| Season | 1977–78 | ||||
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| Teams | 16 | ||||
| Finals site | Madison Square Garden New York City | ||||
| Champions | Texas Longhorns (1st title) | ||||
| Runner-up | NC State Wolfpack (1st title game) | ||||
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| Winning coach | Abe Lemons (1st title) | ||||
| MVP | Jim Krivacs & Ron Baxter (Texas) | ||||
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The 1978 National Invitation Tournament was the 1978 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition.
Selected teams
Below is a list of the 16 teams selected for the tournament.
- Army
- Dayton
- Detroit
- Fairfield
- Georgetown
- Illinois State
- Indiana State
- Nebraska
- North Carolina State
- Rutgers
- South Carolina
- Temple
- Texas
- Utah State
- VCU
- Virginia
Bracket
Below is the tournament bracket.
| First Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||
| Dayton | 108 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fairfield | 93 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dayton | 62 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Georgetown | 71 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Georgetown | 70 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | 68 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Georgetown | 85 | ||||||||||||||||||
| NC State | 86 | ||||||||||||||||||
| NC State | 83 | ||||||||||||||||||
| South Carolina | 70 | ||||||||||||||||||
| NC State | 84 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Detroit | 77 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Detroit | 94 | ||||||||||||||||||
| VCU | 86 | ||||||||||||||||||
| NC State | 93 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Texas | 101 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Texas | 72 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Temple | 58 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Texas | 67 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nebraska | 48 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nebraska | 67 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Utah State | 66 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Texas | 96 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rutgers | 76 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rutgers | 72 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Army | 70 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rutgers | 57 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana State | 56 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana State | 73 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois State | 71 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Third place game | ||||
| Georgetown | 72 | |||
| Rutgers | 85 | |||
See also
- 1978 NCAA Division I basketball tournament
- 1978 NCAA Division II basketball tournament
- 1978 NCAA Division III basketball tournament
- 1978 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament
- 1978 National Women's Invitational Tournament
References
- ^ Tournament Results (1970's) at nit.org, URL accessed November 7, 2009. Archived 11/7/09
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