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2006 National Invitation Tournament

{{Short description|Annual NCAA basketball competition}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox college basketball tournament | Type = NIT

| Gender=

| Year=2006

| Image=

| ImageSize=

| Caption=

| Teams=40

| FinalFourArena=Madison Square Garden

| FinalFourCity=New York City

| Champions=South Carolina Gamecocks

| TitleCount=2nd

| RunnerUp=Michigan Wolverines

| GameCount=3rd

| Semifinal1=Louisville Cardinals

| SemifinalCount=3rd

| Semifinal2=Old Dominion Monarchs

| SemifinalCount2=1st

| Coach=Dave Odom

| CoachCount=3rd

| MOP=Renaldo Balkman

| MOPTeam=South Carolina

}}

The 2006 National Invitation Tournament was the first time the tournament was planned and operated by the NCAA, taking over after 68 years under the auspices of the Metropolitan Intercollegiate Basketball Association (MIBA). The 2006 NIT also saw changes made to the selection process as well as being the first time the NIT seeded the participants.[http://www.nit.org/genrel/080206aaa.html NIT Committee Meets, Announces Changes To Post Season Tournament] at nit.org, URL accessed November 5, 2009. 11/5/09 The South Carolina Gamecocks won their second straight NIT title.

Selected teams

Below are lists of the team selected for the tournament. This was the first year selected teams were given bracket seeds.[http://www.nit.org/history/nit-postseason-results-2000s.html Tournament Results (2000's)] at nit.org, URL accessed November 5, 2009. 11/5/09

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{| class="wikitable"

! colspan="3" | Maryland Bracket

Seed

!School

!Conference

#1

|Maryland

|ACC

#2

|Saint Joseph's

|A-10

#3

|{{cbb link|2005|sex=men|team=Hofstra Pride|title=Hofstra}}

|CAA

#4

|{{cbb link|2005|sex=men|team=Colorado Buffaloes|title=Colorado}}

|Big 12

#5

|Old Dominion

|CAA

#6

|{{cbb link|2005|sex=men|team=Nebraska Cornhuskers|title=Nebraska}}

|Big 12

#7

|{{cbb link|2005|sex=none|team=Penn State Nittany Lions|title=Penn State}}

|Big Ten

#8

|{{cbb link|2005|sex=men|team=Rutgers Scarlet Knights|title=Rutgers}}

|Big East

#9

|{{cbb link|2005|sex=men|team=Manhattan Jaspers|title=Manhattan}}

|MAAC

#10

|{{cbb link|2005|sex=men|team=Fairleigh Dickinson Knights|title=Fairleigh Dickinson}}

|NEC

| valign=top |

class="wikitable"

! colspan="3" | Michigan Bracket

Seed

!School

!Conference

#1

|Michigan

|Big Ten

#2

|Creighton

|MVC

#3

|{{cbb link|2005|sex=men|team=Miami Hurricanes|title=Miami (FL)}}

|ACC

#4

|Vanderbilt

|SEC

#5

|{{cbb link|2005|sex=men|team=Notre Dame Fighting Irish|title=Notre Dame}}

|Big East

#6

|{{cbb link|2005|sex=none|team=Oklahoma State Cowboys|title=Oklahoma State}}

|Big 12

#7

|Temple

|A-10

#8

|{{cbb link|2005|sex=men|team=Akron Zips|title=Akron}}

|MAC

#9

|{{cbb link|2005|sex=men|team=UTEP Miners|title=UTEP}}

|C-USA

#10

|{{cbb link|2005|sex=men|team=Lipscomb Bisons|title=Lipscomb}}

|A-Sun

|-

| valign=top |

class="wikitable"

! colspan="3" | Louisville Bracket

Seed

!School

!Conference

#1

|Louisville

|Big East

#2

|{{cbb link|2005|sex=none|team=Missouri State Bears|title=Missouri State}}

|MVC

#3

|{{cbb link|2005|sex=men|team=Houston Cougars|title=Houston}}

|C-USA

#4

|Clemson

|ACC

#5

|{{cbb link|2005|sex=none|team=Louisiana Tech Bulldogs|title=Louisiana Tech}}

|WAC

#6

|{{cbb link|2005|sex=men|team=BYU Cougars|title=BYU}}

|MWC

#7

|Stanford

|Pac-10

#8

|Virginia

|ACC

#9

|{{cbb link|2005|sex=men|team=Northern Arizona Lumberjacks|title=Northern Arizona}}

|Big Sky

#10

|{{cbb link|2005|sex=men|team=Delaware State Hornets|title=Delaware State}}

|MEAC

| valign=top |

class="wikitable"

