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1952 National Invitation Tournament

United States college basketball tournament

United States college basketball tournament

FieldValue
Year1952
Teams12
FinalFourArenaMadison Square Garden
FinalFourCityNew York City
ChampionsLa Salle Explorers
TitleCount1st
RunnerUpDayton Flyers
GameCount2nd
Semifinal1St. Bonaventure Bonnies
SemifinalCount1st
Semifinal2Duquesne Dukes
SemifinalCount23rd
CoachKen Loeffler
CoachCount1st
MOPTom Gola and Norm Grekin
MOPTeamLa Salle

The 1952 National Invitation Tournament was the 1952 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition. The 1952 tournament was won by La Salle University. Tom Gola and Norm Grekin were co-MVPs.

Selected teams

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

  • Dayton
  • Duquesne
  • Holy Cross
  • La Salle
  • Louisville
  • NYU
  • St. Bonaventure
  • St. John's
  • Saint Louis
  • Seattle
  • Seton Hall
  • Western Kentucky

Bracket

Below is the tournament bracket. | RD1-seed01= | RD1-team01=Western Kentucky | RD1-score01=62 | RD1-seed02= | RD1-team02=Louisville | RD1-score02=59

| RD1-seed07= | RD1-team07=Dayton | RD1-score07=81 | RD1-seed08= | RD1-team08=NYU | RD1-score08=66

| RD1-seed09= | RD1-team09=La Salle | RD1-score09=80 | RD1-seed10= | RD1-team10=Seton Hall | RD1-score10=76

| RD1-seed15= | RD1-team15=Holy Cross | RD1-score15=77 | RD1-seed16= | RD1-team16=Seattle | RD1-score16=72

| RD2-seed01= | RD2-team01=Western Kentucky | RD2-score01=69 | RD2-seed02= | RD2-team02=St. Bonaventure | RD2-score02=70

| RD2-seed03= | RD2-team03=Saint Louis | RD2-score03=58 | RD2-seed04= | RD2-team04=Dayton | RD2-score04=68

| RD2-seed05= | RD2-team05=La Salle | RD2-score05=51 | RD2-seed06= | RD2-team06=St. John's | RD2-score06=45

| RD2-seed07= | RD2-team07=Duquesne | RD2-score07=78 | RD2-seed08= | RD2-team08=Holy Cross | RD2-score08=68

| RD3-seed01= | RD3-team01=St. Bonaventure | RD3-score01=62 | RD3-seed02= | RD3-team02=Dayton | RD3-score02=69

| RD3-seed03= | RD3-team03=La Salle | RD3-score03=59 | RD3-seed04= | RD3-team04=Duquesne | RD3-score04=46

| RD4-seed01= | RD4-team01=Dayton | RD4-score01=64 | RD4-seed02= | RD4-team02=La Salle | RD4-score02=75

| RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=St. Bonaventure | RD1-score1=48 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=Duquesne | RD1-score2=34

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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