1994 National Invitation Tournament

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1994 National Invitation Tournament
Season 1993–94
Teams32
Finals site Madison Square Garden,
New York City
Champions Villanova Wildcats (1st title)
Runner-up Vanderbilt Commodores (2nd title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Steve Lappas (1st title)
MVP Doremus Bennerman (Siena)
National Invitation Tournaments
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The 1994 National Invitation Tournament was the 1994 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition.

Contents

Of note, in Kansas State's 115–77 victory over Fresno State in the quarterfinals, Askia Jones of Kansas State set the NCAA postseason record of 14 three-point field goals. His final total of 62 points, spurred by nine consecutive successful three-point shots bridging the first and second halves, was also the second-highest scoring output in major-college postseason history.

Doremus Bennerman of Siena won MVP after scoring 174 points in 5 NIT games. The total remains a tournament record. [1]

Selected teams

Below is a list of the 32 teams selected for the tournament. [2]

TeamConferenceOverall recordAppearanceLast bid
Arizona State Pac-10 15–125th 1993
Bradley Missouri Valley 21–716th 1985
BYU WAC 21–97th 1987
Canisius MAAC 22–64th 1985
Clemson ACC 16–159th 1993
Davidson SoCon 22–72nd 1972
DePaul Great Midwest 16–1111th 1990
Duquesne Atlantic 10 16–1216th 1981
Evansville Midwestern Collegiate 21–102nd 1988
Fresno State WAC 19–103rd 1985
Georgia Tech ACC 16–124th 1984
Gonzaga West Coast 21–71stNever
Kansas State Big Eight 17–123rd 1992
Manhattan MAAC 19–1015th 1992
Miami (OH) MAC 19–103rd 1993
Mississippi State SEC 18–103rd 1990
Murray State OVC 23–55th 1989
New Orleans Sun Belt 19–95th 1990
Northwestern Big Ten 14–132nd 1983
Oklahoma Big Eight 15–126th 1992
Old Dominion CAA 20–98th 1993
Siena MAAC 21–73rd 1991
Southern Miss Metro 15–145th 1988
Stanford Pac-10 17–104th 1991
Texas A&M SWC 19–105th 1986
Tulane Metro 17–103rd 1983
UNC Charlotte Metro 16–123rd 1989
USC Pac-10 16–113rd 1993
Vanderbilt SEC 16–115th 1982
Villanova Big East 15–1212th 1992
West Virginia Atlantic 10 16–1112th 1993
Xavier Midwestern Collegiate 20–75th 1984

Brackets

Below are the four first-round brackets, along with the four-team championship bracket. [2]

First round Second round Quarterfinals
         
Clemson 96
Southern Miss 85
Clemson96
West Virginia 79
West Virginia 85
Davidson 69
Clemson 74
Vanderbilt89
Vanderbilt 77
Oklahoma 67
Vanderbilt78
New Orleans 59
New Orleans 79
Texas A&M 73
First round Second round Quarterfinals
         
Kansas State 78
Mississippi State 69
Kansas State66
Gonzaga 64
Gonzaga 80
Stanford 76
Kansas State115
Fresno State 77
Fresno State 79
USC 76
Fresno State68
BYU 66
BYU 74
Arizona State 67
First round Second round Quarterfinals
         
Villanova 103
Canisius 79
Villanova82
Duquesne 66
Duquesne 75
UNC Charlotte 73
Villanova76
Xavier 74
Northwestern 69
DePaul 68
Northwestern 79
Xavier83 OT
Xavier 80
Miami (OH) 68
First round Second round Quarterfinals
         
Bradley 66
Murray State 58
Bradley79
Old Dominion 75
Old Dominion 76
Manhattan 74
Bradley 62
Siena75
Tulane 76
Evansville 63
Tulane 79
Siena89
Siena 76
Georgia Tech 68

Semifinals & finals

Semifinals Finals
      
Vanderbilt82
Kansas State 76
Vanderbilt 73
Villanova80
Villanova66
Siena 58
Third place game
   
Kansas State 79
Siena92

See also

References

  1. ↑ "NIT Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA. Retrieved July 4, 2021.
  2. 1 2 Tournament Results (1990's) at nit.org, URL accessed November 7, 2009. Archived 11/6/09
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