The 1998

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was the 1997 edition of the annual

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competition. Minnesota's tournament victory was vacated as a result of numerous NCAA violations, including academic fraud, that took place under coach Clem Haskins. Kevin Clark 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

11/6/09

Bracket

Below are the four first round brackets, along with the four-team championship bracket.

Semifinals & finals

Minnesota later forfeited its entire 1997–98 schedule due to an academic fraud scandal.

References

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Selected teams

Bracket

Semifinals & finals

See also

References