The 1996
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 City ...
was the 1996 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 (1990s)](_blank)
at nit.org, URL accessed November 7, 2009
11/6/09
Bracket
Below are the four first round brackets, along with the four-team championship bracket.
Semifinals & finals
See also
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1996 National Women's Invitational Tournament
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1996 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
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1996 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament
The 1996 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament was the 40th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college basketball in the United States.
The tournament, which featured forty-e ...
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1996 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament
The 1996 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament was the 22nd annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champions of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) men's Division III collegiate basketball in the Unite ...
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1996 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
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1996 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament
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1996 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament
The 1996 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was the 15th annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division III women's collegiate basketball in the United States.
Wisconsin–Oshkosh defeated Mou ...
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1996 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament
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1996 NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament
The 1996 NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament was the tournament held by the NAIA to determine the national champion of men's college basketball among its Division II members in the United States and Canada for the 1995–96 basketball ...
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1996 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament
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1996 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament
References
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