1967 National Invitation Tournament
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Season | 1966–67 | ||||
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Teams | 14 | ||||
Finals site | Madison Square Garden New York City | ||||
Champions | Southern Illinois Salukis (1st title) | ||||
Runner-up | Marquette Warriors (1st title game) | ||||
Semifinalists |
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Winning coach | Jack Hartman (1st title) | ||||
MVP | Walt Frazier (Southern Illinois) | ||||
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The 1967 National Invitation Tournament was a single-elimination postseason college basketball tournament. Fourteen National Collegiate Athletic Association NCAA Division I teams participated in the tournament. Southern Illinois, in its first season of Division I basketball, defeated Marquette 71–56 in the championship game. SIU's Walt Frazier was the tournament MOP.
Selected teams
[edit]Below is a list of the 14 teams selected for the tournament.[1]
Bracket
[edit]Below is the tournament bracket.[1]
First Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||
Southern Illinois | 103 | ||||||||||||||||||
Saint Peter's | 58 | ||||||||||||||||||
Southern Illinois | 72 | ||||||||||||||||||
Duke | 63 | ||||||||||||||||||
Southern Illinois | 79 | ||||||||||||||||||
Rutgers | 70 | ||||||||||||||||||
New Mexico | 66 | ||||||||||||||||||
Syracuse | 64 | ||||||||||||||||||
New Mexico | 60 | ||||||||||||||||||
Rutgers | 65 | ||||||||||||||||||
Rutgers | 78 | ||||||||||||||||||
Utah State | 76 | ||||||||||||||||||
Southern Illinois | 71 | ||||||||||||||||||
Marquette | 56 | ||||||||||||||||||
Marshall | 70 | ||||||||||||||||||
Villanova | 68 | ||||||||||||||||||
Marshall | 119 | ||||||||||||||||||
Nebraska | 88 | ||||||||||||||||||
Marshall | 78 | ||||||||||||||||||
Marquette | 83 | ||||||||||||||||||
Marquette | 64 | ||||||||||||||||||
Tulsa | 60 | ||||||||||||||||||
Marquette | 81 | ||||||||||||||||||
Providence | 80 | ||||||||||||||||||
Providence | 77 | ||||||||||||||||||
Memphis | 68 |
Third place game | ||||
Rutgers | 93 | |||
Marshall | 76 |
See also
[edit]- 1967 NCAA University Division basketball tournament
- 1967 NCAA College Division basketball tournament
- 1967 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament
References
[edit]- ^ a b Tournament Results (1960's) at nit.org, URL accessed December 8, 2009. Archived 11/7/09