1990 National Invitation Tournament
      
The 1990 National Invitation Tournament was the 1990 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition. This tournament adopted the tenths-second game clock in the final minute of every period when played in NBA arenas.
Selected teams
Below is a list of the 32 teams selected for the tournament.[1]
Brackets/Results
Below are the four first round brackets, along with the four-team championship bracket.[1]
 | First Round
 |  |  | Second Round
 |  |  | Quarterfinals
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 | Maryland
 | 91
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 | Massachusetts
 | 81
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 | Maryland
 | 78
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 | Penn State
 | 80
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 | Penn State
 | 57
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 | Marquette
 | 54
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 | Penn State
 | 58
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 | Rutgers
 | 55
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 | Rutgers
 | 87
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 | Holy Cross
 | 78
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 | Rutgers
 | 81
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 | Fordham
 | 74
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 | Fordham
 | 106
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 | Southern
 | 80
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 | First Round
 |  |  | Second Round
 |  |  | Quarterfinals
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 | Mississippi State
 | 84
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 | Baylor
 | 75
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 | Mississippi State
 | 60
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 | New Orleans
 | 65
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 | New Orleans
 | 78
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 | James Madison
 | 74
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 | New Orleans
 | 85
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 | Vanderbilt
 | 88
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 | Vanderbilt
 | 98
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 | Louisiana Tech
 | 90
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 | Vanderbilt
 | 89
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 | Tennessee
 | 85
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 | Tennessee
 | 73
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 | Memphis
 | 71
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 | First Round
 |  |  | Second Round
 |  |  | Quarterfinals
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 | DePaul
 | 89
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 | Creighton
 | 72
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 | DePaul
 | 61
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 | Cincinnati
 | 59
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 | Cincinnati
 | 75
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 | Bowling Green
 | 60
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 | DePaul
 | 47
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 | Saint Louis
 | 54
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 | Saint Louis
 | 85
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 | Kent State
 | 74
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 | Saint Louis
 | 58
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 | Wisconsin–Green Bay
 | 54
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 | Wisc.–Green Bay
 | 73
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 | Southern Illinois
 | 60
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 | First Round
 |  |  | Second Round
 |  |  | Quarterfinals
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 | Hawaii
 | 69
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 | Stanford
 | 57
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 | Hawaii
 | 84
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 | Long Beach State
 | 79
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 | Long Beach State
 | 86
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 | Arizona State
 | 71
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 | Hawaii
 | 58
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 | New Mexico
 | 80
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 | Oklahoma State
 | 83
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 | Tulsa
 | 74
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 | Oklahoma State
 | 88
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 | New Mexico
 | 90
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 | New Mexico
 | 89
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 | Oregon
 | 78
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Semifinals & Finals
 | Semifinals
 |  |  | Finals
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 | Penn State
 | 62
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 | Vanderbilt
 | 75
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 | Vanderbilt
 | 74
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 | Saint Louis
 | 72
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 | Saint Louis
 | 80
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 | New Mexico
 | 73
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- Third Place - Penn State 83, New Mexico 81
 
References
- 1 2  Tournament Results (1990's) at nit.org, URL accessed 2009-11-07. Archived 11/6/09