^ abTournament Results (1980's) at nit.org, URL accessed November 7, 2009. 11/7/09
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1981, national, invitation, tournament, 1981, edition, annual, ncaa, college, basketball, competition, season1980, 81teams32finals, sitemadison, square, gardennew, york, citychampionstulsa, golden, hurricane, title, runner, upsyracuse, orange, title, game, sem. The 1981 National Invitation Tournament was the 1981 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition 1981 National Invitation TournamentSeason1980 81Teams32Finals siteMadison Square GardenNew York CityChampionsTulsa Golden Hurricane 1st title Runner upSyracuse Orange 1st title game SemifinalistsPurdue Boilermakers 3rd semifinal West Virginia Mountaineers 4th semifinal Winning coachNolan Richardson 1st title MVPGreg Stewart Tulsa National Invitation Tournaments 1980 1982 Contents 1 Selected teams 2 Bracket 2 1 Semifinals amp finals 3 See also 4 ReferencesSelected teams EditBelow is a list of the 32 teams selected for the tournament 1 Alabama American Clemson Connecticut Dayton Drake Duke Duquesne Fordham Georgia Holy Cross Marquette Michigan Minnesota North Carolina A amp T Old Dominion Pan American Penn Purdue Rhode Island St John s San Jose State South Alabama South Florida Southern Miss Syracuse Temple Texas Arlington Toledo Tulsa UTEP West VirginiaBracket Edit Duke s Kenny Dennard surrounded by Alabama players in a Second Round game Below are the four first round brackets along with the four team championship bracket 1 First RoundSecond RoundQuarterfinals Syracuse88Marquette81Syracuse77Holy Cross57Holy Cross56Southern Miss54Syracuse91Michigan76Michigan74Duquesne58Michigan80Toledo68Toledo91American83First RoundSecond RoundQuarterfinals Purdue84Rhode Island58Purdue50Dayton46Dayton66Fordham65Purdue81Duke69Duke79North Carolina A amp T69Duke75Alabama70Alabama73St John s69First RoundSecond RoundQuarterfinals Connecticut65South Florida55Connecticut66Minnesota84Minnesota90Drake77Minnesota69West Virginia80West Virginia67Penn64West Virginia77Temple76Temple90Clemson82First RoundSecond RoundQuarterfinals Tulsa81Pan American71Tulsa76UTEP72UTEP57San Jose State53Tulsa69South Alabama68Georgia74Old Dominion60Georgia72South Alabama73South Alabama74Texas Arlington71Semifinals amp finals Edit SemifinalsFinals Syracuse70Purdue63Syracuse84Tulsa86West Virginia87Tulsa89Third place game Purdue75West Virginia72See also Edit1981 NCAA Division I basketball tournament 1981 NCAA Division II basketball tournament 1981 NCAA Division III basketball tournament 1981 NAIA Division I men s basketball tournament 1981 NAIA Division I women s basketball tournament 1981 National Women s Invitational TournamentReferences Edit a b Tournament Results 1980 s at nit org URL accessed November 7 2009 Archived 11 7 09 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1981 National Invitation Tournament amp oldid 1126505818, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,