1999 National Invitation Tournament

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1999 National Invitation Tournament
Season 199899
Teams32
Finals site Madison Square Garden
New York City
Champions California Golden Bears (1st title)
Runner-up Clemson Tigers (1st title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Ben Braun (1st title)
MVP Sean Lampley (California)
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The 1999 National Invitation Tournament was the 1999 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition.

Contents

Selected teams

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

SchoolConferenceRecordAppearanceLast bid
Alabama SEC 17–148th 1996
Bradley Missouri Valley 17–1119th 1997
Butler MCC 20–96th 1992
California Pac-10 17–114th 1989
Clemson ACC 16–1411th 1995
Colorado Big 12 17–145th 1995
Colorado State WAC 17–106th 1998
DePaul C-USA 17–1213th 1995
Fresno State WAC 21–117th 1998
Georgetown Big East 15–157th 1998
Georgia SEC 15–149th 1998
Georgia Tech ACC 15–156th 1998
Hofstra America East 22–91stNever
Kansas State Big 12 20–125th 1998
Mississippi State SEC 20–124th 1994
NC State ACC 18–138th 1998
Nebraska Big 12 19–1212th 1997
Northwestern Big Ten 15–133rd 1994
Old Dominion Colonial 24–89th 1994
Oregon Pac-10 16–118th 1997
Pepperdine West Coast 19–125th 1993
Princeton Ivy 20–73rd 1975
Providence Big East 16–1315th 1996
Rutgers Big East 18–1210th 1992
Seton Hall Big East 15–1413th 1998
TCU WAC 19–105th 1997
Toledo MAC 19–84th 1981
UNLV WAC 16–125th 1997
USC Pac-10 15–124th 1994
Wake Forest ACC 16–134th 1998
Wyoming WAC 17–96th 1998
Xavier Atlantic 10 21–106th 1994

Bracket

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

First Round Second Round Quarterfinals
         
California79
Fresno State 71
California58
DePaul 57
DePaul69
Northwestern 64
California71
Colorado State 62
Colorado65
Pepperdine 61
Colorado 76
Colorado State86
Colorado State69
Mississippi State 56
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals
         
Oregon67
Georgia Tech 64
Oregon93
Wyoming 72
Wyoming81
USC 77
Oregon77
TCU 68
Nebraska68
UNLV 53
Nebraska 89
TCU101
TCU72
Kansas State 71
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals
         
Butler51
Bradley 50
Butler75
Old Dominion 68
Old Dominion75
Seton Hall 56
Butler 69
Clemson89
Clemson77
Georgia 57
Clemson78
Rutgers 68
Rutgers58
Hofstra 45
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals
         
NC State92
Providence 86
NC State 58
Princeton61
Princeton54
Georgetown 47
Princeton 58
Xavier65
Xavier86
Toledo 84
Xavier87
Wake Forest 76
Wake Forest73
Alabama 57

Semifinals & finals

Semifinals Finals
      
California85
Oregon 69
California61
Clemson 60
Clemson79
Xavier 76
Third place game
   
Oregon 75
Xavier106

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 Tournament Results (1990s) at nit.org, URL accessed November 7, 2009. Archived 11/6/09