| Season | 1976–77 | ||||
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| Teams | 16 | ||||
| Finals site | Madison Square Garden New York City | ||||
| Champions | St. Bonaventure Bonnies (1st title) | ||||
| Runner-up | Houston Cougars (1st title game) | ||||
| Semifinalists |
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| Winning coach | Jim Satalin (1st title) | ||||
| MVP | Greg Sanders (St. Bonatenture) | ||||
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The 1977 National Invitation Tournament was the 1977 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition.
Selected teams
Below is a list of the 16 teams selected for the tournament. This was the first edition of the tournament in which early round games were played at campus sites.
- Alabama
- Creighton
- Georgetown
- Houston
- Illinois State
- Indiana State
- Massachusetts
- Memphis State
- Old Dominion
- Oral Roberts
- Oregon
- Rutgers
- St. Bonaventure
- Seton Hall
- Villanova
- Virginia Tech
Bracket
Below is the tournament bracket.
| First Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||
| Alabama | 86 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Memphis State | 63 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Alabama | 79 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia Tech | 72 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia Tech | 83 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Georgetown | 79 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Alabama | 76 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Houston | 82 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois State | 65 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Creighton | 58 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois State | 90 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Houston | 91 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Houston | 83 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana State | 82 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Houston | 91 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St. Bonaventure | 94 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Villanova | 71 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Old Dominion | 68 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Villanova | 81 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Massachusetts | 71 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Massachusetts | 86 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Seton Hall | 85 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Villanova | 82 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St. Bonaventure | 86 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon | 90 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oral Roberts | 89 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon | 73 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St. Bonaventure | 76 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St. Bonaventure | 79 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rutgers | 77 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Third place game | ||||
| Alabama | 89 | |||
| Villanova | 102 | |||
See also
- 1977 NCAA Division I basketball tournament
- 1977 NCAA Division II basketball tournament
- 1977 NCAA Division III basketball tournament
- 1977 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament
- 1977 National Women's Invitational Tournament
References
- ^ Tournament Results (1970's) at nit.org, URL accessed November 7, 2009. Archived 11/7/09
- "NIT History - Fun Facts". Archived from the original on May 18, 2017. Retrieved April 3, 2018.