1978 National Invitation Tournament
{{Short description|College basketball tournament in the United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college basketball tournament | Type = NIT
| Gender=
| Year=1978
| Image=
| ImageSize=
| Caption=
| Teams=16
| FinalFourArena=Madison Square Garden
| FinalFourCity=New York City
| Champions=Texas Longhorns
| TitleCount=1st
| RunnerUp=NC State Wolfpack
| GameCount=1st
| Semifinal1=Rutgers Scarlet Knights
| SemifinalCount=2nd
| Semifinal2=Georgetown Hoyas
| SemifinalCount2=1st
| Coach=Abe Lemons
| CoachCount=1st
| MOP=Jim Krivacs & Ron Baxter
| MOPTeam=Texas
}}
The 1978 National Invitation Tournament was the 1978 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition.
Selected teams
Below is a list of the 16 teams selected for the tournament.[http://www.nit.org/history/nit-postseason-results-1970s.html Tournament Results (1970's)] at nit.org, URL accessed November 7, 2009. [https://web.archive.org/web/20090422061055/http://www.nit.org/history/nit-postseason-results-1970s.html Archived] 11/7/09
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- Army
- Dayton
- Detroit
- Fairfield
- Georgetown
- Illinois State
- Indiana State
- Nebraska
- North Carolina State
- Rutgers
- South Carolina
- Temple
- Texas
- Utah State
- VCU
- Virginia
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Bracket
Below is the tournament bracket.
{{16TeamBracket | RD1=First Round
| RD2=Quarterfinals
| RD3=Semifinals
| RD4=Finals
| RD1-seed01=
| RD1-team01=Dayton
| RD1-score01=108
| RD1-seed02=
| RD1-team02=Fairfield
| RD1-score02=93
| RD1-seed03=
| RD1-team03=Georgetown
| RD1-score03=70OT
| RD1-seed04=
| RD1-team04=Virginia
| RD1-score04=68
| RD1-seed05=
| RD1-team05=NC State
| RD1-score05=83
| RD1-seed06=
| RD1-team06=South Carolina
| RD1-score06=70
| RD1-seed07=
| RD1-team07=Detroit
| RD1-score07=94
| RD1-seed08=
| RD1-team08=VCU
| RD1-score08=86
| RD1-seed09=
| RD1-team09=Texas
| RD1-score09=72
| RD1-seed10=
| RD1-team10=Temple
| RD1-score10=58
| RD1-seed11=
| RD1-team11=Nebraska
| RD1-score11=67
| RD1-seed12=
| RD1-team12=Utah State
| RD1-score12=66
| RD1-seed13=
| RD1-team13=Rutgers
| RD1-score13=72
| RD1-seed14=
| RD1-team14=Army
| RD1-score14=70
| RD1-seed15=
| RD1-team15=Indiana State
| RD1-score15=73
| RD1-seed16=
| RD1-team16=Illinois State
| RD1-score16=71
| RD2-seed01=
| RD2-team01=Dayton
| RD2-score01=62
| RD2-seed02=
| RD2-team02=Georgetown
| RD2-score02=71
| RD2-seed03=
| RD2-team03=NC State
| RD2-score03=84
| RD2-seed04=
| RD2-team04=Detroit
| RD2-score04=77
| RD2-seed05=
| RD2-team05=Texas
| RD2-score05=67
| RD2-seed06=
| RD2-team06=Nebraska
| RD2-score06=48
| RD2-seed07=
| RD2-team07=Rutgers
| RD2-score07=57
| RD2-seed08=
| RD2-team08=Indiana State
| RD2-score08=56
| RD3-seed01=
| RD3-team01=Georgetown
| RD3-score01=85
| RD3-seed02=
| RD3-team02=NC State
| RD3-score02=86
| RD3-seed03=
| RD3-team03=Texas
| RD3-score03=96
| RD3-seed04=
| RD3-team04=Rutgers
| RD3-score04=76
| RD4-seed01=
| RD4-team01=NC State
| RD4-score01=93
| RD4-seed02=
| RD4-team02=Texas
| RD4-score02=101
}}
{{2TeamBracket
| RD1=Third place game
| RD1-seed1=
| RD1-team1=Georgetown
| RD1-score1=72
| RD1-seed2=
| RD1-team2=Rutgers
| RD1-score2=85
}}
See also
References
{{National Invitation Tournament}}
{{1978 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament navbox}}
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