| Season | 1989–90 | ||||
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| Teams | 32 | ||||
| Finals site | Madison Square Garden New York City | ||||
| Champions | Vanderbilt Commodores (1st title) | ||||
| Runner-up | Saint Louis Billikens (4th title game) | ||||
| Semifinalists |
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| Winning coach | Eddie Fogler (1st title) | ||||
| MVP | Scott Draud (Vanderbilt) | ||||
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The 1990 National Invitation Tournament was the 1990 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition. This tournament adopted the tenths-second game clock in the final minute of every period when played in NBA arenas, unlike whole seconds as in past years.
Below is a list of the 32 teams selected for the tournament. [1]
Below are the four first round brackets, along with the four-team championship bracket. [1]
| First Round | Second Round | Quarterfinals | ||||||||||||
| Maryland | 91 | |||||||||||||
| Massachusetts | 81 | |||||||||||||
| Maryland | 78 | |||||||||||||
| Penn State | 80 | |||||||||||||
| Penn State | 57 | |||||||||||||
| Marquette | 54 | |||||||||||||
| Penn State | 58 | |||||||||||||
| Rutgers | 55 | |||||||||||||
| Rutgers | 87 | |||||||||||||
| Holy Cross | 78 | |||||||||||||
| Rutgers | 81 | |||||||||||||
| Fordham | 74 | |||||||||||||
| Fordham | 106 | |||||||||||||
| Southern | 80 | |||||||||||||
| First Round | Second Round | Quarterfinals | ||||||||||||
| Mississippi State | 84 | |||||||||||||
| Baylor | 75 | |||||||||||||
| Mississippi State | 60 | |||||||||||||
| New Orleans | 65 | |||||||||||||
| New Orleans | 78 | |||||||||||||
| James Madison | 74 | |||||||||||||
| New Orleans | 85 | |||||||||||||
| Vanderbilt | 88 | |||||||||||||
| Vanderbilt | 98 | |||||||||||||
| Louisiana Tech | 90 | |||||||||||||
| Vanderbilt | 89 | |||||||||||||
| Tennessee | 85 | |||||||||||||
| Tennessee | 73 | |||||||||||||
| Memphis | 71 | |||||||||||||
| First Round | Second Round | Quarterfinals | ||||||||||||
| DePaul | 89 | |||||||||||||
| Creighton | 72 | |||||||||||||
| DePaul | 61 | |||||||||||||
| Cincinnati | 59 | |||||||||||||
| Cincinnati | 75 | |||||||||||||
| Bowling Green | 60 | |||||||||||||
| DePaul | 47 | |||||||||||||
| Saint Louis | 54 | |||||||||||||
| Saint Louis | 85 | |||||||||||||
| Kent State | 74 | |||||||||||||
| Saint Louis | '58 | |||||||||||||
| Wisconsin–Green Bay | 54 | |||||||||||||
| Wisconsin–Green Bay | 73 | |||||||||||||
| Southern Illinois | 60 | |||||||||||||
| First Round | Second Round | Quarterfinals | ||||||||||||
| Hawaii | 69 | |||||||||||||
| Stanford | 57 | |||||||||||||
| Hawaii | '84 | |||||||||||||
| Long Beach State | 79 | |||||||||||||
| Long Beach State | 86 | |||||||||||||
| Arizona State | 71 | |||||||||||||
| Hawaii | 58 | |||||||||||||
| New Mexico | 80 | |||||||||||||
| Oklahoma State | 83 | |||||||||||||
| Tulsa | 74 | |||||||||||||
| Oklahoma State | 88 | |||||||||||||
| New Mexico | 90 | |||||||||||||
| New Mexico | 89 | |||||||||||||
| Oregon | 78 | |||||||||||||
| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
| Penn State | 62 | ||||||||
| Vanderbilt | 75 | ||||||||
| Vanderbilt | 74 | ||||||||
| Saint Louis | 72 | ||||||||
| Saint Louis | '80 | ||||||||
| New Mexico | 73 | ||||||||
| Third place game | ||||
| Penn State | 83 | |||
| New Mexico | 81 | |||
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