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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.

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

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Bracket

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.

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References

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Selected teams

Bracket

Semifinals & finals

See also

References