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Annual NCAA basketball competition
The 2001 National Invitation Tournament was the 2001 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition.
Below is a list of the 32 teams selected for the tournament.[1]
Below are the four first round brackets, along with the four-team championship bracket:[1]
| First Round
| | | Second Round
| | | Quarterfinals
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| (H)
| Connecticut
| 72
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| South Carolina
| 65
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| | (H)
| Connecticut
| 61
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| Detroit
| 67
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| Detroit
| 68
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| (H)
| Bradley
| 49
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| Detroit
| 59
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| | | (H)
| Dayton
| 42
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| (H)
| Richmond
| 79
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| West Virginia
| 56
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| Richmond
| 56
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| | | (H)
| Dayton
| 71
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| (H)
| Dayton
| 68
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| UNC Wilmington
| 59
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| First Round
| | | Second Round
| | | Quarterfinals
| |
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| (H)
| Alabama
| 85
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| Seton Hall
| 79
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| | (H)
| Alabama
| 79
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| Toledo
| 69
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| (H)
| Toledo
| 76*
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| South Alabama
| 67
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| Alabama
| 85**
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| | | (H)
| Purdue
| 77
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| (H)
| Purdue
| 90
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| Illinois State
| 79
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| | (H)
| Purdue
| 90
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|
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| Auburn
| 60
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| (H)
| Auburn
| 60
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|
| Miami (FL)
| 58
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| First Round
| | | Second Round
| | | Quarterfinals
| |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| (H)
| Minnesota
| 87
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| Villanova
| 78
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| | (H)
| Minnesota
| 70
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| Tulsa
| 73*
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| (H)
| Tulsa
| 75
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| UC Irvine
| 71
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| Tulsa
| 77
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|
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| | | (H)
| Mississippi State
| 75
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| (H)
| Pittsburgh
| 84
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| St. Bonaventure
| 75
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| | (H)
| Pittsburgh
| 61
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|
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| Mississippi State
| 66
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| (H)
| Mississippi State
| 75
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| Southern Miss
| 68
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| First Round
| | | Second Round
| | | Quarterfinals
| |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| Pepperdine
| 72
| | | |
|
| (H)
| Wyoming
| 69
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| Pepperdine
| 75
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|
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| | | (H)
| New Mexico
| 81
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| (H)
| New Mexico
| 83
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| Baylor
| 73
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| New Mexico
| 63
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|
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| | | (H)
| Memphis
| 81
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| (H)
| UTEP
| 84
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| McNeese State
| 74
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| UTEP
| 65
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| | | (H)
| Memphis
| 90
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| Memphis
| 71
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| (H)
| Utah
| 62
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Semifinals & finals
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| Semifinals
| | | Finals
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| | | | | | | | | |
| Detroit
| 63
| | |
|
| Alabama
| 74
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| | Alabama
| 66
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|
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| | | Tulsa
| 79
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| Tulsa
| 72
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| Memphis
| 64
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| Third place game
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| Detroit
| 71
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| Memphis
| 86
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