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1938 National Invitation Tournament

Annual NCAA basketball competition

Field	Value
title	National Invitation Tournament
year	1938
dates
image	1938 NIT program.jpg
caption	Souvenir program from the tournament.
venues	Madison Square Garden
city	New York City
num_teams	6
winners	[Temple Owls](1937-38-temple-owls-men-s-basketball-team)
count	1
second	Colorado Buffaloes
third	Oklahoma A&M Aggies
fourth	NYU Violets
award_title	MVP
award	Don Shields (Temple)
next_season	[1939](1939-national-invitation-tournament)

The 1938 National Invitation Tournament was the inaugural edition of the annual college basketball competition.

The Invitation was won by Temple, who claimed the national championship with their win over Colorado in the tournament final.

Selected teams

Below is a list of the six teams selected for the tournament.

Team	Conference	Overall record
	Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	18–1
	Mountain States Conference	14–5
	Metropolitan New York Conference	23–4
	Metropolitan New York Conference	15–6
	Missouri Valley Conference	24–2
[Temple](1937-38-temple-owls-men-s-basketball-team)	Eastern Intercollegiate Conference	20–2

Bracket

Below is the tournament bracket. March 9 March 14 March 16

| RD1-team1=Temple | RD1-score1=53 | RD1-team2= | RD1-score2=40

| RD1-team3=**** | RD1-score3=39 | RD1-team4= | RD1-score4=37

| RD2-team1= | RD2-score1=55 | RD2-team2=Temple | RD2-score2=56

| RD2-team3=**** | RD2-score3=48 | RD2-team4=NYU | RD2-score4=47

| RD3-team1=Temple | RD3-score1=60 | RD3-team2=Colorado | RD3-score2=36

| RD3-team3=Oklahoma A&M | RD3-score3=37 | RD3-team4=NYU | RD3-score4=24

References

Avery, Leslie. (March 17, 1938). "Temple Captures National Mythical Court Title by Conquering Colorado". The Democrat and Leader.
Wilson, Dave. (March 29, 1938). "Temple's National Champions Honored Again at Banquet — City Fetes Temple, National Champion". [[The Philadelphia Inquirer]].
[http://www.nit.org/history/nit-postseason-results-1930s.html Tournament Results (1930's)] at nit.org, URL accessed December 9, 2009. [https://web.archive.org/web/20100326191317/http://www.nit.org/history/nit-postseason-results-1930s.html Archived] 11/7/09

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