1966 National Invitation Tournament
| 1966 National Invitation Tournament | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teams | 14 | ||||
| Finals site |
Madison Square Garden New York City | ||||
| Champions | BYU (2nd title) | ||||
| Runner-up | NYU (2nd title game) | ||||
| Semifinalists | |||||
| Winning coach | Stan Watts (2nd title) | ||||
| MVP | Bill Melchionni Villanova | ||||
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The 1966 National Invitation Tournament was the 1966 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition.
Selected teams
Below is a list of the 14 teams selected for the tournament.[1]
| Participants | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Army | ||||
| Boston College | ||||
| BYU | ||||
| DePaul | ||||
| Louisville | ||||
| Manhattan | ||||
| NYU | ||||
| Penn State | ||||
| St. John's | ||||
| San Francisco | ||||
| Temple | ||||
| Villanova | ||||
| Virginia Tech | ||||
| Wichita State | ||||
Brackets/Results
Below is the tournament bracket.[1]
| First Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||||||
| Temple | 88 | |||||||||||||||||
| Virginia Tech | 73 | |||||||||||||||||
| Temple | 78 | |||||||||||||||||
| BYU | 90 | |||||||||||||||||
| BYU | 66 | |||||||||||||||||
| Army | 60 | |||||||||||||||||
| San Francisco | 89 | |||||||||||||||||
| Penn State | 77 | |||||||||||||||||
| San Francisco | 63 | |||||||||||||||||
| Army | 80 | |||||||||||||||||
| Army | 71 | |||||||||||||||||
| Manhattan | 66 | |||||||||||||||||
| BYU | 97 | |||||||||||||||||
| NYU | 84 | |||||||||||||||||
| NYU | 68 | |||||||||||||||||
| DePaul | 65 | |||||||||||||||||
| NYU | 90 | |||||||||||||||||
| Wichita State | 84 | |||||||||||||||||
| NYU | 69 | |||||||||||||||||
| Villanova | 63 | |||||||||||||||||
| Villanova | 63 | |||||||||||||||||
| St. John's | 61 | |||||||||||||||||
| Villanova | 86 | |||||||||||||||||
| Boston College | 85 | |||||||||||||||||
| Boston College | 96 | |||||||||||||||||
| Louisville | 90 | |||||||||||||||||
- Third Place - Villanova 76, Army 65
References
- 1 2 Tournament Results (1960's) at nit.org, URL accessed December 8, 2009. Archived 11/7/09
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