1997 National Invitation Tournament
The 1997 National Invitation Tournament was the 1997 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition. Michigan's tournament victory was later vacated due to players Robert Traylor and Louis Bullock being ruled ineligible by the NCAA. Traylor also vacated his tournament Most Valuable Player award.
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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| Michigan State
| 65
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| George Washington
| 50
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| Michigan State
| 63
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| Florida State
| 68
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| Florida State
| 82
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| Syracuse
| 67
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| Florida State
| 76
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| West Virginia
| 71
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| West Virginia
| 98
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| Bowling Green
| 95
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| West Virginia
| 76
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| N.C. State
| 73
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| N.C. State
| 77
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| SW Missouri State
| 66
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| First Round
| | | Second Round
| | | Quarterfinals
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| Nevada
| 97
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| Fresno State
| 86
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| Nevada
| 68
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| Nebraska
| 78
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| Nebraska
| 67
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| Washington
| 63
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| Nebraska
| 67
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| Connecticut
| 76
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| Bradley
| 66
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| Drexel
| 53
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| Bradley
| 47
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| Connecticut
| 63
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| Connecticut
| 71
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| Iona
| 66
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| First Round
| | | Second Round
| | | Quarterfinals
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| Michigan
| 76
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| Miami (FL)
| 63
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| Michigan
| 75
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| Oklahoma State
| 65
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| Oklahoma State
| 79
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| Tulane
| 72
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| Michigan
| 67
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| Notre Dame
| 66
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| Notre Dame
| 74
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| Oral Roberts
| 58
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| Notre Dame
| 82
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| TCU
| 72
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| TCU
| 85
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| UAB
| 62
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| First Round
| | | Second Round
| | | Quarterfinals
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| UNLV
| 66
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| Memphis
| 62
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| UNLV
| 89
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| Hawaii
| 80
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| Hawaii
| 71
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| Oregon
| 61
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| UNLV
| 73
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| Arkansas
| 86
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| Arkansas
| 101
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| Northern Arizona
| 75
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| Arkansas
| 76
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| Pittsburgh
| 71
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| Pittsburgh
| 82
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| New Orleans
| 63
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Semifinals & Finals
| Semifinals
| | | Finals
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| Florida State
| 71
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| Connecticut
| 65
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| Florida State
| 73
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| Michigan
| 82
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| Michigan
| 77
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| Arkansas
| 62
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- Third Place - Connecticut 74, Arkansas 64
Michigan later forfeited its entire 1996-97 schedule after Robert Traylor, Maurice Taylor and Louis Bullock were found to have taken money from a Michigan booster.
References
- 1 2 Tournament Results (1990's) at nit.org, URL accessed November 7, 2009. Archived 11/6/09