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1977 National Invitation Tournament

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Teams
  
16

Finals site
  
Madison Square Garden New York City

Champions
  
St. Bonaventure (1st title)

Runner-up
  
Houston (1st title game)

Semifinalists
  
Villanova (4th semifinal) Alabama (2nd semifinal)

Winning coach
  
Jim Satalin (1st title)

The 1977 National Invitation Tournament was the 1977 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition.

Contents

Selected teams

Below is a list of the 16 teams selected for the tournament. This was the first edition of the tournament in which early round games were played at campus sites.

Brackets/Results

Below is the tournament bracket.

  • Third Place - Villanova 102, Alabama 89
  • References

    1977 National Invitation Tournament Wikipedia