The 2001
National Invitation Tournament
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was the 2001 edition of the annual
NCAA
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college basketball
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competition.
Selected teams
Below is a list of the 32 teams selected for the tournament.
[Tournament Results (2000's)](_blank)
at nit.org, URL accessed November 5, 2009
11/5/09
Bracket
Below are the four first round brackets, along with the four-team championship bracket:
Semifinals & finals
See also
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2001 Women's National Invitation Tournament
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2001 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
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2001 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament
The 2001 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament was the 45th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college basketball in the United States.
Officially culminating the 2000–01 ...
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2001 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament
The 2001 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament was the 27th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champions of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) men's Division III collegiate basketball in the Uni ...
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2001 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
The 2001 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament began on March 16 and ended on April 1. The tournament featured 64 teams. The Final Four, held at the Savvis Center (now Scottrade Center) in St. Louis, consisted of Connecticut, Notre Dame ...
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2001 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament
The 2001 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament was the 20th annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division II women's collegiate basketball in the United States.
Cal Poly Pomona defeated North ...
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2001 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament
The 2001 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was the 20th annual NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament, tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of NCAA Division III, Division III women's college bask ...
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2001 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament
The 64th NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament was held in March at the Tulsa Convention Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It was the second tournament held in the Tulsa Convention Center and the last tournament to be held in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The ...
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2001 NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament
The 2001 NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament was the tournament held by the NAIA to determine the national champion of men's college basketball among its Division II members in the United States and Canada for the 2000–01 basketbal ...
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2001 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament
The 2001 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament was the tournament held by the NAIA to determine the national champion of women's college basketball among its Division I members in the United States and Canada for the 2000–01 basketb ...
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2001 NAIA Division II women's basketball tournament
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