1978 National Invitation Tournament

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1978 National Invitation Tournament
Season 197778
Teams16
Finals site Madison Square Garden,
New York City
Champions Texas Longhorns (1st title)
Runner-up NC State Wolfpack (1st title game)
Semifinalists
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.

Contents

Selected teams

Below is a list of the 16 teams selected for the tournament. [1]

Bracket

Below is the tournament bracket. [1]

First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
            
Dayton108
Fairfield 93
Dayton 62
Georgetown71
Georgetown70OT
Virginia 68
Georgetown 85
NC State86
NC State83
South Carolina 70
NC State84
Detroit 77
Detroit94
VCU 86
NC State 93
Texas101
Texas72
Temple 58
Texas67
Nebraska 48
Nebraska67
Utah State 66
Texas96
Rutgers 76
Rutgers72
Army 70
Rutgers57
Indiana State 56
Indiana State73
Illinois State 71
Third place game
   
Georgetown 72
Rutgers85

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Tournament Results (1970's) at nit.org, URL accessed November 7, 2009. Archived 11/7/09