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1950 National Invitation Tournament

College basketball tournament

College basketball tournament

FieldValue
Year1950
Teams12
FinalFourArenaMadison Square Garden
FinalFourCityNew York City
Champions[CCNY Beavers](1949-50-ccny-beavers-men-s-basketball-team)
TitleCount1st
RunnerUp[Bradley Braves](1949-50-bradley-braves-men-s-basketball-team)
GameCount1st
Semifinal1St. John's Red Storm
SemifinalCount5th
Semifinal2Duquesne Dukes
SemifinalCount22nd
CoachNat Holman
CoachCount1st
MOPEd Warner
MOPTeamCCNY

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.

Selected teams

Below is a list of the 12 teams selected for the tournament.

  • Arizona
  • Bradley
  • CCNY
  • Duquesne
  • Kentucky
  • La Salle
  • Long Island
  • Niagara
  • St. John's
  • San Francisco
  • Syracuse
  • Western Kentucky

Bracket

Below is the tournament bracket. | RD1-seed01= | RD1-team01=Western Kentucky | RD1-score01=79 | RD1-seed02= | RD1-team02=Niagara | RD1-score02=72

| RD1-seed07= | RD1-team07=Syracuse | RD1-score07=80 | RD1-seed08= | RD1-team08=Long Island | RD1-score08=52

| RD1-seed09= | RD1-team09=La Salle | RD1-score09=72 | RD1-seed10= | RD1-team10=Arizona | RD1-score10=66

| RD1-seed15= | RD1-team15=CCNY | RD1-score15=65 | RD1-seed16= | RD1-team16=San Francisco | RD1-score16=46

| RD2-seed01= | RD2-team01=Western Kentucky | RD2-score01=60 | RD2-seed02= | RD2-team02=St. John's | RD2-score02=69

| RD2-seed03= | RD2-team03=Bradley | RD2-score03=78 | RD2-seed04= | RD2-team04=Syracuse | RD2-score04=66

| RD2-seed05= | RD2-team05=La Salle | RD2-score05=47 | RD2-seed06= | RD2-team06=Duquesne | RD2-score06=49

| RD2-seed07= | RD2-team07=Kentucky | RD2-score07=50 | RD2-seed08= | RD2-team08=CCNY | RD2-score08=89

| RD3-seed01= | RD3-team01=St. John's | RD3-score01=72 | RD3-seed02= | RD3-team02=Bradley | RD3-score02=82

| RD3-seed03= | RD3-team03=Duquesne | RD3-score03=52 | RD3-seed04= | RD3-team04=CCNY | RD3-score04=62

| RD4-seed01= | RD4-team01=Bradley | RD4-score01=61 | RD4-seed02= | RD4-team02=CCNY | RD4-score02=69

| RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=St. John's | RD1-score1=69 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=Duquesne | RD1-score2=67

References

References

  1. [http://www.nit.org/history/nit-postseason-results-1950s.html Tournament Results (1950s)] at nit.org, URL accessed December 8, 2009. [https://web.archive.org/web/20100326191327/http://www.nit.org/history/nit-postseason-results-1950s.html Archived] 11/7/09
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