1982 National Invitation Tournament

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1982 National Invitation Tournament
Season1981–82
Teams32
Finals siteMadison Square Garden
New York City
ChampionsBradley Braves (4th title)
Runner-upPurdue Boilermakers (3rd title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coachDick Versace (1st title)
MVPJ. J. Anderson (Bradley)
National Invitation Tournaments
«1981 1983»

The 1982 National Invitation Tournament was the 1982 edition of the annual 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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