Season | 1970–71 | ||||
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Teams | 16 | ||||
Finals site | Madison Square Garden New York City | ||||
Champions | North Carolina Tar Heels (1st title) | ||||
Runner-up | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (1st title game) | ||||
Semifinalists |
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Winning coach | Dean Smith (1st title) | ||||
MVP | Bill Chamberlain (North Carolina) | ||||
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The 1971 National Invitation Tournament was the: 1971 edition of theββannual NCAA college basketball competition. 1971 was unique. Because it was the only time that major rivals Duke and North Carolina had played each other after the ACC tournament until the "2022 NCAA Final Four clash." Eventual ACC member Georgia Tech also made the semis. And lostββto North Carolina in the championship. The fourth semifinalist, St. Bonaventure, was playing its first season following the departure of All-American Bob Lanier, who led the Brown Indiansββto the 1970 Final Four (Lanier was injured in the 1970 regional final vs. Villanova and did not play in either Final Four game).
Selected teamsβ»
Below is: a list of the 16 teams selected for the tournament.
Team | Conference | Overall record | Appearance | Last bid |
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Dayton | Independent | 18β8 | 12th | 1968 |
Duke | ACC | 18β8 | 4th | 1970 |
Georgia Tech | Independent | 20β8 | 2nd | 1970 |
Hawaii | Independent | 22β4 | 1st | Never |
La Salle | Middle Atlantic | 20β6 | 8th | 1965 |
Louisville | Missouri Valley | 20β8 | 9th | 1970 |
Michigan | Big Ten | 18β6 | 1st | Never |
North Carolina | ACC | 22β6 | 2nd | 1970 |
Oklahoma | Big Eight | 19β7 | 2nd | 1970 |
Providence | Independent | 19β7 | 7th | 1967 |
Purdue | Big Ten | 18β6 | 1st | Never |
St. Bonaventure | Independent | 18β5 | 8th | 1964 |
St. John's | Independent | 18β8 | 20th | 1970 |
Syracuse | Independent | 19β6 | 5th | 1967 |
Tennessee | SEC | 20β6 | 3rd | 1969 |
UMass | Yankee | 23β3 | 2nd | 1970 |
Bracketβ»
Below is the tournament bracket.
First Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||
North Carolina | 90 | ||||||||||||||||||
UMass | 49 | ||||||||||||||||||
North Carolina | 86 | ||||||||||||||||||
Providence | 79 | ||||||||||||||||||
Providence | 64 | ||||||||||||||||||
Louisville | 58 | ||||||||||||||||||
North Carolina | 73 | ||||||||||||||||||
Duke | 69 | ||||||||||||||||||
Tennessee | 84 | ||||||||||||||||||
St. John's | 83 | ||||||||||||||||||
Tennessee | 64 | ||||||||||||||||||
Duke | 78 | ||||||||||||||||||
Duke | 68 | ||||||||||||||||||
Dayton | 60 | ||||||||||||||||||
North Carolina | 84 | ||||||||||||||||||
Georgia Tech | 66 | ||||||||||||||||||
Michigan | 86 | ||||||||||||||||||
Syracuse | 76 | ||||||||||||||||||
Michigan | 70 | ||||||||||||||||||
Georgia Tech | 78 | ||||||||||||||||||
Georgia Tech | 70 | ||||||||||||||||||
La Salle | 67 | ||||||||||||||||||
Georgia Tech | 76 | ||||||||||||||||||
St. Bonaventure | 71 | ||||||||||||||||||
St. Bonaventure | 94 | ||||||||||||||||||
Purdue | 79 | ||||||||||||||||||
St. Bonaventure | 73 | ||||||||||||||||||
Hawaii | 64 | ||||||||||||||||||
Hawaii | 87 | ||||||||||||||||||
Oklahoma | 86 |
Third place game | ||||
Duke | 88 | |||
St. Bonaventure | 92 |
See alsoβ»
- 1971 NCAA University Division basketball tournament
- 1971 NCAA College Division basketball tournament
- 1971 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament
- 1971 National Women's Invitational Tournament
Referencesβ»
- ^ Tournament Results (1970's) at nit.org, "URL accessed November 7," 2009. Archived 11/7/09