1983 National Invitation Tournament

Annual NCAA college basketball competition

1983 National Invitation TournamentSeason| 1982-83

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Teams| 32
Finals site| Madison Square Garden
New York City
Champions| Fresno State Bulldogs (1st title)
Runner-up| DePaul Blue Demons (3rd title game)
Semifinalists|

* Nebraska Cornhuskers (1st semifinal)
* Wake Forest Demon Deacons (1st semifinal)

Winning coach| Boyd Grant (1st title)
MVP| Ron Anderson (Fresno State)
| National Invitation Tournaments

«1982 | 1984»

The 1983 National Invitation Tournament was the 1983 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition.

## Selected teams

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Thirty-two teams accepted invitations to the tournament.[1]

* Alabama State
* Arizona State
* Bowling Green
* Cal State Fullerton
* DePaul
* East Tennessee State
* Fordham
* Fresno State
* Idaho
* Iona
* LSU
* Michigan State
* Minnesota
* Mississippi
* Murray State
* Nebraska
* New Orleans
* Northwestern
* Notre Dame
* Old Dominion
* Oregon State
* St. Bonaventure
* South Carolina
* South Florida
* TCU
* UTEP
* Tulane
* Tulsa
* Vanderbilt
* Virginia Tech
* Wake Forest
* William & Mary

## Bracket

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Below are the four first round brackets, along with the four-team championship bracket.[1]

| First Round | | | Second Round | | | Quarterfinals |

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| Vanderbilt | 79 | | |
| East Tennessee State | 73 |
| | Vanderbilt | 68 |
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| | | Wake Forest | 75 |
| Wake Forest | 87 |

| Murray State | 80 |
| | Wake Forest | 78 |
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| | | South Carolina | 61 |
| South Carolina | 100 | |

| Old Dominion | 90 |
| | South Carolina | 76 |
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| | | Virginia Tech | 75 |
| Virginia Tech | 85 |

| William & Mary | 79 |
| First Round | | | Second Round | | | Quarterfinals |

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|  |  |  | | |  |  |  | | |  |  |  |
| Oregon State | 77 | | |
| Idaho | 59 |
| | Oregon State | 88 |
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| | | New Orleans | 71 |
| New Orleans | 99 |

| LSU | 94 |
| | Oregon State | 67 |
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| | | Fresno State | 76 |
| Michigan State | 72 | |

| Bowling Green | 71 |
| | Michigan State | 58 |
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| | | Fresno State | 72 |
| Fresno State | 71 |

| UTEP | 64 |
| First Round | | | Second Round | | | Quarterfinals |

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|  |  |  | | |  |  |  | | |  |  |  |
| Nebraska | 72 | | |
| Tulane | 65 |
| | Nebraska | 85 |
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| | | Iona | 73 |
| Iona | 90 |

| St. Bonaventure | 76 |
| | Nebraska | 67 |
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| | | TCU | 57 |
| Arizona State | 87 | |

| Cal State Fullerton | 83 |
| | Arizona State | 76 |
|  |
| | | TCU | 78 |
| TCU | 64 |

| Tulsa | 62 |
| First Round | | | Second Round | | | Quarterfinals |

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|  |  |  | | |  |  |  | | |  |  |  |
| DePaul | 76 | | |
| Minnesota | 73 |
| | DePaul | 65 |
|  |
| | | Northwestern | 63 |
| Northwestern | 71 |

| Notre Dame | 57 |
| | DePaul | 75 |
|  |
| | | Mississippi | 67 |
| Mississippi | 87 | |

| Alabama State | 75 |
| | Mississippi | 65 |
|  |
| | | South Florida | 57 |
| South Florida | 81 |

| Fordham | 69 |

### Semifinals & finals

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| Semifinals | | | Finals |

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|  |  |  | | |  |  |  |
| Wake Forest | 62 | |
| Fresno State | 86 |
| | Fresno State | 69 |
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| | | DePaul | 60 |
| Nebraska | 58 |

| DePaul | 68 |

## See also

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* 1983 National Women's Invitational Tournament
* 1983 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
* 1983 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament
* 1983 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament
* 1983 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
* 1983 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament
* 1983 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament
* 1983 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament
* 1983 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament

## References

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1. ^ a b Tournament Results (1980's) at nit.org, URL accessed November 7, 2009. Archived 11/7/09

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