| Teams | 16 | ||||
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| Finals site | Madison Square Garden New York City | ||||
| Champions | Maryland Terrapins (1st title) | ||||
| Runner-up | Niagara Purple Eagles (1st title game) | ||||
| Semifinalists |
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| Winning coach | Lefty Driesell (1st title) | ||||
| MVP | Tom McMillen (Maryland) | ||||
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The 1972 National Invitation Tournament was the 1972 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition.
Selected teams
Below is a list of the 16 teams selected for the tournament.
- Davidson
- Fordham
- Indiana
- Jacksonville
- Lafayette
- Maryland
- Memphis
- Missouri
- Niagara
- Oral Roberts
- Princeton
- Saint Joseph's
- St. John's
- Syracuse
- UTEP
- Virginia
Schedule
The National Invitational Tournament championship game took place on March 25, 1972 at New York's Madison Square Garden.
Bracket
Below is the tournament bracket.
| First Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||
| Lafayette | 72 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | 71 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lafayette | 76 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jacksonville | 87 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jacksonville | 94 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fordham | 75 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jacksonville | 77 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Maryland | 91 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Syracuse | 81 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Davidson | 77 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Syracuse | 65 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Maryland | 71 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Maryland | 67 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Joseph's | 55 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Maryland | 100 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Niagara | 69 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oral Roberts | 94 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Memphis | 74 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oral Roberts | 78 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St. John's | '94 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St. John's | 82 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri | 81 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St. John's | 67 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Niagara | 69 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Princeton | 68 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 60 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Princeton | 60 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Niagara | 65 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Niagara | 76 | ||||||||||||||||||
| UTEP | 57 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Third place game | ||||
| Jacksonville | 83 | |||
| St. John's | 80 | |||
See also
- 1972 NCAA University Division basketball tournament
- 1972 NCAA College Division basketball tournament
- 1972 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament
- 1972 National Women's Invitational Tournament
References
- ^ Tournament Results (1970's) at nit.org, URL accessed November 7, 2009. Archived 11/7/09