1990 National Invitation Tournament

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1990 National Invitation Tournament
Season 198990
Teams32
Finals site Madison Square Garden
New York City
Champions Vanderbilt Commodores (1st title)
Runner-up Saint Louis Billikens (4th title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Eddie Fogler (1st title)
MVPScott Draud (Vanderbilt)
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The 1990 National Invitation Tournament was the 1990 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition. This tournament adopted the tenths-second game clock in the final minute of every period when played in NBA arenas, unlike whole seconds as in past years.

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
         
Maryland91
Massachusetts 81
Maryland 78
Penn State80
Penn State57
Marquette 54
Penn State58
Rutgers 55
Rutgers87
Holy Cross 78
Rutgers81
Fordham 74
Fordham106
Southern 80
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals
         
Mississippi State84
Baylor 75
Mississippi State 60
New Orleans65
New Orleans78
James Madison 74
New Orleans 85
Vanderbilt88
Vanderbilt98
Louisiana Tech 90
Vanderbilt89
Tennessee 85
Tennessee73
Memphis 71
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals
         
DePaul89
Creighton 72
DePaul61
Cincinnati 59
Cincinnati75
Bowling Green 60
DePaul 47
Saint Louis54
Saint Louis85
Kent State 74
Saint Louis'58
Wisconsin–Green Bay 54
Wisconsin–Green Bay73
Southern Illinois 60
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals
         
Hawaii69
Stanford 57
Hawaii'84
Long Beach State 79
Long Beach State86
Arizona State 71
Hawaii 58
New Mexico80
Oklahoma State83
Tulsa 74
Oklahoma State 88
New Mexico90
New Mexico89
Oregon 78

Semifinals & finals

Semifinals Finals
      
Penn State 62
Vanderbilt75
Vanderbilt74
Saint Louis 72
Saint Louis80
New Mexico 73
Third place game
   
Penn State83
New Mexico 81

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 Tournament Results (1990's) at nit.org, URL accessed 2009-11-07. Archived 11/6/09