The 1988
National Invitation Tournament
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was the 1988 edition of the annual
NCAA
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college basketball
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competition.
Selected teams
Below is a list of the 32 teams selected for the tournament.
[Tournament Results (1980's)](_blank)
at nit.org, URL accessed November 7, 2009
11/7/09
Bracket
Below are the four first round brackets, along with the four-team championship bracket.
Semifinals & finals
See also
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1988 National Women's Invitational Tournament
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1988 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
The 1988 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. The 50th annual edition of the tournament began on March ...
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1988 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament
The 1988 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 1987–88 NCA ...
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1988 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament
The 1988 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament was the 14th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champions of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) men's Division III collegiate basketball in the Unit ...
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1988 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
The 1988 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament began on March 16 and ended on April 3. The tournament featured 40 teams. The Final Four consisted of Long Beach State, Auburn, Tennessee, and Louisiana Tech. Louisiana Tech won its second tit ...
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1988 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament
The 1988 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament was the seventh annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division II women's collegiate basketball in the United States.
Hampton defeated West Texas Sta ...
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1988 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament
The 1988 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was the seventh annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division III women's collegiate basketball in the United States.
Concordia Moorhead defeated S ...
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1988 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament
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1988 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament
References
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