1991 National Invitation Tournament

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1991 National Invitation Tournament
Season 199091
Teams32
Finals site Madison Square Garden
New York City
Champions Stanford Cardinal (1st title)
Runner-up Oklahoma Sooners (1st title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Mike Montgomery (1st title)
MVP Adam Keefe (Stanford)
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The 1991 National Invitation Tournament was the 1991 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition. This tournament adopted the tenths-second game clock in the final minute of every period.

Contents

Selected teams

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

TeamConferenceOverall recordAppearanceLast bid
Arkansas State American South 21–84th 1989
Ball State MAC 21–91stNever
Boise State Big Sky 18–103rd 1989
Bowling Green MAC 17–1210th 1990
Butler Midwestern Collegiate 18–104th 1989
Cincinnati Metro 17–118th 1990
Colorado Big Eight 15–133rd 1940
Coppin State MEAC 19–101stNever
Fairleigh Dickinson Northeast 22–81stNever
Fordham Patriot 24–716th 1990
Furman SoCon 20–81stNever
George Washington Atlantic 10 19–111stNever
Houston Southwest 18–105th 1988
James Madison CAA 19–93rd 1990
La Salle MAAC 19–911th 1987
Memphis State Metro 16–1411th 1990
Michigan Big Ten 14–145th 1984
Oklahoma Big Eight 16–144th 1982
Providence Big East 17–1211th 1986
Rice Southwest 16–132nd 1943
Siena MAAC 23–92nd 1988
South Carolina Metro 19–125th 1983
South Florida Sun Belt 19–104th 1985
Southern Illinois Missouri Valley 16–136th 1990
Southwest Missouri State Missouri Valley 21–112nd 1986
Stanford Pac-10 15–133rd 1990
Tulsa Missouri Valley 18–116th 1990
UAB Sun Belt 18–123rd 1989
UMass Atlantic 10 17–118th 1990
West Virginia Atlantic 10 16–139th 1988
Wisconsin Big Ten 14–142nd 1989
Wyoming WAC 19–114th 1986

Bracket

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

First Round Second Round Quarterfinals
         
Providence 98
James Madison 93
Providence85
West Virginia 79
West Virginia 86
Furman 67
Providence 74
Oklahoma83
Cincinnati 82
Ball State 55
Cincinnati 81
Oklahoma89
Oklahoma 111
Tulsa 86
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals
         
Colorado 71
Michigan 64
Colorado83
Wyoming 75
Wyoming 63
Butler 61
Colorado81
Arkansas State 75
Memphis State 82
UAB 76
Memphis 57
Arkansas State58
Arkansas State 78
Rice 71
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals
         
UMass 93
La Salle 90
UMass78
Fordham 74
Fordham 76
South Florida 66
UMass82
Siena 80
South Carolina 69
George Washington 63
South Carolina 58
Siena63
Siena 90
Fairleigh Dickinson 85
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals
         
Southern Illinois 75
Boise State 74
Southern Illinois72
SW Missouri State 69
SW Missouri State 57
Coppin State 47
Southern Illinois 68
Stanford78
Wisconsin 87
Bowling Green 79
Wisconsin 72
Stanford80
Stanford 93
Houston 86

Semifinals & finals

Semifinals Finals
      
Oklahoma88
Colorado 78
Oklahoma 72
Stanford78
UMass 71
Stanford78
Third place game
   
Colorado98
UMass 91

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