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1966 National Invitation Tournament

American basketball competition

American basketball competition

FieldValue
Year1966
Teams14
FinalFourArenaMadison Square Garden
FinalFourCityNew York City
ChampionsBYU Cougars
TitleCount2nd
RunnerUpNYU Violets
GameCount2nd
Semifinal1Villanova Wildcats
SemifinalCount3rd
Semifinal2Army Black Knights
SemifinalCount23rd
CoachStan Watts
CoachCount2nd
MOPBill Melchionni
MOPTeamVillanova

The National Invitation Tournament was originated by the Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association in 1938. Responsibility for its administration was transferred two years later to local colleges, first known as the Metropolitan Intercollegiate Basketball Committee and in 1948, as the Metropolitan Intercollegiate Basketball Association (MIBA), which comprised representatives from five New York City schools: Fordham University, Manhattan College, New York University, St. John's University, and Wagner College. Originally all of the teams qualifying for the tournament were invited to New York City, and all games were played at Madison Square Garden.

The tournament originally consisted of only 6 teams, which later expanded to 8 teams in 1941, 12 teams in 1949, 14 teams in 1965, 16 teams in 1968, 24 teams in 1979, 32 teams in 1980, and 40 teams from 2002 through 2006. In 2007, the tournament reverted to the current 32-team format.

Selected teams

Connecticut declined its invitation to the tournament. The 14 teams selected for the tournament were:

  • Army
  • Boston College
  • BYU
  • DePaul
  • Louisville
  • Manhattan
  • NYU
  • Penn State
  • St. John's
  • San Francisco
  • Temple
  • Villanova
  • Virginia Tech
  • Wichita State

Bracket

Below is the tournament bracket.

| RD1-seed01= | RD1-team01=Temple | RD1-score01=88 | RD1-seed02= | RD1-team02=Virginia Tech | RD1-score02=73

| RD1-seed05= | RD1-team05=San Francisco | RD1-score05=89 | RD1-seed06= | RD1-team06=Penn State | RD1-score06=77

| RD1-seed07= | RD1-team07=Army | RD1-score07=71 | RD1-seed08= | RD1-team08=Manhattan | RD1-score08=66

| RD1-seed09= | RD1-team09=NYU | RD1-score09=68 | RD1-seed10= | RD1-team10=DePaul | RD1-score10=65

| RD1-seed13= | RD1-team13=Villanova | RD1-score13=63 | RD1-seed14= | RD1-team14=St. John's | RD1-score14=61

| RD1-seed15= | RD1-team15=Boston College | RD1-score15=96 | RD1-seed16= | RD1-team16=Louisville | RD1-score16=90

| RD2-seed01= | RD2-team01=Temple | RD2-score01=78 | RD2-seed02= | RD2-team02=BYU | RD2-score02=90

| RD2-seed03= | RD2-team03=San Francisco | RD2-score03=63 | RD2-seed04= | RD2-team04=Army | RD2-score04=80

| RD2-seed05= | RD2-team05=NYU | RD2-score05=90 | RD2-seed06= | RD2-team06=Wichita State | RD2-score06=84

| RD2-seed07= | RD2-team07=Villanova | RD2-score07=86 | RD2-seed08= | RD2-team08=Boston College | RD2-score08=85

| RD3-seed01= | RD3-team01=BYU | RD3-score01=66 | RD3-seed02= | RD3-team02=Army | RD3-score02=60

| RD3-seed03= | RD3-team03=NYU | RD3-score03=69 | RD3-seed04= | RD3-team04=Villanova | RD3-score04=63

| RD4-seed01= | RD4-team01=BYU | RD4-score01=97 | RD4-seed02= | RD4-team02=NYU | RD4-score02=84

| RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=Army | RD1-score1=65 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=Villanova | RD1-score2=76

References

References

  1. "USATODAY.com - NIT's postseason field cut to 32 teams".
  2. "NIT Tournament Home". NCAA.com.
  3. "SHABEL WAS ABLE". Hartford Courant.
  4. [http://www.nit.org/history/nit-postseason-results-1960s.html Tournament Results (1960's)] at nit.org, URL accessed December 8, 2009. [https://web.archive.org/web/20100325090927/http://www.nit.org/history/nit-postseason-results-1960s.html Archived] 11/7/09
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