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| Season | 2012–13 | ||||
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| Teams | 32 | ||||
| Finals site | Madison Square Garden New York City | ||||
| Champions | Baylor Bears (1st title) | ||||
| Runner-up | Iowa Hawkeyes (1st title game) | ||||
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| Winning coach | Scott Drew (1st title) | ||||
| MVP | Pierre Jackson (Baylor) | ||||
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The 2013 National Invitation Tournament was a single-elimination tournament 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 Madison Square Garden. Baylor defeated Iowa, 74–54, to capture the Bears its first NIT title in school history.