was required to view the games. The championship game was once again broadcast nationally by Fox College Sports on FCS Central.

The tournament was won by Mercer who defeated Utah State in the championship game 70–67. This was the first post-season tournament win for a men's basketball team from the Atlantic Sun Conference.

Participating teams

The following teams received an invitation to the 2012 CIT:

School	Conference	Overall record	Conference record
Albany	America East	19–14	9–7
American	Patriot	20–11	10–4
Bowling Green	Mid-American	16–15	9–7
Buffalo	Mid-American	19–10	12–4
Cal State Bakersfield	Division I independent	16–14
Cal State Fullerton	Big West	21–9	12–4
Coastal Carolina	Big South	19–11	12–6
Drake	Missouri Valley	17–15	9–9
Fairfield	Metro Atlantic Athletic	19–14	12–6
Georgia State	Colonial Athletic	21–11	11–7
Idaho	Western Athletic	18–13	9–5
Indiana State	Missouri Valley	17–13	8–10
Kent State	Mid-American	21–11	10–6
Louisiana–Lafayette	Sun Belt	16–15	10–6
Loyola Marymount	West Coast	19–12	11–5
Manhattan	Metro Atlantic Athletic	20–12	12–6
McNeese State	Southland	17–15	10–6
Mercer	Atlantic Sun	22–11	13–5
North Dakota	Great West	17–14	6–4
Oakland	Summit League	17–15	11–7
Old Dominion	Colonial Athletic	20–13	13–5
Rice	Conference USA	17–15	8–8
Robert Morris	Northeast	24–10	13–5
Tennessee State	Ohio Valley	20–12	11–5
Tennessee Tech	Ohio Valley	19–13	9–7
Toledo	Mid-American	18–16	7–9
USC Upstate	Atlantic Sun	20–12	13–5
UC Santa Barbara	Big West	20–10	12–4
Utah State	Western Athletic	17–15	8–6
Utah Valley	Great West	20–12	9–1
Weber State	Big Sky	24–6	14–2
Yale	Ivy League	19–9	9–5

Format

The fourth annual CIT used the old NIT model in which matchups in future rounds were determined by the results of the previous round.

Bracket

Bracket is for visual purposes only. The CIT does not have a set bracket.

First round March 13–15			Second round March 17 & 18	Quarterfinals March 20 & 21	Semifinals March 24 & 25	Championship March 28

Tennessee Tech	43

Georgia State	74
	Georgia State	59

		Mercer	64
Tennessee State	60

Mercer	68
	Mercer	79

		Old Dominion	73
Kent State	58

USC Upstate	73
	USC Upstate	56

		Old Dominion	65
Coastal Carolina	66

Old Dominion	68
	Mercer	64

		Fairfield	59
Robert Morris	67

Indiana State	60
	Robert Morris	69

		Toledo	51
McNeese State	63

Toledo	76
	Robert Morris	61

		Fairfield	67
Manhattan	89

Albany	79
	Manhattan	57

		Fairfield	69
Yale	56

Fairfield	68
	Mercer	70

		Utah State	67
North Dakota	64

Drake	70
	Drake	68

		Rice	74
Rice	68

Louisiana–Lafayette	63
	Rice	70

		Oakland	77
Buffalo	78

American	61
	Buffalo	76

		Oakland	84
Bowling Green	69

Oakland	86
	Oakland	81

		Utah State	105
Utah Valley	69

Weber State	72
	Weber State	78

		Loyola Marymount	84*
Cal State Fullerton	79

Loyola Marymount	88
	Loyola Marymount	69

		Utah State	77
UC Santa Barbara	83

Idaho	86
	Idaho	56

		Utah State	76
Cal State Bakersfield	69

Utah State	75

Home teams are listed second. * Denotes overtime period