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Annual NCAA college basketball competition
The 1979 National Invitation Tournament was the 1979 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition. Indiana University defeated their rival Purdue University 53–52 in the championship game. Purdue appeared in the 1980 NCAA Men's Final Four while Indiana won the national championship at the 1981 NCAA Men's Final Four.
Below is a list of the 24 teams selected for the tournament.[1]
Below are the three first round brackets, along with the four-team championship bracket.[1]
| First Round
| | | Second Round
| | | Quarterfinals
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| Indiana
| 78
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| Texas Tech
| 59
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| | Indiana
| 72
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| | | Alcorn State
| 68
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| Alcorn State
| 80
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| Mississippi State
| 78
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| | Indiana
| 64
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| | | Ohio State
| 55
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| Maryland
| 67
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| Rhode Island
| 65
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| | Maryland
| 72
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| | | Ohio State
| 79
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| Ohio State
| 80
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| Saint Joseph's
| 66
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- Indiana and Ohio State received byes to the Semifinals.
| First Round
| | | Second Round
| | | Quarterfinals
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| Purdue
| 97
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| Central Michigan
| 80
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| | Purdue
| 84
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| | | Dayton
| 70
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| Dayton
| 105
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| Holy Cross
| 81
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| | Purdue
| 67
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| | | Old Dominion
| 59
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| Clemson
| 68
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| Kentucky
| 67
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| | Clemson
| 59
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| | | Old Dominion
| 61
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| Old Dominion
| 83
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| Wagner
| 81
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| First Round
| | | Second Round
| | | Quarterfinals
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| Nevada
| 62
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| Oregon State
| 61
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| | Nevada
| 64
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| | | Texas A&M
| 67
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| Texas A&M
| 79
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| New Mexico
| 68
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| | Texas A&M
| 68
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| | | Alabama
| 72
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| Alabama
| 98
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| St. Bonaventure
| 89
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| | Alabama
| 90
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| | | Virginia
| 88
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| Virginia
| 79
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| Northeast Louisiana
| 78
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Semifinals & finals
[edit] | Semifinals
| | | Finals
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| Indiana
| 64
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| Ohio State
| 55
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| | Indiana
| 53
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| | | Purdue
| 52
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| Purdue
| 87
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| Alabama
| 68
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| Third place game
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| Ohio State
| 86
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| Alabama
| 96
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