History

NIT Season Tip-Off / Preseason NIT Results 1985-2005 (home team in caps)

1985 First Round St. John's 66, Navy 58* West Virginia 75, Auburn 58* Louisville 81, Miami (Ohio) 65+ Tulsa 63, Dayton 60+ UAB 71, Texas A&M 68^ Duke 66, Lamar 62^ Washington 82, UTEP 53# Kansas 67, Pepperdine 61# Second Round St. John's 65, West Virginia 58* Louisville 80, Tulsa 74+ Duke 66, UAB 54^ Kansas 69, Washington 64# Semifinals Duke 71, St. John's 70 Kansas 83, Louisville 78 Finals Duke 92, Kansas 86 St. John's 86, Louisville 79 (consolation) * Hartford (Conn.) Civic Center + Riverfront Coliseum (Cincinnati, Ohio) ^ The Summit (Houston, Texas) # McNichols Arena (Denver, Colo.)

1986 First Round MICHIGAN 115, Bradley 107 Western Kentucky 80, NOTRE DAME 63 VILLANOVA 71, Howard 61 Temple 79, VIRGINIA 75 OKLAHOMA 119, Brigham Young 110 UNLV 92, Arizona 87 Texas Christian 83, LSU 74 MEMPHIS 70, Cleveland State 66 Second Round Temple 80, VILLANOVA 73 WESTERN KENTUCKY 96, Texas Christian 90 UNLV 90, Oklahoma 81 MEMPHIS 82, Michigan 76 Semifinals UNLV 78, Temple 76 Western Kentucky 68, Memphis 67 Finals UNLV 96, Western Kentucky 95 (2ot) Temple 67, Memphis 59 (consolation)

1987 First Round Seton Hall 85, GEORGE MASON 63 GEORGIA TECH 114, Alcorn State 71 PURDUE 102, Arkansas-Little Rock 88 IOWA STATE 100, Texas 83 NEW MEXICO 88, Weber State 72 UCLA 99, Oral Roberts 79 FLORIDA 82, Jacksonville 52 MIDDLE TENNESSEE 88, Virginia Tech 85 Second Round FLORIDA 80, Georgia Tech 69 NEW MEXICO 77, UCLA 66 Seton Hall 93, MIDDLE TENNESSEE 61 Iowa State 104, PURDUE 96 Semifinals Seton Hall 88, New Mexico 67 Florida 96, Iowa State 89 Finals Florida 70, Seton Hall 68 Iowa State 107, New Mexico 96 (consolation)

1988 First Round NORTH CAROLINA 111, Tennessee-Chattanooga 84 INDIANA 83, Illinois State 48 GEORGIA 76, Arkansas State 61 XAVIER 85, Louisville 83 MISSOURI 73, Southwest Missouri State 54 SYRACUSE 92, La Salle 76 Stanford 79, MONTANA 63 WYOMING 70, SMU 65 Second Round NORTH CAROLINA 99, Georgia 91 SYRACUSE 107, Wyoming 81 MISSOURI 83, Xavier 71 INDIANA 84, Stanford 73 Semifinals Missouri 91, North Carolina 81 Syracuse 102, Indiana 78 Finals Syracuse 86, Missouri 84 (ot) North Carolina 106, Indiana 92 (consolation)

1989 First Round NORTH CAROLINA STATE 57, Richmond 48 DePAUL 71, Ohio State 53 UNLV 102, Loyola Marymount 91 CALIFORNIA 70, Air Force 49 KANSAS 109, UAB 83 LSU 91, Southern Mississippi 80 ST. JOHN'S 64, North Carolina A&T 57 Houston 67, WICHITA STATE 66 Second Round Kansas 89, LSU 83 DePAUL 70, North Carolina State 63 UNLV 101, California 81 ST. JOHN'S 76, Houston 69 Semifinals St. John's 53, DePaul 52 Kansas 91, UNLV 77 Finals Kansas 66, St. John's 57 UNLV 88, DePaul 53 (consolation)

