NIT Finalists and How They Fared in the Postseason

1985 Finalists *Duke Lost to Louisville, 1986 NCAA Championship game 72-69 St. John's Lost to Auburn, Second Round, 1986 NCAA 81-65 Kansas Lost to Duke, 1986 NCAA Final Four 71-67 Louisville 1986 NCAA National Champions, defeated Duke 72-69

1986 Finalists *UNLV Lost to Indiana, 1987 NCAA Final Four 97-93 Temple Lost to LSU, Second Round, 1987 NCAA 72-62 Western Kentucky Lost to Syracuse, Second Round, 1987 NCAA 104-86 Memphis Failed to qualify for postseason play

1987 Finalists Seton Hall Lost to Arizona, Second Round, 1988 NCAA 84-55 New Mexico Failed to qualify for postseason play *Florida Failed to qualify for postseason play Iowa State Lost to Georgia Tech, First Round, 1988 NCAA 90-78

1988 Finalists *Syracuse Lost to Illinois, Elite Eight, 1989 NCAA 89-86 Missouri Lost to Syracuse, Sweet 16, 1989 NCAA 83-80 North Carolina Lost to Michigan, Sweet 16, 1989 NCAA 97-92 Indiana Failed to qualify for postseason play

1989 Finalists *Kansas Lost to UCLA, Second Round, 1990 NCAA 71-70 St. John's Lost to Duke, Second Round, 1990 NCAA 76-72 UNLV 1990 NCAA National Champions, defeated Duke 103-73 DePaul Lost to Saint Louis, Third Round, 1990 NIT 54-47

1990 Finalists Arkansas Lost to Kansas, Elite Eight, 1991 NCAA 93-81 *Arizona Lost to Seton Hall, Elite Eight, 1991 NCAA 81-77 Duke 1991 NCAA National Champions, defeated UNLV 79-77 Notre Dame Failed to qualify for postseason play

1991 Finalists Georgia Tech Lost to Memphis, Sweet 16, 1992 NCAA 83-79 (ot) Texas Lost to Iowa, First Round, 1992 NCAA 98-92 *Oklahoma State Lost to Michigan, Sweet 16, 1992 NCAA 75-72 Pittsburgh Lost to Florida, Second Round, 1992 NIT 77-74

1992 Finalists *Indiana Lost to Kansas, Elite Eight, 1993 NCAA 83-77 Florida State Lost to Kentucky, Elite Eight, 1993 NCAA 106-81 Seton Hall Lost to Western Kentucky, Sweet 16, 1993 NCAA 82-68 UCLA Lost to Michigan, Sweet 16, 1993 NCAA 86-84 (ot)

1993 Finalists *Kansas Lost to Purdue, Sweet 16, 1994 NCAA 83-78 Minnesota Lost to Louisville, Second Round, 1994 NCAA 70-65 UMass Lost to Maryland, Second Round, 1994 NCAA 95-87 North Carolina Lost to Boston College, Second Round, 1994 NCAA 76-68

1994 Finalists New Mexico State Lost to Virginia Tech, Third Round, 1995 NIT 64-61 Memphis Lost to Arkansas, Sweet 16, 1995 NCAA 96-91 (ot) *Ohio Lost to Iowa, Second Round, 1995 NIT 66-62 George Washington Lost to Ohio, First Round, 1995 NIT 83-71

1995 Finalists Georgia Tech Lost to Cincinnati, Sweet 16, 1996 NCAA 87-70 Georgetown Lost to UMass, Elite Eight, 1996 NCAA 86-62 Michigan Lost to Texas, First Round, 1996 NCAA 80-76 *Arizona Lost to Kansas, Elite Eight, 1996 NCAA 89-80

1996 Finalists *Indiana Lost to Colorado, First Round, 1997 NCAA 86-62 Duke Lost to Providence, Second Round, 1997 NCAA 98-87 Tulsa Lost to Clemson, Second Round, 1997 NCAA 68-59 Evansville Failed to qualify for postseason play

