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1939 National Invitation Tournament

Annual NCAA basketball competition

Field	Value
title	National Invitation Tournament
year	1939
image	1939 NIT progarm.jpg
caption	Souvenir program from the tournament.
venues	Madison Square Garden
city	New York City
num_teams	6
winners	[Long Island-Brooklyn Blackbirds](1938-39-long-island-blackbirds-men-s-basketball-team)
count	1
second	Loyola-Chicago Ramblers
semifinal1	Bradley Braves
semifinal2	St. John's Red Storm
award_title	MVP
award	Bill Lloyd (St. John's)
prev_season	[1938](1938-national-invitation-tournament)
next_season	[1940](1940-national-invitation-tournament)

The 1939 National Invitation Tournament was the second edition of the annual college basketball competition.

The championship game between Long Island (22–0) and Loyola (21–0) is the only time in men's college basketball history where two undefeated major college teams met in a postseason tournament final for a national championship.

Selected teams

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

Bradley
Long Island
Loyola (IL)
New Mexico A&M
Roanoke
St. John's

Bracket

Below is the tournament bracket. | RD1-team1=Long Island | RD1-score1=52 | RD1-team2= | RD1-score2=45

| RD1-team3=**** | RD1-score3=71 | RD1-team4= | RD1-score4=47

| RD2-team1= | RD2-score1=32 | RD2-team2=Long Island | RD2-score2=36

| RD2-team3=**** | RD2-score3=51 | RD2-team4=St. John's | RD2-score4=46

| RD3-team1=Long Island | RD3-score1=44 | RD3-team2=Loyola–Chicago | RD3-score2=32

| RD3-team3=Bradley | RD3-score3=40 | RD3-team4=St. John's | RD3-score4=35

References

Douchant, Mike. (1995). "Encyclopedia of College Basketball". [[Visible Ink Press]].
Climer, David. (April 7, 2014). "UConn, Notre Dame set up blockbuster women's title game". [[USA Today]].
[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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