1949 National Invitation Tournament
| 1949 National Invitation Tournament | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teams | 12 | ||||
| Finals site |
Madison Square Garden New York City | ||||
| Champions | San Francisco (1st title) | ||||
| Runner-up | Loyola-Chicago (2nd title game) | ||||
| Semifinalists |
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| Winning coach | Pete Newell (1st title) | ||||
| MVP | Don Lofgran San Francisco | ||||
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The 1949 National Invitation Tournament was the 1949 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition.
Selected teams
Below is a list of the 12 teams selected for the tournament.[1]
| Participants | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowling Green | ||||
| Bradley | ||||
| CCNY | ||||
| Kentucky | ||||
| Loyola (IL) | ||||
| Manhattan | ||||
| NYU | ||||
| St. John's | ||||
| Saint Louis | ||||
| San Francisco | ||||
| Utah | ||||
| Western Kentucky | ||||
Brackets/Results
Below is the tournament bracket.[1]
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||||||
| Loyola | 62 | |||||||||||||||||
| CCNY | 47 | |||||||||||||||||
| Loyola | 61 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kentucky | 56 | |||||||||||||||||
| Loyola | 55 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bradley | 50 | |||||||||||||||||
| Western Kentucky | 86 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bradley | 95 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bradley | 89 | |||||||||||||||||
| NYU | 67 | |||||||||||||||||
| Loyola | 47 | |||||||||||||||||
| San Francisco | 48 | |||||||||||||||||
| San Francisco | 68 | |||||||||||||||||
| Manhattan | 43 | |||||||||||||||||
| San Francisco | 64 | |||||||||||||||||
| Utah | 63 | |||||||||||||||||
| San Francisco | 49 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bowling Green | 39 | |||||||||||||||||
| Saint Louis | 74 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bowling Green | 80 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bowling Green | 77 | |||||||||||||||||
| St. John's | 64 | |||||||||||||||||
- Third Place - Bowling Green 82, Bradley 77
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tournament Results (1940s) at nit.org, URL accessed December 9, 2009. Archived 11/7/09