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1973 National Invitation Tournament

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Teams
  
16

Winning coach
  
Don DeVoe (1st title)

Finals site
  
Madison Square GardenNew York City

Champions
  
Virginia Tech (1st title)

Runner-up
  
Notre Dame (1st title game)

Semifinalists
  
North Carolina (2nd semifinal)Alabama (1st semifinal)

The 1973 National Invitation Tournament was the 1973 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition. It was won by Virginia Tech.

Contents

Selected teams

Below is a list of the 16 teams selected for the tournament.

Brackets/Results

Below is the tournament bracket.

  • Third Place – North Carolina 88, Alabama 69. For years after the game, North Carolina hung a banner in the Dean Smith Center that read "NIT 3RD PLACE 1973." The banner became the subject of ridicule from rival fans, and has since been removed.

    • References

    1973 National Invitation Tournament Wikipedia
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