1991 National Invitation Tournament
Season1990–91
Teams32
Finals siteMadison Square Garden
New York City
ChampionsStanford Cardinal (1st title)
Runner-upOklahoma Sooners (1st title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coachMike Montgomery (1st title)
MVPAdam 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

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

Team Conference Overall record Appearance Last bid
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

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
Providence 85
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
         
Colorado 71
Michigan 64
Colorado 83
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
         
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
         
Southern Illinois 75
Boise State 74
Southern Illinois 72
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

Semifinals Finals
      
Oklahoma 88
Colorado 78
Oklahoma 72
Stanford 78
UMass 71
Stanford 78
Third place game
   
Colorado 98
UMass 91

See also

References

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