1977 NATIONAL INVITATION TOURNAMENT

1977 National Invitation Tournament
Season	1976–77
Teams	16
Finals site	Madison Square Garden; New York City
Champions	St. Bonaventure Bonnies (1st title)
Runner-up	Houston Cougars (1st title game)
Semifinalists	Villanova Wildcats (4th semifinal); Alabama Crimson Tide (2nd semifinal);
Winning coach	Jim Satalin (1st title)
MVP	Greg Sanders (St. Bonatenture)
National Invitation Tournaments
« 1976	1978»

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

Selected teams

Below is a list of the 16 teams selected for the tournament.^[1] This was the first edition of the tournament in which early round games were played at campus sites.^[2]

Bracket

Below is the tournament bracket.^[1]

First Round		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Finals

Alabama	86

Memphis State	63
		Alabama	79

		Virginia Tech	72
Virginia Tech	83

Georgetown	79
				Alabama	76

				Houston	82
Illinois State	65

Creighton	58
		Illinois State	90

		Houston	91
Houston	83

Indiana State	82
						Houston	91

						St. Bonaventure	94
Villanova	71

Old Dominion	68
		Villanova	81

		Massachusetts	71
Massachusetts	86

Seton Hall	85
				Villanova	82

				St. Bonaventure	86
Oregon	90

Oral Roberts	89
		Oregon	73

		St. Bonaventure	76
St. Bonaventure	79

Rutgers	77

	Third place game

	Alabama		89

	Villanova		102

References

^ ^a ^b Tournament Results (1970's) at nit.org, URL accessed November 7, 2009. Archived 11/7/09
^ "NIT History - Fun Facts". Archived from the original on May 18, 2017. Retrieved April 3, 2018.

[results-1] Tournament Results (1970's) at nit.org, URL accessed November 7, 2009. Archived 11/7/09

[campus-2] "NIT History - Fun Facts". Archived from the original on May 18, 2017. Retrieved April 3, 2018.

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