1991 National Invitation Tournament

College basketball tournament in the United States

1991 National Invitation TournamentSeason| 1990-91

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Teams| 32
Finals site| Madison Square Garden
New York City
Champions| Stanford Cardinal (1st title)
Runner-up| Oklahoma Sooners (1st title game)
Semifinalists|

* Colorado Buffaloes (3rd semifinal)
* UMass Minutemen (1st semifinal)

Winning coach| Mike Montgomery (1st title)
MVP| Adam Keefe (Stanford)
| National Invitation Tournaments

«1990 | 1992»

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.

## Selected teams[edit]

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

Team  | Conference  | Overall record  | Appearance  | Last bid

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Arkansas State | American South | 21–8  | 4th  | 1989
Ball State | MAC | 21–9  | 1st  | Never
Boise State | Big Sky | 18–10  | 3rd  | 1989
Bowling Green | MAC | 17–12  | 10th  | 1990
Butler | Midwestern Collegiate | 18–10  | 4th  | 1989
Cincinnati | Metro | 17–11  | 8th  | 1990
Colorado | Big Eight | 15–13  | 3rd  | 1940
Coppin State | MEAC | 19–10  | 1st  | Never
Fairleigh Dickinson | Northeast | 22–8  | 1st  | Never
Fordham | Patriot | 24–7  | 16th  | 1990
Furman | SoCon | 20–8  | 1st  | Never
George Washington | Atlantic 10 | 19–11  | 1st  | Never
Houston | Southwest | 18–10  | 5th  | 1988
James Madison | CAA | 19–9  | 3rd  | 1990
La Salle | MAAC | 19–9  | 11th  | 1987
Memphis State | Metro | 16–14  | 11th  | 1990
Michigan | Big Ten | 14–14  | 5th  | 1984
Oklahoma | Big Eight | 16–14  | 4th  | 1982
Providence | Big East | 17–12  | 11th  | 1986
Rice | Southwest | 16–13  | 2nd  | 1943
Siena | MAAC | 23–9  | 2nd  | 1988
South Carolina | Metro | 19–12  | 5th  | 1983
South Florida | Sun Belt | 19–10  | 4th  | 1985
Southern Illinois | Missouri Valley | 16–13  | 6th  | 1990
Southwest Missouri State | Missouri Valley | 21–11  | 2nd  | 1986
Stanford | Pac-10 | 15–13  | 3rd  | 1990
Tulsa | Missouri Valley | 18–11  | 6th  | 1990
UAB | Sun Belt | 18–12  | 3rd  | 1989
UMass | Atlantic 10 | 17–11  | 8th  | 1990
West Virginia | Atlantic 10 | 16–13  | 9th  | 1988
Wisconsin | Big Ten | 14–14  | 2nd  | 1989
Wyoming | WAC | 19–11  | 4th  | 1986

## Bracket[edit]

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

| First Round | | | Second Round | | | Quarterfinals |

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|  |  |  | | |  |  |  | | |  |  |  |
| Providence | 98 | | |
| James Madison | 93 |
| | Providence | 85 |
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| | | West Virginia | 79 |
| West Virginia | 86 |

| Furman | 67 |
| | Providence | 74 |
|  |
| | | Oklahoma | 83 |
| Cincinnati | 82 | |

| Ball State | 55 |
| | Cincinnati | 81 |
|  |
| | | Oklahoma | 89 |
| Oklahoma | 111 |

| Tulsa | 86 |
| First Round | | | Second Round | | | Quarterfinals |

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|  |  |  | | |  |  |  | | |  |  |  |
| Colorado | 71 | | |
| Michigan | 64 |
| | Colorado | 83 |
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| | | Wyoming | 75 |
| Wyoming | 63 |

| Butler | 61 |
| | Colorado | 81 |
|  |
| | | Arkansas State | 75 |
| Memphis State | 82 | |

| UAB | 76 |
| | Memphis | 57 |
|  |
| | | Arkansas State | 58 |
| Arkansas State | 78 |

| Rice | 71 |
| First Round | | | Second Round | | | Quarterfinals |

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|  |  |  | | |  |  |  | | |  |  |  |
| UMass | 93 | | |
| La Salle | 90 |
| | UMass | 78 |
|  |
| | | Fordham | 74 |
| Fordham | 76 |

| South Florida | 66 |
| | UMass | 82 |
|  |
| | | Siena | 80 |
| South Carolina | 69 | |

| George Washington | 63 |
| | South Carolina | 58 |
|  |
| | | Siena | 63 |
| Siena | 90 |

| Fairleigh Dickinson | 85 |
| First Round | | | Second Round | | | Quarterfinals |

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|  |  |  | | |  |  |  | | |  |  |  |
| Southern Illinois | 75 | | |
| Boise State | 74 |
| | Southern Illinois | 72 |
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| | | SW Missouri State | 69 |
| SW Missouri State | 57 |

| Coppin State | 47 |
| | Southern Illinois | 68 |
|  |
| | | Stanford | 78 |
| Wisconsin | 87 | |

| Bowling Green | 79 |
| | Wisconsin | 72 |
|  |
| | | Stanford | 80 |
| Stanford | 93 |

| Houston | 86 |

### Semifinals & finals[edit]

| Semifinals | | | Finals |

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|  |  |  | | |  |  |  |
| Oklahoma | 88 | |
| Colorado | 78 |
| | Oklahoma | 72 |
|  |
| | | Stanford | 78 |
| UMass | 71 |

| Stanford | 78 |
| Third place game |

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|  |  |  |
| Colorado | 98 |
| UMass | 91 |

## See also[edit]

* 1991 National Women's Invitational Tournament
* 1991 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
* 1991 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament
* 1991 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament
* 1991 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
* 1991 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament
* 1991 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament
* 1991 NAIA men's basketball tournament
* 1991 NAIA women's basketball tournament

## References[edit]

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

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