1979 National Invitation Tournament
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Season | 1978–79 | ||||
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Teams | 24 | ||||
Finals site | Madison Square Garden New York City | ||||
Champions | Indiana Hoosiers (1st title) | ||||
Runner-up | Purdue Boilermakers (2nd title game) | ||||
Semifinalists |
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Winning coach | Bob Knight (1st title) | ||||
MVP | Butch Carter & Ray Tolbert (Indiana) | ||||
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The 1979 National Invitation Tournament was the 1979 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition. Indiana University defeated their rival Purdue University 53–52 in the championship game. Purdue appeared in the 1980 NCAA Men's Final Four while Indiana won the national championship at the 1981 NCAA Men's Final Four.
Selected teams
Below is a list of the 24 teams selected for the tournament.[1]
Brackets
Below are the three first round brackets, along with the four-team championship bracket.[1]
First Round | Second Round | Quarterfinals | ||||||||||||
Indiana | 78 | |||||||||||||
Texas Tech | 59 | |||||||||||||
Indiana | 72 | |||||||||||||
Alcorn State | 68 | |||||||||||||
Alcorn State | 80 | |||||||||||||
Mississippi State | 78 | |||||||||||||
Indiana | 64 | |||||||||||||
Ohio State | 55 | |||||||||||||
Maryland | 67 | |||||||||||||
Rhode Island | 65 | |||||||||||||
Maryland | 72 | |||||||||||||
Ohio State | 79 | |||||||||||||
Ohio State | 80 | |||||||||||||
Saint Joseph's | 66 |
- Indiana and Ohio State received byes to the Semifinals.
First Round | Second Round | Quarterfinals | ||||||||||||
Purdue | 97 | |||||||||||||
Central Michigan | 80 | |||||||||||||
Purdue | 84 | |||||||||||||
Dayton | 70 | |||||||||||||
Dayton | 105 | |||||||||||||
Holy Cross | 81 | |||||||||||||
Purdue | 67 | |||||||||||||
Old Dominion | 59 | |||||||||||||
Clemson | 68 | |||||||||||||
Kentucky | 67 | |||||||||||||
Clemson | 59 | |||||||||||||
Old Dominion | 61 | |||||||||||||
Old Dominion | 83 | |||||||||||||
Wagner | 81 |
First Round | Second Round | Quarterfinals | ||||||||||||
Nevada | 62 | |||||||||||||
Oregon State | 61 | |||||||||||||
Nevada | 64 | |||||||||||||
Texas A&M | 67 | |||||||||||||
Texas A&M | 79 | |||||||||||||
New Mexico | 68 | |||||||||||||
Texas A&M | 68 | |||||||||||||
Alabama | 72 | |||||||||||||
Alabama | 98 | |||||||||||||
St. Bonaventure | 89 | |||||||||||||
Alabama | 90 | |||||||||||||
Virginia | 88 | |||||||||||||
Virginia | 79 | |||||||||||||
Northeast Louisiana | 78 |
Semifinals & finals
Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
Indiana | 64 | ||||||||
Ohio State | 55 | ||||||||
Indiana | 53 | ||||||||
Purdue | 52 | ||||||||
Purdue | 87 | ||||||||
Alabama | 68 |
Third place game | ||||
Ohio State | 86 | |||
Alabama | 96 |
See also
- 1979 NCAA Division I basketball tournament
- 1979 NCAA Division II basketball tournament
- 1979 NCAA Division III basketball tournament
- 1979 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament
- 1979 National Women's Invitational Tournament
References
- ^ a b Tournament Results (1970's) at nit.org, URL accessed November 7, 2009. 11/7/09
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