Annual NCAA basketball competition
The 2001 National Invitation Tournament was the 2001 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition.
Selected teams[edit]
Below is a list of the 32 teams selected for the tournament.[1]
Bracket[edit]
Below are the four first round brackets, along with the four-team championship bracket:[1]
| First Round | | | Second Round | | | Quarterfinals | |
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| (H) | Connecticut | 72 | | | |
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| | South Carolina | 65 | |
| | (H) | Connecticut | 61 | |
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| | | | Detroit | 67 | |
| | Detroit | 68 | |
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| (H) | Bradley | 49 | |
| | | Detroit | 59 | |
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| | | (H) | Dayton | 42 | |
| (H) | Richmond | 79 | | |
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| | West Virginia | 56 | |
| | | Richmond | 56 | |
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| | | (H) | Dayton | 71 | |
| (H) | Dayton | 68 | |
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| | UNC Wilmington | 59 | |
| First Round | | | Second Round | | | Quarterfinals | |
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| (H) | Alabama | 85 | | | |
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| | Seton Hall | 79 | |
| | (H) | Alabama | 79 | |
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| | | | Toledo | 69 | |
| (H) | Toledo | 76* | |
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| | South Alabama | 67 | |
| | | Alabama | 85** | |
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| | | (H) | Purdue | 77 | |
| (H) | Purdue | 90 | | |
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| | Illinois State | 79 | |
| | (H) | Purdue | 90 | |
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| | | | Auburn | 60 | |
| (H) | Auburn | 60 | |
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| | Miami (FL) | 58 | |
| First Round | | | Second Round | | | Quarterfinals | |
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| (H) | Minnesota | 87 | | | |
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| | Villanova | 78 | |
| | (H) | Minnesota | 70 | |
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| | | | Tulsa | 73* | |
| (H) | Tulsa | 75 | |
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| | UC Irvine | 71 | |
| | | Tulsa | 77 | |
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| | | (H) | Mississippi State | 75 | |
| (H) | Pittsburgh | 84 | | |
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| | St. Bonaventure | 75 | |
| | (H) | Pittsburgh | 61 | |
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| | | | Mississippi State | 66 | |
| (H) | Mississippi State | 75 | |
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| | Southern Miss | 68 | |
| First Round | | | Second Round | | | Quarterfinals | |
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| | Pepperdine | 72 | | | |
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| (H) | Wyoming | 69 | |
| | | Pepperdine | 75 | |
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| | | (H) | New Mexico | 81 | |
| (H) | New Mexico | 83 | |
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| | Baylor | 73 | |
| | | New Mexico | 63 | |
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| | | (H) | Memphis | 81 | |
| (H) | UTEP | 84 | | |
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| | McNeese State | 74 | |
| | | UTEP | 65 | |
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| | | (H) | Memphis | 90 | |
| | Memphis | 71 | |
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| (H) | Utah | 62 | |
Semifinals & finals[edit]
| Semifinals | | | Finals | |
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| Detroit | 63 | | |
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| Alabama | 74 | |
| | Alabama | 66 | |
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| | | Tulsa | 79 | |
| Tulsa | 72 | |
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| Memphis | 64 | |
| Third place game | |
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| Detroit | 71 | |
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| Memphis | 86 | |
See also[edit]
References[edit]