The 2013

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was a

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of 32 NCAA Division I teams that were not selected to participate in the 2013 NCAA tournament. The annual tournament began on March 19 on campus sites and ended on April 4 at

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. Baylor defeated

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, 74–54, to capture the Bears its first NIT title in school history.

Participants

Automatic qualifiers

The following teams earned automatic berths into the 2013 NIT field by virtue of winning their conferences' regular season championship, but failing to win their conference tournament. These teams also did not receive an at-large bid for the NCAA Tournament.

At-large bids

The following 22 teams were also awarded NIT berths.

Seeds

Bracket

''Games are played at Higher Seed unless noted''

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References

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