The 1998 National Invitation Tournament was the 1997 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball 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.
Below is a list of the 32 teams selected for the tournament.
Below are the four first round brackets, along with the four-team championship bracket.
Minnesota later forfeited its entire 1997âÂÂ98 schedule due to an academic fraud scandal.