The 1986
National Invitation Tournament
The National Invitational Tournament (NIT) is a men's college basketball tournament operated by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Played at regional sites and traditionally at Madison Square Garden (Final Four) in New York Cit ...
was the 1986 edition of the annual
NCAA
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college basketball
In United States colleges, top-tier basketball is governed by collegiate athletic bodies including National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), the United States Collegiate Athleti ...
competition.
Selected teams
Below is a list of the 32 teams selected for the tournament.
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Bracket
Below are the four first round brackets, along with the four-team championship bracket.
Semifinals & finals
See also
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1986 National Women's Invitational Tournament
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1986 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
The 1986 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 13, 1986, and ended with the champion ...
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1986 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament
The 1986 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament involved 32 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college basketball as a culmination of the 1985–86 NC ...
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1986 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament
The 1986 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament was the 12th annual single-elimination tournament
A single-elimination, knockout, or sudden death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match-up is imm ...
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1986 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
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1986 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament
The 1986 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament was the fifth annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division II women's collegiate basketball in the United States.
Defending champions Cal Poly Pom ...
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1986 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament
The 1986 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was the fifth annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division III women's collegiate basketball in the United States.
Salem State defeated Bishop in ...
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1986 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations.
Events January
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**Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles.
**Spain and Portugal enter ...
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1986 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament
References
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