1948 National Invitation Tournament
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Teams | 8 | ||||
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Finals site | Madison Square Garden New York City | ||||
Champions | Saint Louis Billikens (1st title) | ||||
Runner-up | New York Violets (1st title game) | ||||
Semifinalists |
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Winning coach | Eddie Hickey (1st title) | ||||
MVP | Ed Macauley (Saint Louis) | ||||
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The 1948 National Invitation Tournament was the 1948 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition.
Selected teams
Below is a list of the eight teams selected for the tournament.[1]
Participants | ||||
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Bowling Green | ||||
DePaul | ||||
La Salle | ||||
NYU | ||||
NC State | ||||
Saint Louis | ||||
Texas | ||||
Western Kentucky State |
Bracket
Below is the tournament bracket.[1]
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
Western Kentucky State | 68 | |||||||||
La Salle | 61 | |||||||||
Western Kentucky State | 53 | |||||||||
Saint Louis | 60 | |||||||||
Saint Louis | 69 | |||||||||
Bowling Green | 53 | |||||||||
Saint Louis | 65 | |||||||||
NYU | 52 | |||||||||
NYU | 45 | |||||||||
Texas | 43 | |||||||||
NYU | 72 | |||||||||
DePaul | 59 | 3rd place match | ||||||||
DePaul | 75 | |||||||||
NC State | 64 | |||||||||
Western Kentucky State | 61 | |||||||||
DePaul | 59 | |||||||||
See also
References
- ^ a b Tournament Results (1940s) at nit.org, URL accessed December 9, 2009. Archived 11/7/09