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Past NIT champions
| Year |
Champion |
Runner-up |
MVP |
| 2001 |
Tulsa |
Alabama |
Marcus Hill, Tulsa |
| 2000 |
Wake Forest |
Notre Dame |
Robert O'Kelley, Wake |
| 1999 |
California |
Clemson |
Sean Lampley, Cal |
| 1998 |
Minnesota |
Penn State |
Kevin Clark, Minn. |
| 1997 |
Michigan |
Florida State |
Robert Traylor, Mich. |
| 1996 |
Nebraska |
St. Joseph's
|
Erick Strickland, Nebraska |
| 1995 |
Virginia Tech |
Marquette
|
Shawn Smith, Va. Tech |
| 1994 |
Villanova |
Vanderbilt
|
Doremus Bennerman, Siena |
| 1993 |
Minnesota |
Georgetown
|
Voshon Lenard, Minn. |
| 1992 |
Virginia |
Notre Dame
|
Bryant Stith, Virginia |
| 1991 |
Stanford |
Oklahoma |
Adam Keefe, Stanford |
| 1990 |
Vanderbilt |
St. Louis
|
Scott Draud, Vanderbilt |
| 1989 |
St. John's |
St. Louis
|
Jayson Williams,
St. John's |
| 1988 |
Connecticut |
Ohio State
|
Phil Gamble, Connecticut |
| 1987 |
Southern Miss. |
La Salle |
Randolph Keys,
Southern Miss. |
| 1986 |
Ohio State |
Wyoming |
Brad Sellers, Ohio State |
| 1985 |
UCLA |
Indiana |
Reggie Miller, UCLA |
| 1984 |
Michigan |
Notre Dame
|
Tim McCormick, Mich. |
| 1983 |
Fresno State |
DePaul
|
Ron Anderson, Fresno St. |
| 1982 |
Bradley |
Purdue |
Mitchell Anderson, Bradley |
| 1981 |
Tulsa |
Syracuse |
Greg Stewart, Tulsa |
| 1980 |
Virginia |
Minnesota |
Ralph Sampson, Virginia |
| 1979 |
Indiana |
Purdue |
Butch Carter and Ray Tolbert, Indiana |
| 1978 |
Texas |
N.C. State |
Jim Krivacs and Ron Baxter, Texas |
| 1977 |
St. Bonaventure |
Houston
|
Greg Sanders, St. Bonaventure |
| 1976 |
Kentucky |
UNC Charlotte
|
Cedric Maxwell,
UNC Charlotte |
| 1975 |
Princeton |
Providence
|
Ron Lee, Oregon |
| 1974 |
Purdue |
Utah | Mike Sojourner, Utah
|
| 1973 |
Virginia Tech |
Notre Dame
|
John Shumate, ND |
| 1972 |
Maryland |
Niagara |
Tom McMillen, Maryland |
| 1971 |
North Carolina |
Georgia Tech
|
Bill Chamberlain, UNC |
| 1970 |
Marquette |
St. John's
|
Dean Meminger, Marquette |
| 1969 |
Temple |
Boston College
|
Terry Driscoll, BC |
| 1968 |
Dayton |
Kansas | Don May, Dayton
|
| 1967 |
Southern Illinois |
Marquette
|
Walt Frazier, So. Illinois |
| 1966 |
Brigham Young |
New York Univ.
|
Bill Melchionni, Villanova |
| 1965 |
St. John's |
Villanova
|
Ken McIntyre, St. John's |
| 1964 |
Bradley |
New Mexico |
Lavern Tart, Bradley |
| 1963 |
Providence |
Canisius
|
Ray Flynn, Providence |
| 1962 |
Dayton |
St. John's |
Bill Chmielewski, Dayton |
| 1961 |
Providence |
St. Louis
|
Vin Ernst, Providence |
| 1960 |
Bradley |
Providence |
Lenny Wilkens, Providence |
| 1959 |
St. John's |
Bradley |
Tony Jackson, St. John's |
| 1958 |
Xavier |
Dayton | Hank Stein, Xavier
|
| 1957 |
Bradley |
Memphis State
|
Win Wilfong, Memphis St. |
| 1956 |
Louisville |
Dayton |
Charlie Tyra, Louisville |
| 1955 |
Duquesne |
Dayton |
Maurice Stokes,
St. Francis (Pa.) |
| 1954 |
Holy Cross |
Duquesne
|
Togo Palazzi, HC |
| 1953 |
Seton Hall |
St. John's
|
Walter Dukes, SH |
| 1952 |
La Salle |
Dayton |
Tom Gola and Norm Grekin, La Salle |
| 1951 |
Brigham Young |
Dayton
|
Roland Minson, BYU |
| 1950 |
CCNY |
Bradley | Ed Warner, CCNY
|
| 1949 |
San Francisco |
Loyola of Chicago
|
Don Lofgran, SF |
| 1948 |
St. Louis |
New York University
|
Ed Macauley, St. Louis |
| 1947 |
Utah |
Kentucky |
Vern Gardner, Utah
|
| 1946 |
Kentucky |
Rhode Island
|
Ernie Calverley, RI |
| 1945 |
DePaul |
Bowling Green State
|
George Mikan, DePaul |
| 1944 |
St. John's |
DePaul |
Bill Kotsores, St. John's |
| 1943 |
St. John's |
Toledo |
Harry Boykoff,
St. John's |
| 1942 |
West Virginia |
Western Kentucky
|
Rudy Baric, West Va. |
| 1941 |
Long Island Univ. |
Ohio University |
Frankie Baumholtz, Ohio U. |
| 1940 |
Colorado |
Duquesne |
Bob Doll, Colorado |
| 1939 |
Long Island Univ. |
Loyola of Chicago |
Bill Lloyd, St. John's |
| 1938 |
Temple |
Colorado |
Don Shields, Temple |
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