1978 National Invitation Tournament

College basketball tournament in the United States August 2023 April 2026 NIT 1978 16 Madison Square Garden New York City Texas Longhorns 1st NC State Wolfpack 1st Rutgers Scarlet Knights 2nd Georgetown Hoyas 1st Abe Lemons 1st Jim Krivacs & Ron Baxter 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.Tournament Results (1970's) at nit.org, URL accessed November 7, 2009. Archived 11/7/09 Army Dayton Detroit Fairfield Georgetown Illinois State Indiana State Nebraska North Carolina State Rutgers South Carolina Temple Texas Utah State VCU Virginia Bracket Below is the tournament bracket. First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals Dayton 108 Fairfield 93 Georgetown 70OT Virginia 68 NC State 83 South Carolina 70 Detroit 94 VCU 86 Texas 72 Temple 58 Nebraska 67 Utah State 66 Rutgers 72 Army 70 Indiana State 73 Illinois State 71 Dayton 62 Georgetown 71 NC State 84 Detroit 77 Texas 67 Nebraska 48 Rutgers 57 Indiana State 56 Georgetown 85 NC State 86 Texas 96 Rutgers 76 NC State 93 Texas 101 Third place game Georgetown 72 Rutgers 85 See also 1978 NCAA Division I basketball tournament 1978 NCAA Division II basketball tournament 1978 NCAA Division III basketball tournament 1978 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament 1978 National Women's Invitational Tournament References National Invitation National Invitation Tournament Category:Basketball in New York City Category:College sports in New York City National Invitation Tournament Category:National Invitation Tournament Category:Basketball competitions in New York City Category:Sports competitions in Manhattan Category:1970s in Manhattan