1988 National Invitation Tournament

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1988 National Invitation Tournament
Season 198788
Teams32
Finals site Madison Square Garden,
New York City
Champions Connecticut Huskies (1st title)
Runner-up Ohio State Buckeyes (2nd title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Jim Calhoun (1st title)
MVPPhil Gamble (Connecticut)
National Invitation Tournaments
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The 1988 National Invitation Tournament was the 1988 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition.

Contents

Selected teams

Below is a list of the 32 teams selected for the tournament. [1]

Bracket

Below are the four first round brackets, along with the four-team championship bracket. [1]

First Round Second Round Quarterfinals
         
Evansville66
Utah 55
Evansville 81
Boston College88
Boston College73
Siena 65
Boston College78
Middle Tennessee State69
Georgia53
Georgia Southern 48
Georgia 54
Middle Tennessee State69
Middle Tennessee State85
Tennessee 80
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals
         
Connecticut62
West Virginia 57
Connecticut65
Louisiana Tech 59
Louisiana Tech66
Arkansas–Little Rock 56
Connecticut69
 VCU 60
VCU81
Marshall 80
VCU93
Southern Miss 89
Southern Miss74
Clemson 69
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals
         
Ohio State86
Old Dominion 73
Ohio State86
Cleveland State 80
Cleveland State89
Illinois State 83
Ohio State68
New Mexico 65
New Mexico86
Pepperdine 75
New Mexico78
Oregon 59
Oregon81
Santa Clara 65
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals
         
Colorado State63
New Orleans 54
Colorado State71
Houston 61
Houston69
Fordham 61
Colorado State69
Arkansas State 49
Stanford80
Long Beach State 77
Stanford 59
Arkansas State60
Arkansas State70
Northeast Louisiana 54

Semifinals & finals

Semifinals Finals
      
Boston College 67
Connecticut73
Connecticut72
Ohio State 67
Ohio State64
Colorado State 62
Third place game
   
Boston College 57
Colorado State58

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Tournament Results (1980's) at nit.org, URL accessed November 7, 2009. Archived 11/7/09