1978 National Invitation Tournament

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The National Invitation Tournament is an annual US basketball competition.

[edit] Selected teams

Participants
Army
Dayton
Detroit
Fairfield
Georgetown
Illinois State
Indiana State
Nebraska
N.C. State
Rutgers
South Carolina
Temple
Texas
Utah State
VCU
Virginia

[edit] Brackets/Results

	First Round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
		Dayton	108
		Fairfield	93
							Dayton	62
							Georgetown	71
		Georgetown	70
		Virginia	68
												Georgetown	85
											N.C. State	86
		N.C. State	83
		South Carolina	70
							N.C. State	84
							Detroit	77
		Detroit	94
		VCU	86
																	N.C. State	93
																	Texas	101
		Texas	72
		Temple	58
							Texas	67
							Nebraska	48
		Nebraska	67
		Utah State	66
												Texas	96
											Rutgers	76
		Rutgers	72
		Army	70
							Rutgers	57
							Indiana State	56
		Indiana State	73
		Illinois State	71

• Third Place - Rutgers 85, Georgetown 72

National Invitation Tournament
1930s	1938, 1939
1940s	1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949
1950s	1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959
1960s	1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969
1970s	1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979
1980s	1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989
1990s	1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
2000s	2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006