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Below is a list of the 16 teams selected for the tournament. This was the first edition of the tournament in which early round games were played at campus sites.
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1018:1977 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament
1577:1976–77 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
1602:March 1977 sports events in the United States
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1023:1977 National Women's Invitational Tournament
1013:1977 NCAA Division III basketball tournament
16:Edition of USA college basketball tournament
1046:at nit.org, URL accessed November 7, 2009.
1008:1977 NCAA Division II basketball tournament
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1003:1977 NCAA Division I basketball tournament
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22:1977 National Invitation Tournament
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267:Below is the tournament bracket.
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1597:College sports in New York City
1582:1977 in sports in New York City
128:National Invitation Tournaments
1607:National Invitation Tournament
1113:National Invitation Tournament
157:National Invitation Tournament
118:Greg Sanders (St. Bonatenture)
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1592:Basketball in New York City
1044:Tournament Results (1970's)
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63:St. Bonaventure Bonnies
49:Madison Square Garden
94:Alabama Crimson Tide
1617:Sports in Manhattan
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1587:1970s in Manhattan
165:college basketball
88:Villanova Wildcats
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904:St. Bonaventure
888:St. Bonaventure
810:St. Bonaventure
654:St. Bonaventure
553:Illinois State
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90:(4th semifinal)
74:Houston Cougars
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104:Winning coach
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275:First Round
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226:Oral Roberts
221:Old Dominion
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771:Seton Hall
461:Georgetown
289:Semifinals
110:(1st title)
108:Jim Satalin
65:(1st title)
45:Finals site
1571:Categories
1029:References
785:Villanova
539:Creighton
246:Seton Hall
191:Georgetown
982:Villanova
710:Villanova
670:Villanova
251:Villanova
186:Creighton
70:Runner-up
59:Champions
1071:April 3,
1048:Archived
997:See also
965:Alabama
925:Rutgers
629:Houston
475:Alabama
1050:11/7/09
863:Oregon
594:Houston
578:Houston
500:Houston
400:Alabama
360:Alabama
296:Finals
263:Bracket
236:Rutgers
196:Houston
181:Alabama
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155:1977
37:Teams
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1546:2022
1541:2021
1535:2020
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1073:2018
162:NCAA
153:The
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136:1976
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115:MVP
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