The 1998 National Invitation Tournament was the 1997 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition. Minnesota's tournament victory was vacated as a result of numerous NCAA violations, including academic fraud, that took place under coach Clem Haskins. Kevin Clark also vacated his tournament Most Valuable Player award.
Selected teams Below is a list of the 32 teams selected for the tournament.Tournament Results (1990's) at nit.org, URL accessed November 7, 2009. Archived 11/6/09 SchoolConferenceRecordAppearanceLast bidPac-1018–136th1994AuburnSEC15–134th1996MAC21–73rd1992WAC20–85th1996Missouri Valley18–96th1990Atlantic 1020–1118th1986FloridaSEC14–147th1993WAC18–116th1997GeorgetownBig East15–146th1993SEC16–148th1995Georgia TechACC17–135th1994GonzagaWest Coast23–93rd1996WAC19–86th1997IowaBig Ten20–102nd1995Big 1217–114th1994NEC21–1010th1982MarquetteC-USA18–1012th1995C-USA16–1113th1997MinnesotaBig Ten15–158th1996Big 1217–145th1996ACC16–147th1997Big West23–91stNeverBig Ten15–127th1995MAAC18–91stNeverBig East15–1412th1995Southern MissC-USA22–107th1995Atlantic 1017–1413th1995UABC-USA20–117th1997Colonial20–101stNeverSEC18–127th1996ACC15–133rd1985WAC19–85th1991
Bracket Below are the four first round brackets, along with the four-team championship bracket.
Semifinals & finals
Minnesota later forfeited its entire 1997–98 schedule due to an academic fraud scandal.
See also 1998 Women's National Invitation Tournament 1998 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament 1998 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament 1998 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament 1998 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament 1998 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament 1998 NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament
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