1982 National Invitation Tournament

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1982 National Invitation Tournament
Season
Georgia Bulldogs (1st semifinal)
  • Oklahoma Sooners (1st semifinal)
    • Winning coachDick Versace (1st title)
    MVPJ. J. Anderson (Bradley)
    National Invitation Tournaments
    «1981 1983»

    The 1982

    NCAA college basketball
    competition.

    Selected teams

    Below is a list of the 32 teams selected for the tournament.[1]

    Team Conference Overall record Appearance Last bid
    American East Coast 21–8 3rd 1981
    Bradley Missouri Valley 21–10 14th 1968
    BYU WAC 17–12 5th 1966
    Clemson
    		 ACC 14–13 4th 1981
    Connecticut Big East 17–10 6th 1981
    Dayton Independent 19–8 16th 1981
    Fordham MAAC 18–10 10th 1981
    Georgia SEC 18–11 2nd 1981
    Illinois Big Ten 17–10 2nd 1980
    Iona MAAC 24–8 1st Never
    Lamar Southland 22–6 1st Never
    Long Island
    		 ECAC Metro 20–9 9th 1968
    LSU SEC 14–13 2nd 1970
    Maryland ACC 15–12 3rd 1979
    Murray State OVC 20–7 2nd 1980
    Oklahoma Big Eight 19–10 3rd 1971
    Ole Miss SEC 17–11 2nd 1980
    Oral Roberts
    		 Midwestern City 18–11 5th 1977
    Purdue Big Ten 14–13 5th 1981
    Richmond
    ECAC South
    		 18–10 1st Never
    Rutgers Eastern 8 19–9 7th 1978
    Saint Peter's MAAC 20–8 9th 1980
    San Diego State WAC 20–8 1st Never
    Syracuse Big East 15–12 8th 1981
    Temple East Coast 19–7 11th 1981
    Texas A&M Southwest 18–10 2nd 1979
    Tulane Metro 17–8 1st Never
    UC Irvine PCAA 22–6 1st Never
    UNLV
    		 Independent 19–9 2nd 1980
    Virginia Tech Metro 18–10 4th 1977
    Washington Pac-10 18–9 2nd 1980
    Western Kentucky OVC 19–9 10th 1965

    Bracket

    Below are the four first round brackets, along with the four-team championship bracket.[1]

    First Round Second Round Quarterfinals
             
    Oklahoma 81
    Oral Roberts
    		73
    Oklahoma 80
    UC Irvine 77
    UC Irvine 70
    San Diego State 69
    Oklahoma 91
    Dayton 82
    Illinois 126
    Long Island
    		78
    Illinois 58
    Dayton 61
    Dayton 76
    Connecticut 75
    First Round Second Round Quarterfinals
             
    Syracuse 84
    Saint Peter's 75
    Syracuse 81
    Bradley 95
    Bradley 76
    American 65
    Bradley 77
    Tulane 61
    UNLV 87
    Murray State 61
    UNLV 51
    Tulane 56
    Tulane 83
    LSU 72
    First Round Second Round Quarterfinals
             
    Georgia
         		73
    Temple 60
    Georgia 83
    Maryland 69
    Maryland 60
    Richmond 50
    Georgia 90
    Virginia Tech 73
    Ole Miss 53
    Clemson
    		49
    Ole Miss 59
    Virginia Tech 61
    Virginia Tech 69
    Fordham 58
    First Round Second Round Quarterfinals
             
    Purdue 72
    Western Kentucky 65
    Purdue 98
    Rutgers 65
    Rutgers 55
    Iona 51
    Purdue 86
    Texas A&M 69
    Washington 66
    BYU 63
    Washington 65
    Texas A&M 69
    Texas A&M 60
    Lamar
    		58

    Semifinals & finals

    Semifinals Finals
          
    Oklahoma 68
    Bradley 84
    Bradley 67
    Purdue 58
    Georgia 60
    Purdue 61

    See also

    References

    1. ^ a b Tournament Results (1980's) at nit.org, URL accessed November 7, 2009. Archived 11/7/09
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