1950 National Invitation Tournament
The 1950 National Invitation Tournament was the 1950 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition. For the only time in history, the same school won both the NIT and NCAA tournaments as CCNY took both championships, beating Bradley in both finals. Four participants in the 1950 NIT (Bradley, CCNY, Kentucky and Long Island University) were later implicated in the CCNY point shaving scandal.
| Teams | 12 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finals site | Madison Square Garden New York City | ||||
| Champions | CCNY Beavers (1st title) | ||||
| Runner-up | Bradley Braves (1st title game) | ||||
| Semifinalists |
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| Winning coach | Nat Holman (1st title) | ||||
| MVP | Ed Warner (CCNY) | ||||
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Selected teams
Below is a list of the 12 teams selected for the tournament.[1]
| Participants | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | ||||
| Bradley | ||||
| CCNY | ||||
| Duquesne | ||||
| Kentucky | ||||
| La Salle | ||||
| Long Island | ||||
| Niagara | ||||
| St. John's | ||||
| San Francisco | ||||
| Syracuse | ||||
| Western Kentucky | ||||
Bracket
Below is the tournament bracket.[1]
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||||||
| Western Kentucky | 79 | |||||||||||||||||
| Niagara | 72 | |||||||||||||||||
| Western Kentucky | 60 | |||||||||||||||||
| St. John's | 69 | |||||||||||||||||
| St. John's | 72 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bradley | 82 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bradley | 78 | |||||||||||||||||
| Syracuse | 66 | |||||||||||||||||
| Syracuse | 80 | |||||||||||||||||
| Long Island | 52 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bradley | 61 | |||||||||||||||||
| CCNY | 69 | |||||||||||||||||
| La Salle | 72 | |||||||||||||||||
| Arizona | 66 | |||||||||||||||||
| La Salle | 47 | |||||||||||||||||
| Duquesne | 49 | |||||||||||||||||
| Duquesne | 52 | |||||||||||||||||
| CCNY | 62 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kentucky | 50 | |||||||||||||||||
| CCNY | 89 | |||||||||||||||||
| CCNY | 65 | |||||||||||||||||
| San Francisco | 46 | |||||||||||||||||
| Third place game | ||||
| St. John's | 69 | |||
| Duquesne | 67 | |||
References
- Tournament Results (1950's) at nit.org, URL accessed December 8, 2009. Archived 11/7/09
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