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1978 National Invitation Tournament

College basketball tournament in the United States

College basketball tournament in the United States

FieldValue
Year1978
Teams16
FinalFourArenaMadison Square Garden
FinalFourCityNew York City
Champions[Texas Longhorns](1977-78-texas-longhorns-men-s-basketball-team)
TitleCount1st
RunnerUp[NC State Wolfpack](1977-78-nc-state-wolfpack-men-s-basketball-team)
GameCount1st
Semifinal1Rutgers Scarlet Knights
SemifinalCount2nd
Semifinal2[Georgetown Hoyas](1977-78-georgetown-hoyas-men-s-basketball-team)
SemifinalCount21st
CoachAbe Lemons
CoachCount1st
MOPJim Krivacs & Ron Baxter
MOPTeamTexas

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.

Bracket

Below is the tournament bracket.

| RD1-seed01= | RD1-team01=Dayton | RD1-score01=108 | RD1-seed02= | RD1-team02=Fairfield | RD1-score02=93

| RD1-seed03= | RD1-team03=Georgetown | RD1-score03=70OT | RD1-seed04= | RD1-team04=Virginia | RD1-score04=68

| RD1-seed05= | RD1-team05=NC State | RD1-score05=83 | RD1-seed06= | RD1-team06=South Carolina | RD1-score06=70

| RD1-seed07= | RD1-team07=Detroit | RD1-score07=94 | RD1-seed08= | RD1-team08=VCU | RD1-score08=86

| RD1-seed09= | RD1-team09=Texas | RD1-score09=72 | RD1-seed10= | RD1-team10=Temple | RD1-score10=58

| RD1-seed11= | RD1-team11=Nebraska | RD1-score11=67 | RD1-seed12= | RD1-team12=Utah State | RD1-score12=66

| RD1-seed13= | RD1-team13=Rutgers | RD1-score13=72 | RD1-seed14= | RD1-team14=Army | RD1-score14=70

| RD1-seed15= | RD1-team15=Indiana State | RD1-score15=73 | RD1-seed16= | RD1-team16=Illinois State | RD1-score16=71

| RD2-seed01= | RD2-team01=Dayton | RD2-score01=62 | RD2-seed02= | RD2-team02=Georgetown | RD2-score02=71

| RD2-seed03= | RD2-team03=NC State | RD2-score03=84 | RD2-seed04= | RD2-team04=Detroit | RD2-score04=77

| RD2-seed05= | RD2-team05=Texas | RD2-score05=67 | RD2-seed06= | RD2-team06=Nebraska | RD2-score06=48

| RD2-seed07= | RD2-team07=Rutgers | RD2-score07=57 | RD2-seed08= | RD2-team08=Indiana State | RD2-score08=56

| RD3-seed01= | RD3-team01=Georgetown | RD3-score01=85 | RD3-seed02= | RD3-team02=NC State | RD3-score02=86

| RD3-seed03= | RD3-team03=Texas | RD3-score03=96 | RD3-seed04= | RD3-team04=Rutgers | RD3-score04=76

| RD4-seed01= | RD4-team01=NC State | RD4-score01=93 | RD4-seed02= | RD4-team02=Texas | RD4-score02=101

| RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=Georgetown | RD1-score1=72 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=Rutgers | RD1-score2=85

References

References

  1. [http://www.nit.org/history/nit-postseason-results-1970s.html Tournament Results (1970's)] at nit.org, URL accessed November 7, 2009. [https://web.archive.org/web/20090422061055/http://www.nit.org/history/nit-postseason-results-1970s.html Archived] 11/7/09
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