! colspan="3" | Cincinnati Bracket

Seed

!School

!Conference

#1

|Cincinnati

|Big East

#2

|Florida State

|ACC

#3

|{{cbb link|2005|sex=men|team=South Carolina Gamecocks|title=South Carolina}}

|SEC

#4

|Minnesota

|Big Ten

#5

|{{cbb link|2005|sex=men|team=Wake Forest Demon Deacons|title=Wake Forest}}

|ACC

#6

|Western Kentucky

|Sun Belt

#7

|{{cbb link|2005|sex=men|team=Miami RedHawks|title=Miami (OH)}}

|MAC

#8

|Butler

|Horizon

#9

|{{cbb link|2005|sex=men|team=Charlotte 49ers|title=Charlotte}}

|A-10

#10

|{{cbb link|2005|sex=men|team=Georgia Southern Eagles|title=Georgia Southern}}

|So-Con

|}

Bracket

Below are the four brackets of the tournament, along with the bracket of the four-team championship round. Also the highest remaining seeds hosted the games.

=Maryland Bracket=

{{4RoundBracket-Byes | RD1=Opening Round | RD2=First Round | RD3=Second Round| RD4=Quarterfinals

| RD1-seed01=9

| RD1-team01=Manhattan

| RD1-score01=80

| RD1-seed02=10

| RD1-team02=Fairleigh Dickinson

| RD1-score02=77

| RD1-seed09=7

| RD1-team09=Penn State

| RD1-score09=71

| RD1-seed10=8

| RD1-team10=Rutgers

| RD1-score10=76

| RD2-seed01=1

| RD2-team01=Maryland

| RD2-score01=84

| RD2-seed02=9

| RD2-team02=Manhattan

| RD2-score02=87

| RD2-seed03=4

| RD2-team03=Colorado

| RD2-score03=61

| RD2-seed04=5

| RD2-team04=Old Dominion

| RD2-score04=79

| RD2-seed05=2

| RD2-team05=Saint Joseph's

| RD2-score05=71

| RD2-seed06=8

| RD2-team06=Rutgers

| RD2-score06=62

| RD2-seed07=3

| RD2-team07=Hofstra

| RD2-score07=73

| RD2-seed08=6

| RD2-team08=Nebraska

| RD2-score08=62

| RD3-seed01=9

| RD3-team01=Manhattan

| RD3-score01=66

| RD3-seed02=5

| RD3-team02=Old Dominion

| RD3-score02=70

| RD3-seed03=2

| RD3-team03=Saint Joseph's

| RD3-score03=75

| RD3-seed04=3

| RD3-team04=Hofstra

| RD3-score04=77

| RD4-seed01=5

| RD4-team01=Old Dominion

| RD4-score01=61

| RD4-seed02=3

| RD4-team02=Hofstra

| RD4-score02=51

}}

=Michigan Bracket=

{{4RoundBracket-Byes | RD1=Opening Round | RD2=First Round | RD3=Second Round | RD4=Quarterfinals

| RD1-seed01=9

| RD1-team01=UTEP

| RD1-score01=85

| RD1-seed02=10

| RD1-team02=Lipscomb

| RD1-score02=66

| RD1-seed09=7

| RD1-team09=Temple

| RD1-score09=73

| RD1-seed10=8

| RD1-team10=Akron

| RD1-score10=80

| RD2-seed01=1

| RD2-team01=Michigan

| RD2-score01=82

| RD2-seed02=9

| RD2-team02=UTEP

| RD2-score02=67

| RD2-seed03=4

| RD2-team03=Vanderbilt

| RD2-score03=69

| RD2-seed04=5

| RD2-team04=Notre Dame

| RD2-score04=79

| RD2-seed05=2

| RD2-team05=Creighton

| RD2-score05=71

| RD2-seed06=8

| RD2-team06=Akron

| RD2-score06=60

| RD2-seed07=3

| RD2-team07=Miami (FL)

| RD2-score07=62

| RD2-seed08=6

| RD2-team08=Oklahoma State

| RD2-score08=59

| RD3-seed01=1

| RD3-team01=Michigan

| RD3-score01=87

| RD3-seed02=5

| RD3-team02=Notre Dame

| RD3-score02=84

| RD3-seed03=2

| RD3-team03=Creighton

| RD3-score03=52

| RD3-seed04=3

| RD3-team04=Miami (FL)

