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2001 National Invitation Tournament
Season 2000–01
Teams 32
Finals site Madison Square Garden
New York City
Champions Tulsa (2nd title)
Runner-up Alabama (1st title game)
Semifinalists Memphis (2nd semifinal)
Detroit (1st semifinal)
Winning coach Buzz Peterson (1st title)
MVP Marcus Hill Tulsa
National Invitation Tournaments
«2000  2002»

The 2001 National Invitation Tournament was the 2001 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition.

Contents

Selected teams

Below is a list of the 32 teams selected for the tournament.[1]

Participants
School Conference
Alabama SEC
Auburn SEC
Baylor Big 12
Bradley MVC
UC Irvine Big West
Connecticut Big East
Dayton A-10
Detroit Horizon
Illinois State MVC
McNeese State Southland
Memphis C-USA
Miami Big East
Minnesota Big Ten
Mississippi State SEC
New Mexico MWC
UNC-Wilmington CAA
Pepperdine WCC
Pittsburgh Big East
Purdue Big Ten
Richmond CAA
St. Bonaventure A-10
Seton Hall Big East
South Alabama Sun Belt
South Carolina SEC
Southern Miss C-USA
UTEP WAC
Toledo MAC
Tulsa WAC
Utah MWC
Villanova Big East
West Virginia Big East
Wyoming MWC

Brackets/Results

Below are the four first round brackets, along with the four-team championship bracket.[1]

  First Round Second Round Quarterfinals
                           
     Connecticut 72  
   South Carolina 65  
     Connecticut 61  
     Detroit 67  
   Detroit 68
     Bradley 49  
       Detroit 59
     Dayton 42
     Richmond 79  
   West Virginia 56  
     Richmond 56
     Dayton 71  
   Dayton 68
     UNC-Wilmington 59  


  First Round Second Round Quarterfinals
                           
     Alabama 85  
   Seton Hall 79  
     Alabama 79  
     Toledo 69  
   Toledo 76
     South Alabama 67  
       Alabama 85
     Purdue 77
     Purdue 90  
   Illinois State 79  
     Purdue 90
     Auburn 60  
   Auburn 60
     Miami 58  


  First Round Second Round Quarterfinals
                           
     Minnesota 87  
   Villanova 78  
     Minnesota 70  
     Tulsa 73  
   Tulsa 75
     UC Irvine 71  
       Tulsa 77
     Mississippi State 75
     Pittsburgh 84  
   St. Bonaventure 75  
     Pittsburgh 61
     Mississippi State 66  
   Mississippi State 75
     Southern Miss 68  


  First Round Second Round Quarterfinals
                           
     Pepperdine 72  
   Wyoming 69  
     Pepperdine 75  
     New Mexico 81  
   New Mexico 83
     Baylor 73  
       New Mexico 63
     Memphis 81
     UTEP 84  
   McNeese State 74  
     UTEP 65
     Memphis 90  
   Memphis 71
     Utah 62  

Semifinals & Finals

  Semifinals Finals
                 
   Detroit 63  
   Alabama 74  
       Alabama 66
     Tulsa 79
   Tulsa 72
   Memphis 64  
  • Third Place - Memphis 86, Detroit 71

References

  1. ^ a b Tournament Results (2000's) at nit.org, URL accessed November 5, 2009. Archived 11/5/09

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