2001 National Invitation Tournament

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2001 National Invitation Tournament
Season 2000–01
Teams32
Finals site Madison Square Garden,
New York City
Champions Tulsa Golden Hurricane (2nd title)
Runner-up Alabama Crimson Tide (1st title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Buzz Peterson (1st title)
MVPMarcus Hill (Tulsa)
National Invitation Tournaments
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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]

SchoolConferenceRecordAppearanceLast bid
Alabama SEC 21–109th 1999
Auburn SEC 17–135th 1998
Baylor Big 12 19–113rd 1990
Bradley Missouri Valley 19–1120th 1999
Connecticut Big East 19–1111th 1997
Dayton Atlantic 10 19–1219th 1998
Detroit MCC 22–105th 1978
Illinois State Missouri Valley 21–88th 1996
McNeese State Southland 22–82nd 1986
Memphis C-USA 17–1414th 1998
Miami (FL) Big East 16–126th 1997
Minnesota Big Ten 17–139th 1998
Mississippi State SEC 16–125th 1999
New Mexico Mountain West 19–1215th 2000
Pepperdine West Coast 21–86th 1999
Pittsburgh Big East 18–138th 1997
Purdue Big Ten 16–147th 1992
Richmond Colonial 21–65th 1992
Seton Hall Big East 16–1414th 1999
South Alabama Sun Belt 22–103rd 1984
South Carolina SEC 15–145th 1999
Southern Miss C-USA 22–88th 1998
St. Bonaventure Atlantic 10 18–1114th 1998
Toledo MAC 21–105th 1999
Tulsa WAC 21–117th 1991
UC Irvine Big West 25–43rd 1986
UNC Wilmington Colonial 19–102nd 1998
Utah Mountain West 19–1111th 1992
UTEP WAC 22–87th 1995
Villanova Big East 18–1214th 2000
West Virginia Big East 17–1113th 1997
Wyoming Mountain West 20–97th 1999

Bracket

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

First Round Second Round Quarterfinals
         
(H) Connecticut72
South Carolina 65
(H) Connecticut 61
Detroit67
Detroit68
(H) Bradley 49
Detroit59
(H) Dayton 42
(H) Richmond79
West Virginia 56
Richmond 56
(H) Dayton71
(H) Dayton68
UNC Wilmington 59
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals
         
(H) Alabama85
Seton Hall 79
(H) Alabama79
Toledo 69
(H) Toledo76*
South Alabama 67
Alabama85**
(H) Purdue 77
(H) Purdue90
Illinois State 79
(H) Purdue90
Auburn 60
(H) Auburn60
Miami (FL) 58
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals
         
(H) Minnesota87
Villanova 78
(H) Minnesota 70
Tulsa73*
(H) Tulsa75
UC Irvine 71
Tulsa77
(H) Mississippi State 75
(H) Pittsburgh84
St. Bonaventure 75
(H) Pittsburgh 61
Mississippi State66
(H) Mississippi State75
Southern Miss 68
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals
         
Pepperdine72
(H) Wyoming 69
Pepperdine 75
(H) New Mexico81
(H) New Mexico83
Baylor 73
New Mexico 63
(H) Memphis81
(H) UTEP84
McNeese State 74
UTEP 65
(H) Memphis90
Memphis71
(H) Utah 62

Semifinals & finals

Semifinals Finals
      
Detroit 63
Alabama74
Alabama 66
Tulsa79
Tulsa72
Memphis 64
Third place game
   
Detroit 71
Memphis86

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Tournament Results (2000's) at nit.org, URL accessed November 5, 2009. Archived 11/5/09
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