1997 Finalists *Kansas Lost to Rhode Island, Second Round, 1998 NCAA 86-75 Florida State Lost to Valparaiso, Second Round, 1998 NCAA 93-77 (ot) UConn Lost to North Carolina, Elite Eight, 1998 NCAA 75-64 Arizona State Lost to Hawaii, First Round, 1998 NIT 90-73

1998 Finalists *North Carolina Lost to Weber State, First Round, 1999 NCAA 76-74 Stanford Lost to Gonzaga, Second Round, 1999 NCAA 82-74 Purdue Lost to Temple, Sweet 16, 1999 NCAA 77-55 St. John's Lost to Ohio State, Elite Eight, 1999 NCAA 74-73

1999 Finalists *Arizona Lost to Wisconsin, Second Round, 2000 NCAA 66-59 Kentucky Lost to Syracuse, Second Round, 2000 NCAA 52-50 Maryland Lost to UCLA, Second Round, 2000 NCAA 105-70 Notre Dame Lost to Wake Forest, 2000 NIT Championship game 71-61

2000 Finalists *Duke 2001 NCAA National Champions, defeated Arizona 82-72 Temple Lost to Michigan State, Elite Eight, 2001 NCAA 69-62 Texas Lost to Temple, First Round, 2001 NCAA 79-65 Indiana Lost to Kent State, First Round, 2001 NCAA 77-73

2001 Finalists *Syracuse Lost to Temple, 2002 NIT Consolation Game 65-64 Wake Forest Lost to Oregon, Second Round, 2002 NCAA 92-87 Fresno State Lost to Temple, First Round, 2002 NIT 81-75 Michigan State Lost to North Carolina State, First Round, 2002 NCAA 69-58

2002 Finalists *North Carolina Lost to Georgetown, Third Round, 2003 NIT 79-74 Stanford Lost to UConn, Second Round, 2002 NCAA 85-74 Florida Lost to Michigan State, Second Round, 2002 NCAA 68-46 Kansas Lost to Syracuse, 2002 NCAA Championship Game 81-78

2003 Finalists *Georgia Tech Lost to Connecticut, 2004 NCAA Championship Game 82-73 Texas Tech Lost to Saint Joseph's, Second Round, 2004 NCAA 70-65 Connecticut 2004 National Champions, defeated Georgia Tech 82-73 Utah Lost to Boston College, First Round, 2004 NCAA 58-51

2004 Finalists *Wake Forest Lost to West Virginia, Second Round, 2005 NCAA 111-105 (ot) Arizona Lost to Illinois, Elite Eight, 2005 NCAA 90-89 (ot) Providence Failed to qualify for post season play Michigan Failed to qualify for post season play

2005 Finalists *Duke Lost to LSU, Sweet Sixteen, 2006 NCAA 62-54 Memphis Lost to UCLA, Elite Eight, 2006 NCAA 50-45 UCLA Lost to Florida, 2006 NCAA Championship Game 73-57 Drexel Failed to qualify for postseason play

2006 Finalists *Butler Lost to Florida, Sweet 16, 2007 NCAA 65-57 Gonzaga Lost to Indiana, First Round, 2007 NCAA 70-57 North Carolina Lost to Georgetown, Elite Eight, 2007 NCAA 96-84 (ot) Tennessee Lost to Ohio State, Sweet 16, 2007 NCAA 85-84

2007 Finalists *Texas A&M Lost to UCLA, Second Round, 2008 NCAA 51-49 Ohio State 2008 NIT Champions, defeated Massachusetts 92-85 Syracuse Lost to Massachusetts, Quarterfinals, 2008 NIT 81-77 Washington Lost to Valparaiso, First Round, 2008 CBI 72-71

2008 Finalists *Oklahoma Lost to North Carolina, Elite Eight, 2009 NCAA 72-60 Purdue Lost to Connecticut, Sweet 16, 2009 NCAA 72-60 Boston College Lost to Southern California, First Round, 2009 NCAA 72-55 UAB Lost to Notre Dame. First Round, 2009 NIT 70-64

* NIT Season Tip-Off / Preseason NIT Champion