Annual NCAA basketball competition
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 [ edit ] Below is a list of the 32 teams selected for the tournament.[1]
Bracket [ edit ] Below are the four first round brackets, along with the four-team championship bracket.[1]
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Wake Forest 56 UNC Wilmington 52 Wake Forest 68 Vanderbilt 72 Vanderbilt 73 St. Bonaventure 61 Vanderbilt 65 Georgia 79 Georgia 100 Iowa 93 Georgia 61 NC State 55 NC State 59 Kansas State 39
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Penn State 82 Rider 68 Penn State 77 Dayton 74 Dayton 95 LIU 92 Penn State 77 Georgia Tech 70 Georgetown 71 Florida 69 Georgetown 79 Georgia Tech 80 Georgia Tech 88 Seton Hall 70
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Hawaii 90 Arizona State 73 Hawaii 78 Gonzaga 70 Gonzaga 69 Wyoming 55 Hawaii 83 Fresno State 85 Fresno State 73 Pacific 70 Fresno State 83 Memphis 80 Memphis 90 Ball State 67
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Marquette 80 Creighton 68 Marquette 75 Auburn 60 Auburn 77 Southern Miss 62 Marquette 71 Minnesota 73 Minnesota 77 Colorado State 65 Minnesota 79 UAB 66 UAB 93 Missouri 86
Semifinals & finals [ edit ] Semifinals Finals Georgia 60 Penn State 66 Penn State 72 Minnesota 79 Fresno State 89 Minnesota 91
Third place game Georgia 95 Fresno State 79
Minnesota later forfeited its entire 1997–98 schedule due to an academic fraud scandal .
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