| RD3-score04=53

| RD4-seed01=1

| RD4-team01=Michigan

| RD4-score01=71

| RD4-seed02=3

| RD4-team02=Miami (FL)

| RD4-score02=65

}}

=Louisville Bracket=

{{4RoundBracket-Byes | RD1=Opening Round | RD2=First Round | RD3=Second Round | RD4=Quarterfinals

| RD1-seed01=9

| RD1-team01=Northern Arizona

| RD1-score01=53

| RD1-seed02=10

| RD1-team02=Delaware State

| RD1-score02=58

| RD1-seed09=7

| RD1-team09=Stanford

| RD1-score09=65

| RD1-seed10=8

| RD1-team10=Virginia

| RD1-score10=49

| RD2-seed01=1

| RD2-team01=Louisville

| RD2-score01=71

| RD2-seed02=10

| RD2-team02=Delaware State

| RD2-score02=54

| RD2-seed03=4

| RD2-team03=Clemson

| RD2-score03=69

| RD2-seed04=5

| RD2-team04=Louisiana Tech

| RD2-score04=53

| RD2-seed05=2

| RD2-team05=Missouri State

| RD2-score05=76

| RD2-seed06=7

| RD2-team06=Stanford

| RD2-score06=67

| RD2-seed07=3

| RD2-team07=Houston

| RD2-score07=77

| RD2-seed08=6

| RD2-team08=BYU

| RD2-score08=67

| RD3-seed01=1

| RD3-team01=Louisville

| RD3-score01=74

| RD3-seed02=4

| RD3-team02=Clemson

| RD3-score02=68

| RD3-seed03=2

| RD3-team03=Missouri State

| RD3-score03=60

| RD3-seed04=3

| RD3-team04=Houston

| RD3-score04=59

| RD4-seed01=1

| RD4-team01=Louisville

| RD4-score01=74

| RD4-seed02=2

| RD4-team02=Missouri State

| RD4-score02=56

}}

=Cincinnati Bracket=

{{4RoundBracket-Byes | RD1=Opening Round | RD2=First Round | RD3=Second Round | RD4=Quarterfinal

| RD1-seed01=9

| RD1-team01=Charlotte

| RD1-score01=77

| RD1-seed02=10

| RD1-team02=Georgia Southern

| RD1-score02=61

| RD1-seed09=7

| RD1-team09=Miami (OH)

| RD1-score09=52

| RD1-seed10=8

| RD1-team10=Butler

| RD1-score10=53

| RD2-seed01=1

| RD2-team01=Cincinnati

| RD2-score01=86

| RD2-seed02=9

| RD2-team02=Charlotte

| RD2-score02=80

| RD2-seed03=4

| RD2-team03=Minnesota

| RD2-score03=73

| RD2-seed04=5

| RD2-team04=Wake Forest

| RD2-score04=58

| RD2-seed05=2

| RD2-team05=Florida State

| RD2-score05=67

| RD2-seed06=8

| RD2-team06=Butler

| RD2-score06=63

| RD2-seed07=3

| RD2-team07=South Carolina

| RD2-score07=74

| RD2-seed08=6

| RD2-team08=Western Kentucky

| RD2-score08=55

| RD3-seed01=1

| RD3-team01=Cincinnati

| RD3-score01=76

| RD3-seed02=4

| RD3-team02=Minnesota

| RD3-score02=62

| RD3-seed03=2

| RD3-team03=Florida State

| RD3-score03=68

| RD3-seed04=3

| RD3-team04=South Carolina

| RD3-score04=69

| RD4-seed01=1

| RD4-team01=Cincinnati

| RD4-score01=62

| RD4-seed02=3

| RD4-team02=South Carolina

| RD4-score02=65

}}

=Semifinals & finals=

{{4TeamBracket | RD1=Semifinals | RD2=Finals

| RD1-seed1=5

| RD1-team1=Old Dominion

| RD1-score1=43

| RD1-seed2=1

| RD1-team2=Michigan

| RD1-score2=66

| RD1-seed3=1

| RD1-team3=Louisville

| RD1-score3=63

| RD1-seed4=3

| RD1-team4=South Carolina

| RD1-score4=78

| RD2-seed1=1

| RD2-team1=Michigan

| RD2-score1=64

| RD2-seed2=3

| RD2-team2=South Carolina

| RD2-score2=76

}}

See also

References

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