1981 National Invitation Tournament
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The 1981 National Invitation Tournament was the 1981 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition.
Season | 1980–81 | ||||
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Teams | 32 | ||||
Finals site | Madison Square Garden New York City | ||||
Champions | Tulsa Golden Hurricane (1st title) | ||||
Runner-up | Syracuse Orange (1st title game) | ||||
Semifinalists |
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Winning coach | Nolan Richardson (1st title) | ||||
MVP | Greg Stewart (Tulsa) | ||||
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Selected teams
Below is a list of the 32 teams selected for the tournament.[1]
- Alabama
- American
- Clemson
- Connecticut
- Dayton
- Drake
- Duke
- Duquesne
- Fordham
- Georgia
- Holy Cross
- Marquette
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- North Carolina A&T
- Old Dominion
- Pan American
- Penn
- Purdue
- Rhode Island
- St. John's
- San Jose State
- South Alabama
- South Florida
- Southern Miss
- Syracuse
- Temple
- Texas–Arlington
- Toledo
- Tulsa
- UTEP
- West Virginia
Bracket
Summarize
Perspective

Below are the four first round brackets, along with the four-team championship bracket.[1]
First Round | Second Round | Quarterfinals | ||||||||||||
Syracuse | 88 | |||||||||||||
Marquette | 81 | |||||||||||||
Syracuse | 77 | |||||||||||||
Holy Cross | 57 | |||||||||||||
Holy Cross | 56 | |||||||||||||
Southern Miss | 54 | |||||||||||||
Syracuse | 91 | |||||||||||||
Michigan | 76 | |||||||||||||
Michigan | 74 | |||||||||||||
Duquesne | 58 | |||||||||||||
Michigan | 80 | |||||||||||||
Toledo | 68 | |||||||||||||
Toledo | 91 | |||||||||||||
American | 83 |
First Round | Second Round | Quarterfinals | ||||||||||||
Purdue | 84 | |||||||||||||
Rhode Island | 58 | |||||||||||||
Purdue | 50 | |||||||||||||
Dayton | 46 | |||||||||||||
Dayton | 66 | |||||||||||||
Fordham | 65 | |||||||||||||
Purdue | 81 | |||||||||||||
Duke | 69 | |||||||||||||
Duke | 79 | |||||||||||||
North Carolina A&T | 69 | |||||||||||||
Duke | 75 | |||||||||||||
Alabama | 70 | |||||||||||||
Alabama | 73 | |||||||||||||
St. John's | 69 |
First Round | Second Round | Quarterfinals | ||||||||||||
Connecticut | 65 | |||||||||||||
South Florida | 55 | |||||||||||||
Connecticut | 66 | |||||||||||||
Minnesota | 84 | |||||||||||||
Minnesota | 90 | |||||||||||||
Drake | 77 | |||||||||||||
Minnesota | 69 | |||||||||||||
West Virginia | 80 | |||||||||||||
West Virginia | 67 | |||||||||||||
Penn | 64 | |||||||||||||
West Virginia | 77 | |||||||||||||
Temple | 76 | |||||||||||||
Temple | 90 | |||||||||||||
Clemson | 82 |
First Round | Second Round | Quarterfinals | ||||||||||||
Tulsa | 81 | |||||||||||||
Pan American | 71 | |||||||||||||
Tulsa | 76 | |||||||||||||
UTEP | 72 | |||||||||||||
UTEP | 57 | |||||||||||||
San Jose State | 53 | |||||||||||||
Tulsa | 69 | |||||||||||||
South Alabama | 68 | |||||||||||||
Georgia | 74 | |||||||||||||
Old Dominion | 60 | |||||||||||||
Georgia | 72 | |||||||||||||
South Alabama | 73 | |||||||||||||
South Alabama | 74 | |||||||||||||
Texas–Arlington | 71 |
Semifinals & finals
Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
Syracuse | 70 | ||||||||
Purdue | 63 | ||||||||
Syracuse | 84 | ||||||||
Tulsa | 86 | ||||||||
West Virginia | 87 | ||||||||
Tulsa | 89 |
Third place game | ||||
Purdue | 75 | |||
West Virginia | 72 |
See also
References
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