1990 National Invitation Tournament
Teams 32
Champions Vanderbilt Commodores (1st title)Runner-up Saint Louis Billikens (4th title game)Semifinalists Penn State Nittany Lions (1st semifinal)New Mexico Lobos (2nd semifinal)Winning coach Eddie Fogler (1st title)MVP Scott Draud (Vanderbilt)
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National Invitation Tournaments
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, unlike whole seconds as in past years.
Selected teams Below is a list of the 32 teams selected for the tournament.
Bracket Below are the four first round brackets, along with the four-team championship bracket.
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Maryland 91 Massachusetts 81 Maryland 78 Penn State 80 Penn State 57 Marquette 54 Penn State 58 Rutgers 55 Rutgers 87 Holy Cross 78 Rutgers 81 Fordham 74 Fordham 106 Southern 80
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Mississippi State 84 Baylor 75 Mississippi State 60 New Orleans 65 New Orleans 78 James Madison 74 New Orleans 85 Vanderbilt 88 Vanderbilt 98 Louisiana Tech 90 Vanderbilt 89 Tennessee 85 Tennessee 73 Memphis 71
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals DePaul 89 Creighton 72 DePaul 61 Cincinnati 59 Cincinnati 75 Bowling Green 60 DePaul 47 Saint Louis 54 Saint Louis 85 Kent State 74 Saint Louis '58 Wisconsin–Green Bay 54 Wisconsin–Green Bay 73 Southern Illinois 60
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Hawaii 69 Stanford 57 Hawaii '84 Long Beach State 79 Long Beach State 86 Arizona State 71 Hawaii 58 New Mexico 80 Oklahoma State 83 Tulsa 74 Oklahoma State 88 New Mexico 90 New Mexico 89 Oregon 78
Semifinals & finals Semifinals Finals Penn State 62 Vanderbilt 75 Vanderbilt 74 Saint Louis 72 Saint Louis 80 New Mexico 73
Third place game Penn State 83 New Mexico 81
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