1990 First Round BOSTON COLLEGE 82, Memphis 78 DUKE 87, Marquette 74 OKLAHOMA 95, New Orleans 65 ARKANSAS 107, Vanderbilt 70 East Tennessee State 83, BYU 80 ARIZONA 122, Austin Peay 80 NOTRE DAME 56, Fordham 46 IOWA 73, Temple 71 Second Round DUKE 100, Boston College 76 ARKANSAS 110, Oklahoma 88 ARIZONA 88, East Tennessee State 79 NOTRE DAME 77, Iowa 68 Semifinals Arkansas 98, Duke 88 Arizona 91, Notre Dame 61 Finals Arizona 89, Arkansas 77 Duke 85, Notre Dame 77 (consolation)

1991 First Round PRINCETON 58, Monmouth 47 TEXAS 104, Washington 83 Colorado State 80, BOISE STATE 67 GEORGIA TECH 93, James Madison 69 KENTUCKY 106, West Virginia 80 PITTSBURGH 72, Manhattan 61 Oklahoma State 86, EVANSVILLE 57 PURDUE 56, Ball State 48 Second Round GEORGIA TECH 84, Colorado State 67 TEXAS 53, Princeton 46 Pittsburgh 85, KENTUCKY 67 OKLAHOMA STATE 67, Purdue 48 Semifinals Georgia Tech 120, Texas 107 Oklahoma State 74, Pittsburgh 63 Finals Oklahoma State 78, Georgia Tech 71 Pittsburgh 91, Texas 87 (consolation)

1992 First Round INDIANA 102, Murray State 80 TULANE 70, Wagner 54 FLORIDA STATE 89, Siena 80 IOWA STATE 84, Indiana State 69 UCLA 68, Saint Louis 54 UTEP 90, George Mason 71 Tennessee 87, RUTGERS 79 SETON HALL 75, Delaware 54 Second Round INDIANA 102, Tulane 92 FLORIDA STATE 109, Iowa State 86 UCLA 73, UTEP 72 SETON HALL 72, Tennessee 64 Semifinals Indiana 81, Florida State 78 (ot) Seton Hall 73, UCLA 64 Finals Indiana 78, Seton Hall 74 UCLA 86, Florida State 83 (consolation)

1993 First Round NORTH CAROLINA 101, Western Kentucky 87 CINCINNATI 90, Butler 72 KANSAS 69, Western Michigan 50 CALIFORNIA 81, Santa Clara 74 UMASS 68, Cleveland State 60 GEORGIA 89, Alabama State 67 Towson State 66, ST. JOHN'S 65 MINNESOTA 70, Rice 61 Second Round KANSAS 73, California 56 NORTH CAROLINA 90, Cincinnati 63 UMASS 82, Towson State 55 MINNESOTA 91, Georgia 71 Semifinals Kansas 75, Minnesota 71 UMass 91, North Carolina 86 (ot) Finals Kansas 86, UMass 75 North Carolina 90, Minnesota 76 (consolation)

1994 First Round George Washington 111, SYRACUSE 104 (ot) Canisius 81, PENNSYLVANIA 78 Ohio 78, OHIO STATE 67 VIRGINIA 83, Old Dominion 80 ALABAMA 83, Kansas State 48 New Mexico State 97, USC 84 San Francisco 80, NEW MEXICO 74 MEMPHIS 70, Southwestern Louisiana 66 Second Round GEORGE WASHINGTON 62, Canisius 59 Ohio 94, VIRGINIA 83 NEW MEXICO STATE 86, Alabama 69 MEMPHIS 94, San Francisco 82 Semifinals New Mexico State 81, Memphis 78 Ohio 82, George Washington 76 Finals Ohio 84, New Mexico State 80 (ot) George Washington 69, Memphis 60 (consolation)

