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Annual NCAA basketball competition
The 1997 being ruled ineligible by the NCAA. Traylor also vacated his tournament Most Valuable Player award.
Selected teams
Below is a list of the 32 teams selected for the tournament.[1]
Bracket
Below are the four first round brackets, along with the four-team championship bracket.[1]
| First Round
| | | Second Round
| | | Quarterfinals
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| Michigan State
| 65
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| George Washington
| 50
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| | Michigan State
| 63
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|
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| | | Florida State
| 68
| |
| Florida State
| 82
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| |
| Syracuse
| 67
| |
| | Florida State
| 76
| |
|
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| | | West Virginia
| 71
| |
| West Virginia
| 98
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| Bowling Green
| 95
| |
| | West Virginia
| 76
| |
|
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| | | NC State
| 73
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| NC State
| 77
| |
| |
| SW Missouri State
| 66
| |
| First Round
| | | Second Round
| | | Quarterfinals
| |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Nevada
| 97
| | | |
|
| Fresno State
| 86
| |
| | Nevada
| 68
| |
|
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| | | Nebraska
| 78
| |
| Nebraska
| 67
| |
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| Washington
| 63
| |
| | Nebraska
| 67
| |
|
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| | | Connecticut
| 76
| |
| Bradley
| 66
| | |
| |
| Drexel
| 53
| |
| | Bradley
| 47
| |
|
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| | | Connecticut
| 63
| |
| Connecticut
| 71
| |
| |
| Iona
| 66
| |
| First Round
| | | Second Round
| | | Quarterfinals
| |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Michigan
| 76
| | | |
|
| Miami (FL)
| 63
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| | Michigan
| 75
| |
|
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| | | Oklahoma State
| 65
| |
| Oklahoma State
| 79
| |
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| Tulane
| 72
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| | Michigan
| 67
| |
|
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| | | Notre Dame
| 66
| |
| Notre Dame
| 74
| | |
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| Oral Roberts
| 58
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| | Notre Dame
| 82
| |
|
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| | | TCU
| 72
| |
| TCU
| 85
| |
| |
| UAB
| 62
| |
| First Round
| | | Second Round
| | | Quarterfinals
| |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| UNLV
| 66
| | | |
|
| Memphis
| 62
| |
| | UNLV
| 89
| |
|
| |
| | | Hawaii
| 80
| |
| Hawaii
| 71
| |
| |
| Oregon
| 61
| |
| | UNLV
| 73
| |
|
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| | | Arkansas
| 86
| |
| Arkansas
| 101
| | |
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| Northern Arizona
| 75
| |
| | Arkansas
| 76
| |
|
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| | | Pittsburgh
| 71
| |
| Pittsburgh
| 82
| |
| |
| New Orleans
| 63
| |
Semifinals & finals
| Semifinals
| | | Finals
| |
| | | | | | | | | |
| Florida State
| 71
| | |
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| Connecticut
| 65
| |
| | Florida State
| 73
| |
|
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| | | Michigan
| 82
| |
| Michigan
| 77
| |
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| Arkansas
| 62
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| Third place game
| |
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| Connecticut
| 74
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|
| Arkansas
| 64
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Michigan later forfeited its entire 1996–97 schedule after Robert Traylor, Maurice Taylor and Louis Bullock were found to have taken money from a Michigan booster.
See also
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