1989 National Invitation Tournament

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1989 National Invitation Tournament
Season 198889
Teams32
Finals site Madison Square Garden
New York City
Champions St. John's Red Storm (5th title)
Runner-up Saint Louis Billikens (3rd title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Lou Carnesecca (1st title)
MVP Jayson Williams (St. John's)
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The 1989 National Invitation Tournament was the 1989 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition.

Contents

Selected teams

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

TeamConference
Akron Independent
Arkansas State American South Conference
Boise State Big Sky Conference
California Pac-10 Conference
Charlotte Sun Belt Conference
Connecticut Big East Conference
Georgia Southern Trans America Athletic Conference
Hawaii Western Athletic Conference
Kent State Mid-American Conference
Michigan State Big Ten Conference
Murray State Ohio Valley Conference
Nebraska Big Eight Conference
New Mexico Western Athletic Conference
New Mexico State Big West Conference
New Orleans American South Conference
Ohio State Big Ten Conference
Oklahoma State Big Eight Conference
Ole Miss Southeast Conference
Penn State Atlantic 10 Conference
Pepperdine West Coast Athletic Conference
Richmond Colonial Athletic Association
St. John's Big East Conference
Saint Louis Midwest Collegiate Conference
Saint Peter's Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Santa Clara West Coast Athletic Conference
Southern Illinois Missouri Valley Conference
Temple Atlantic 10 Conference
UAB Sun Belt Conference
UC Santa Barbara Big West Conference
Villanova Big East Conference
Wichita State Missouri Valley Conference
Wisconsin Big Ten Conference

Bracket

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

First Round Second Round Quarterfinals
         
Connecticut 67
Charlotte 62
Connecticut73
California 72
California 73
Hawaii 57
Connecticut 79
UAB85
UAB 83
Georgia Southern 74
UAB64
Richmond 61
Richmond 70
Temple 56
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals
         
St. John's 70
Ole Miss 67
St. John's76
Oklahoma State 64
Oklahoma State 69
Boise State 55
St. John's83
Ohio State 80
Nebraska 81
Arkansas State 79
Nebraska 74
Ohio State85
Ohio State 81
Akron 70
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals
         
Villanova 76
Saint Peter's 56
Villanova76
Penn State 67
Penn State 89
Murray State 73
Villanova 63
Michigan State70
Michigan State 83
Kent State 69
Michigan State79
Wichita State 67
Wichita State 70
UC Santa Barbara 62
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals
         
New Mexico 91
Santa Clara 76
New Mexico86
Pepperdine 69
Pepperdine 84
New Mexico State 69
New Mexico 65
Saint Louis66
Wisconsin 63
New Orleans 61
Wisconsin 68
Saint Louis73
Saint Louis 87
Southern Illinois 54

Semifinals & finals

Semifinals Finals
      
UAB 65
St. John's76
St. John's73
Saint Louis 65
Michigan State 64
Saint Louis74
Third place game
   
UAB78
Michigan State 76

See also

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References

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