1982 National Invitation Tournament

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1982 National Invitation Tournament
Season 1981–82
Teams32
Finals site Madison Square Garden,
New York City
Champions Bradley Braves (4th title)
Runner-up Purdue Boilermakers (3rd title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Dick Versace (1st title)
MVP J. J. Anderson (Bradley)
National Invitation Tournaments
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The 1982 National Invitation Tournament was the 1982 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition.

Contents

Selected teams

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

TeamConferenceOverall recordAppearanceLast bid
American East Coast 21–83rd 1981
Bradley Missouri Valley 21–1014th 1968
BYU WAC 17–125th 1966
Clemson ACC 14–134th 1981
Connecticut Big East 17–106th 1981
Dayton Independent 19–816th 1981
Fordham MAAC 18–1010th 1981
Georgia SEC 18–112nd 1981
Illinois Big Ten 17–102nd 1980
Iona MAAC 24–81stNever
Lamar Southland 22–61stNever
Long Island ECAC Metro 20–99th 1968
LSU SEC 14–132nd 1970
Maryland ACC 15–123rd 1979
Murray State OVC 20–72nd 1980
Oklahoma Big Eight 19–103rd 1971
Ole Miss SEC 17–112nd 1980
Oral Roberts Midwestern City 18–115th 1977
Purdue Big Ten 14–135th 1981
Richmond ECAC South 18–101stNever
Rutgers Eastern 8 19–97th 1978
Saint Peter's MAAC 20–89th 1980
San Diego State WAC 20–81stNever
Syracuse Big East 15–128th 1981
Temple East Coast 19–711th 1981
Texas A&M Southwest 18–102nd 1979
Tulane Metro 17–81stNever
UC Irvine PCAA 22–61stNever
UNLV Independent 19–92nd 1980
Virginia Tech Metro 18–104th 1977
Washington Pac-10 18–92nd 1980
Western Kentucky OVC 19–910th 1965

Bracket

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

First Round Second Round Quarterfinals
         
Oklahoma 81
Oral Roberts 73
Oklahoma80
UC Irvine 77
UC Irvine 70
San Diego State 69
Oklahoma91
Dayton 82
Illinois 126
Long Island 78
Illinois 58
Dayton61
Dayton 76
Connecticut 75
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals
         
Syracuse 84
Saint Peter's 75
Syracuse 81
Bradley95
Bradley 76
American 65
Bradley77
Tulane 61
UNLV 87
Murray State 61
UNLV 51
Tulane56
Tulane 83
LSU 72
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals
         
Georgia 73
Temple 60
Georgia83
Maryland 69
Maryland 60
Richmond 50
Georgia90
Virginia Tech 73
Ole Miss 53
Clemson 49
Ole Miss 59
Virginia Tech61
Virginia Tech 69
Fordham 58
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals
         
Purdue 72
Western Kentucky 65
Purdue98
Rutgers 65
Rutgers 55
Iona 51
Purdue86
Texas A&M 69
Washington 66
BYU 63
Washington 65
Texas A&M69
Texas A&M 60
Lamar 58

Semifinals & finals

Semifinals Finals
      
Oklahoma 68
Bradley84
Bradley67
Purdue 58
Georgia 60
Purdue61

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Tournament Results (1980's) at nit.org, URL accessed November 7, 2009. Archived 11/7/09
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