1974 National Invitation Tournament

Annual NCAA college basketball competition

1974 National Invitation TournamentSeason| 1973–74

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Teams| 16
Finals site| Madison Square Garden,
New York City
Champions| Purdue Boilermakers (1st title)
Runner-up| Utah Utes (2nd title game)
Semifinalists|

* Boston College Eagles (2nd semifinal)
* Jacksonville Dolphins (2nd semifinal)

Winning coach| Fred Schaus (1st title)
MVP| Mike Sojourner (Utah)
| National Invitation Tournaments

«1973 | 1975»

The 1974 National Invitation Tournament was the 1974 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition.

## Selected teams

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Below is a list of the 16 teams selected for the tournament.[1]

* Boston College
* Cincinnati
* Connecticut
* Fairfield
* Hawaii
* Jacksonville
* Manhattan
* Maryland Eastern Shore
* Massachusetts
* Memphis
* North Carolina
* Purdue
* Rutgers
* St. John's
* Seton Hall
* Utah

## Bracket

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Below is the tournament bracket.[1]

| First Round | | | Quarterfinals | | | Semifinals | | | Finals |

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| Maryland Eastern Shore | 84 | | | |
| Manhattan | 81 |
| | Maryland Eastern Shore | 83 |
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| | | Jacksonville | 85 |
| Jacksonville | 73 |

| Massachusetts | 69 |
| | Jacksonville | 63 |
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| | | Purdue | 78 |
| Hawaii | 66 | |

| Fairfield | 65 |
| | Hawaii | 72 |
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| | | Purdue | 85 |
| Purdue | 82 |

| North Carolina | 71 |
| | Purdue | 87 |
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| | | Utah | 81 |
| Memphis | 73 | | |

| Seton Hall | 72 |
| | Memphis | 78 |
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| | | Utah | 92 |
| Utah | 102 |

| Rutgers | 89 |
| | Utah | 117 |
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| | | Boston College | 93 |
| Connecticut | 82 | |

| St. John's | 70 |
| | Connecticut | 75 |
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| | | Boston College | 76 |
| Boston College | 63 |

| Cincinnati | 62 |
| Third place game |

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| Jacksonville | 77 |
| Boston College | 87 |

## See also

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* 1974 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament
* 1974 NCAA Division II Basketball Tournament
* 1974 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament
* 1974 National Women's Invitational Tournament

## References

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1. ^ a b Tournament Results (1970's) at nit.org, URL accessed November 7, 2009. Archived 11/7/09

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See also: Women's Basketball Invitation Tournament
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