1948 National Invitation Tournament
| 1948 National Invitation Tournament | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teams | 8 | ||||
| Finals site |
Madison Square Garden New York City | ||||
| Champions | Saint Louis (1st title) | ||||
| Runner-up | NYU (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 8 teams selected for the tournament.[1]
| Participants | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowling Green | ||||
| DePaul | ||||
| La Salle | ||||
| NYU | ||||
| NC State | ||||
| Saint Louis | ||||
| Texas | ||||
| Western Kentucky State | ||||
Brackets/Results
Below is the tournament bracket.[1]
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||
| DePaul | 75 | |||||||||||||
| NC State | 64 | |||||||||||||
- Third Place - Western Kentucky 61, DePaul 59
References
- 1 2 Tournament Results (1940's) at nit.org, URL accessed December 9, 2009. Archived 11/7/09
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