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1979 National Invitation Tournament

Annual NCAA college basketball competition

Annual NCAA college basketball competition

FieldValue
Year1979
Teams24
FinalFourArenaMadison Square Garden
FinalFourCityNew York City
ChampionsIndiana Hoosiers
TitleCount1st
RunnerUpPurdue Boilermakers
GameCount2nd
Semifinal1Alabama Crimson Tide
SemifinalCount3rd
Semifinal2Ohio State Buckeyes
SemifinalCount21st
CoachBob Knight
CoachCount1st
MOPButch Carter & Ray Tolbert
MOPTeamIndiana

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.

  • Alabama
  • Alcorn State
  • Central Michigan
  • Clemson
  • Dayton
  • Holy Cross
  • Indiana
  • Kentucky
  • Maryland
  • Mississippi State
  • Nevada
  • New Mexico
  • Northeast Louisiana
  • Ohio State
  • Old Dominion
  • Oregon State
  • Purdue
  • Rhode Island
  • Saint Joseph's
  • St. Bonaventure
  • Texas A&M
  • Texas Tech
  • Virginia
  • Wagner

Brackets

Below are the three first round brackets, along with the four-team championship bracket.

| RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=Indiana | RD1-score1=78 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=Texas Tech | RD1-score2=59

| RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=Alcorn State | RD1-score3=80 | RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=Mississippi State | RD1-score4=78

| RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5=Maryland | RD1-score5=67 | RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6=Rhode Island | RD1-score6=65

| RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7=Ohio State | RD1-score7=80 | RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8=Saint Joseph's | RD1-score8=66

| RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=Indiana | RD2-score1=72 | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=Alcorn State | RD2-score2=68

| RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=Maryland | RD2-score3=72 | RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=Ohio State | RD2-score4=79

| RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=Indiana | RD3-score1=64 | RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=Ohio State | RD3-score2=55

  • Indiana and Ohio State received byes to the Semifinals.

| RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=Purdue | RD1-score1=97 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=Central Michigan | RD1-score2=80

| RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=Dayton | RD1-score3=105 | RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=Holy Cross | RD1-score4=81

| RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5=Clemson | RD1-score5=68 | RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6=Kentucky | RD1-score6=67

| RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7=Old Dominion | RD1-score7=83 | RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8=Wagner | RD1-score8=81

| RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=Purdue | RD2-score1=84 | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=Dayton | RD2-score2=70

| RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=Clemson | RD2-score3=59 | RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=Old Dominion | RD2-score4=61

| RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=Purdue | RD3-score1=67 | RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=Old Dominion | RD3-score2=59

| RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=Nevada | RD1-score1=62 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=Oregon State | RD1-score2=61

| RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=Texas A&M | RD1-score3=79 | RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=New Mexico | RD1-score4=68

| RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5=Alabama | RD1-score5=98 | RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6=St. Bonaventure | RD1-score6=89

| RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7=Virginia | RD1-score7=79 | RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8=Northeast Louisiana | RD1-score8=78

| RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=Nevada | RD2-score1=64 | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=Texas A&M | RD2-score2=67

| RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=Alabama | RD2-score3=90 | RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=Virginia | RD2-score4=88

| RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=Texas A&M | RD3-score1=68 | RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=Alabama | RD3-score2=72

Semifinals & finals

| RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=Indiana | RD1-score1=64 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=Ohio State | RD1-score2=55 | RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=Purdue | RD1-score3=87 | RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=Alabama | RD1-score4=68 | RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=Indiana | RD2-score1=53 | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=Purdue | RD2-score2=52

| RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=Ohio State | RD1-score1=86 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=Alabama | RD1-score2=96

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. 11/7/09
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