1995 First Round GEORGIA TECH 87, Manhattan 67 OKLAHOMA 99, Jackson State 68 MICHIGAN 73, DePaul 65 Weber State 102, FRESNO STATE 86 ARKANSAS 75, Northeast Louisiana 67 ARIZONA 91, Long Beach State 57 GEORGETOWN 106, Colgate 57 TEMPLE 65, Rider 62 Second Round GEORGIA TECH 83, Oklahoma 72 Arizona 83, ARKANSAS 73 MICHIGAN 80, Weber State 62 GEORGETOWN 74, Temple 49 Semifinals Arizona 86, Michigan 79 Georgetown 94, Georgia Tech 72 Finals Arizona 91, Georgetown 81 Georgia Tech 77, Michigan 61 (consolation)

1996 First Round EVANSVILLE 65, Drexel 61 Iona 79, SETON HALL 66 SAINT LOUIS 63, Arkansas-Little Rock 57 INDIANA 59, Princeton 49 DUKE 89, St. Joseph's (Pa.) 69 VANDERBILT 74, Valparaiso 66 OKLAHOMA STATE 71, Saint Mary's (Calif.) 70 Tulsa 77, UCLA 76 (ot) Second Round EVANSVILLE 44, Iona 41 INDIANA 70, Saint Louis 54 DUKE 86, Vanderbilt 57 TULSA 72, Oklahoma State 54 Semifinals Duke 72, Tulsa 67 Indiana 74, Evansville 73 Finals Indiana 85, Duke 69 Tulsa 55, Evansville 51 (consolation)

1997 First Round CONNECTICUT 68, Boston University 54 RHODE ISLAND 78, UNC-Wilmington 69 FLORIDA STATE 89, Loyola (Md.) 72 Utah State 75, MINNESOTA 64 KANSAS 75, Western Kentucky 62 CINCINNATI 76, Detroit 66 ARIZONA STATE 107, Wagner 88 Second Round CONNECTICUT 80, Rhode Island 67 FLORIDA STATE 66, Utah State 55 KANSAS 92, UNLV 68 Arizona State 87, CINCINNATI 79 Semifinals Florida State 67, Connecticut 60 Kansas 90, Arizona State 88 (ot) Finals Kansas 73, Florida State 58 Connecticut 82, Arizona State 61 (consolation)

1998 First Round GEORGIA 84, Charleston 63 NORTH CAROLINA 65, Florida International 44 PURDUE 77, Illinois-Chicago 61 Gonzaga 88, MEMPHIS 73 ST. JOHN'S 105, North Carolina-Asheville 50 UMASS 87, Niagara 73 STANFORD 86, Southern Methodist 51 Southwest Missouri State 72, MISSOURI 69 Second Round NORTH CAROLINA 65, Georgia 58 PURDUE 83, Gonzaga 68 ST. JOHN'S 73, UMass 69 STANFORD 76, Southwest Missouri State 51 Semifinals North Carolina 54, Purdue 47 Stanford 55, St. John's 53 Finals North Carolina 57, Stanford 49 Purdue 70, St. John's 69 (consolation)

1999 First Round ARIZONA 88, Kansas State 69 NEW MEXICO STATE 69, Hofstra 55 Notre Dame 59, OHIO STATE 57 SIENA 89, Davidson 79 UTAH 76, Arkansas State 43 KENTUCKY 67, Pennsylvania 50 MARYLAND 71, San Francisco 61 TULANE 80, Fordham 69 Second Round NOTRE DAME 107, Siena 96 ARIZONA 84, New Mexico State 60 KENTUCKY 56, Utah 48 MARYLAND 78, Tulane 70 Semifinals Arizona 76, Notre Dame 60 Kentucky 61, Maryland 58 Finals Arizona 63, Kentucky 51 Maryland 72, Notre Dame 67 (consolation)

2000 First Round CALIFORNIA 83, Mississippi State 76 (ot) NEW MEXICO 79, George Mason 68 TEMPLE 56, Delaware 49 TEXAS 79, Navy 65 DUKE 87, Princeton 50 INDIANA 80, Pepperdine 68 South Alabama 67, MARQUETTE 54 VILLANOVA 101, Fairfield 85 Second Round TEMPLE 61, New Mexico 49 TEXAS 57, California 54 DUKE 98, Villanova 85 INDIANA 70, South Alabama 62 Semifinals Temple 69, Indiana 61 Duke 95, Texas 69 Finals Duke 63, Temple 60 Texas 70, Indiana 58 (consolation)

