1967 National Invitation Tournament
{{Short description|Annual NCAA basketball competition}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college basketball tournament | Type = NIT
| Gender=
| Year=1967
| Image=
| ImageSize=
| Caption=
| Teams=14
| FinalFourArena=Madison Square Garden
| FinalFourCity=New York City
| Champions=Southern Illinois Salukis
| TitleCount=1st
| RunnerUp=Marquette Warriors
| GameCount=1st
| Semifinal1=Rutgers Scarlet Knights
| SemifinalCount=1st
| Semifinal2=Marshall Thundering Herd
| SemifinalCount2=1st
| Coach=Jack Hartman
| CoachCount=1st
| MOP=Walt Frazier
| MOPTeam=Southern Illinois
}}
The 1967 National Invitation Tournament was a single-elimination postseason college basketball tournament. Fourteen National Collegiate Athletic Association teams, 13 from the University Division and one from the College Division, participated in the tournament. Southern Illinois, in their final season as a College Division team,{{cite web|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_basketball_RB/2023/Standings.pdf|title=2021–22 NCAA Men's Basketball Conference Standings: Division I Alignment History|year=2023|publisher=NCAA|pages=49|accessdate=January 30, 2025}} defeated Marquette, 71–56, in the championship game, becoming the only non-Division I/University Division team to win the tournament. After the NCAA began operating the NIT in 2006, non-Division I teams were no longer eligible to participate. SIU's Walt Frazier was the tournament MOP.
Selected teams
Below is a list of the 14 teams selected for the tournament.[http://www.nit.org/history/nit-postseason-results-1960s.html Tournament Results (1960's)] at nit.org, URL accessed December 8, 2009. [https://web.archive.org/web/20100325090927/http://www.nit.org/history/nit-postseason-results-1960s.html Archived] 11/7/09
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- Duke
- Marquette
- Marshall
- Memphis
- Nebraska
- New Mexico
- Providence
- Rutgers
- Saint Peter's
- Southern Illinois
- Syracuse
- Tulsa
- Utah State
- Villanova
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Bracket
Below is the tournament bracket.
{{4RoundBracket-Byes | RD1=First Round
| RD2=Quarterfinals
| RD3=Semifinals
| RD4=Finals
| RD1-seed01=
| RD1-team01=Southern Illinois
| RD1-score01=103
| RD1-seed02=
| RD1-team02=Saint Peter's
| RD1-score02=58
| RD1-seed05=
| RD1-team05=New Mexico
| RD1-score05=66
| RD1-seed06=
| RD1-team06=Syracuse
| RD1-score06=64
| RD1-seed07=
| RD1-team07=Rutgers
| RD1-score07=78
| RD1-seed08=
| RD1-team08=Utah State
| RD1-score08=76
| RD1-seed09=
| RD1-team09=Marshall
| RD1-score09=70
| RD1-seed10=
| RD1-team10=Villanova
| RD1-score10=68
| RD1-seed13=
| RD1-team13=Marquette
| RD1-score13=64
| RD1-seed14=
| RD1-team14=Tulsa
| RD1-score14=60
| RD1-seed15=
| RD1-team15=Providence
| RD1-score15=77
| RD1-seed16=
| RD1-team16=Memphis
| RD1-score16=68
| RD2-seed01=
| RD2-team01=Southern Illinois
| RD2-score01=72
| RD2-seed02=
| RD2-team02=Duke
| RD2-score02=63
| RD2-seed03=
| RD2-team03=New Mexico
| RD2-score03=60
| RD2-seed04=
| RD2-team04=Rutgers
| RD2-score04=65
| RD2-seed05=
| RD2-team05=Marshall
| RD2-score05=119
| RD2-seed06=
| RD2-team06=Nebraska
| RD2-score06=88
| RD2-seed07=
| RD2-team07=Marquette
| RD2-score07=81
| RD2-seed08=
| RD2-team08=Providence
| RD2-score08=80
| RD3-seed01=
| RD3-team01=Southern Illinois
| RD3-score01=79
| RD3-seed02=
| RD3-team02=Rutgers
| RD3-score02=70
| RD3-seed03=
| RD3-team03=Marshall
| RD3-score03=78
| RD3-seed04=
| RD3-team04=Marquette
| RD3-score04=83
| RD4-seed01=
| RD4-team01=Southern Illinois
| RD4-score01=71
| RD4-seed02=
| RD4-team02=Marquette
| RD4-score02=56
}}
{{2TeamBracket
| RD1=Third place game
| RD1-seed1=
| RD1-team1=Rutgers
| RD1-score1=93
| RD1-seed2=
| RD1-team2=Marshall
| RD1-score2=76
}}