The 2013 Great West Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 14âÂÂ16, 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.
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, TexasâÂÂPan 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.
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.
The entire tournament was streamed online by CSU-TV.