2001 First Round ARKANSAS 64, Maine 47 WAKE FOREST 79, UNC-Wilmington 78 USC 68, Wyoming 55 FRESNO STATE 92, Montana State 70 SYRACUSE 78, Manhattan 58 DePAUL 70, Fordham 61 OKLAHOMA 66, Central Connecticut 44 MICHIGAN STATE 80, Detroit 70 Second Round Wake Forest 76, ARKANSAS 71 FRESNO STATE 68, USC 58 SYRACUSE 74, DePaul 60 MICHIGAN STATE 67, Oklahoma 55 Semifinals Wake Forest 62, Fresno State 61 Syracuse 69, Michigan State 58 Finals Syracuse 74, Wake Forest 67 Fresno State 63, Michigan State 58 (consolation)

2002 First Round Eastern Illinois 73, BOISE STATE 59 NORTH CAROLINA 85, Penn State 55 RUTGERS 60, Columbia 36 XAVIER 87, Saint Peter's 48 STANFORD 61, Boston University 57 FLORIDA 76, Louisiana Tech 55 KANSAS 81, Holy Cross 57 UNC-GREENSBORO 84, Wagner 65 Second Round NORTH CAROLINA 71, Rutgers 67 STANFORD 63, Xavier 62 FLORIDA 99, Eastern Illinois 65 KANSAS 105, UNC-Greensboro 66 Semifinals Stanford 69, Florida 65 North Carolina 67, Kansas 56 Finals North Carolina 74, Stanford 57 Florida 83, Kansas 73 (consolation)

2003 First Round CONNECTICUT 70, Yale 60 MINNESOTA 78, Missouri-Kansas City 67 UTAH 46, Georgia State 38 NEVADA 69, Vermont 49 GEORGIA TECH 79, Louisiana-Lafayette 45 Hofstra 79, MARIST 74 MASSACHUSETTS 80, St. Francis (N.Y.) 58 TEXAS TECH 89, Davidson 58 Second Round CONNECTICUT 93, Nevada 79 UTAH 66, Minnesota 54 GEORGIA TECH 75, Hofstra 56 TEXAS TECH 90, Massachusetts 50 Semifinals Texas Tech 65, Utah 54 Georgia Tech 77, Connecticut 61 Finals Georgia Tech 85, Texas Tech 65 Connecticut 76, Utah 44 (consolation)

2004 First Round WAKE FOREST 97, George Washington 76 VCU 82, American 76 (ot) PROVIDENCE 83, Niagara 78 PENN 74, Quinnipiac 60 ARIZONA 80, San Diego 69 Wright State 72, TULSA 66 (ot) MICHIGAN 59, Binghamton 46 COLORADO 72, Charleston 57 Second Round WAKE FOREST 81, Vcu 67 PROVIDENCE 89, Penn 52 ARIZONA 83, Wright State 66 MICHIGAN 69, Colorado 60 Semifinals Wake Forest 79, Providence 67 Arizona 61, Michigan 60 (ot) Finals Wake Forest 63, Arizona 60 Providence 72, Michigan 63 (consolation)

2005 First Round DUKE 64, Boston University 47 SETON HALL 66 Manhattan 52 Sam Houston State 80, MISSOURI 77 Drexel 54, PRINCETON 41 ALABAMA 64, Miami Ohio 58 MEMPHIS 79, Wisconsin Milwaukee 52 TEMPLE 69, Army 37 UCLA 83, New Mexico State 70 Second Round DUKE 93, Seton Hall 40 DREXEL 72, Sam Houston State 61 Memphis 87, ALABAMA 76 UCLA 54, Temple 47 Semifinals Duke 78, Drexel 68 Memphis 88, Ucla 80 Finals Duke 70, Memphis 67 Ucla 57, Drexel 56 (consolation)