1978 National Invitation Tournament
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1978 National Invitation Tournament
| 1978 National Invitation Tournament | |||
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| Teams | 16 | ||
| Finals site | Madison Square Garden New York City |
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| Champions | Texas (1st title) | ||
| Runner-up | NC State (1st title game) | ||
| Semifinalists | Rutgers (2nd semifinal) Georgetown (1st semifinal) |
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| Winning coach | Abe Lemons (1st title) | ||
| MVP | Jim Krivacs & Ron Baxter Texas | ||
National Invitation Tournaments
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The 1978 National Invitation Tournament was the 1978 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition.
Selected teams
Below is a list of the 16 teams selected for the tournament.[1]
| Participants | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Army | ||||
| Dayton | ||||
| Detroit | ||||
| Fairfield | ||||
| Georgetown | ||||
| Illinois State | ||||
| Indiana State | ||||
| Nebraska | ||||
| North Carolina State | ||||
| Rutgers | ||||
| South Carolina | ||||
| Temple | ||||
| Texas | ||||
| Utah State | ||||
| VCU | ||||
| Virginia | ||||
Brackets/Results
Below is the tournament bracket.[1]
| First Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||||||
| Dayton | 108 | |||||||||||||||||
| Fairfield | 93 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dayton | 62 | |||||||||||||||||
| Georgetown | 71 | |||||||||||||||||
| Georgetown | 70 | |||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | 68 | |||||||||||||||||
| Georgetown | 85 | |||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina State | 86 | |||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina State | 83 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Carolina | 70 | |||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina State | 84 | |||||||||||||||||
| Detroit | 77 | |||||||||||||||||
| Detroit | 94 | |||||||||||||||||
| VCU | 86 | |||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina State | 93 | |||||||||||||||||
| Texas | 101 | |||||||||||||||||
| Texas | 72 | |||||||||||||||||
| Temple | 58 | |||||||||||||||||
| Texas | 67 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nebraska | 48 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nebraska | 67 | |||||||||||||||||
| Utah State | 66 | |||||||||||||||||
| Texas | 96 | |||||||||||||||||
| Rutgers | 76 | |||||||||||||||||
| Rutgers | 72 | |||||||||||||||||
| Army | 70 | |||||||||||||||||
| Rutgers | 57 | |||||||||||||||||
| Indiana State | 56 | |||||||||||||||||
| Indiana State | 73 | |||||||||||||||||
| Illinois State | 71 | |||||||||||||||||
- Third Place - Rutgers 85, Georgetown 72
References
- ^ a b Tournament Results (1970's) at nit.org, URL accessed November 7, 2009. Archived 11/7/09
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