Teams 32 | ||
Finals site Madison Square Garden
New York City Champions Michigan (Vacated) (2nd title) Runner-up Florida State (1st title game) Semifinalists Connecticut (2nd semifinal)
Arkansas (1st semifinal) Winning coach Steve Fisher (1st title) | ||
The 1997 National Invitation Tournament was the 1997 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition. Michigan's tournament victory was later vacated due to players Robert Traylor and Louis Bullock being ruled ineligible by the NCAA. Traylor also vacated his tournament Most Valuable Player award.
Contents
Selected teams
Below is a list of the 32 teams selected for the tournament.
Brackets/Results
Below are the four first round brackets, along with the four-team championship bracket.
Semifinals & Finals
Michigan later forfeited its entire 1996-97 schedule after Robert Traylor, Maurice Taylor and Louis Bullock were found to have taken money from a Michigan booster.
References
1997 National Invitation Tournament Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA