1957 National Invitation Tournament
1957 National Invitation Tournament | |||||
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Season | 1956–57 | ||||
Teams | 12 | ||||
Finals site |
Madison Square Garden New York City | ||||
Champions | Bradley (1st title) | ||||
Runner-up | Memphis State (1st title game) | ||||
Semifinalists |
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Winning coach | Chuck Orsborn (1st title) | ||||
MVP | Win Wilfong Memphis State | ||||
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The 1957 National Invitation Tournament was the 1957 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition.
Selected teams
Below is a list of the 12 teams selected for the tournament.[1]
Participants | ||||
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Bradley | ||||
Cincinnati | ||||
Dayton | ||||
Manhattan | ||||
Memphis | ||||
St. Bonaventure | ||||
Saint Peter's | ||||
Seattle | ||||
Seton Hall | ||||
Temple | ||||
Utah | ||||
Xavier |
Brackets/Results
Below is the tournament bracket.[1]
First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||||||
St. Bonaventure | 90 | |||||||||||||||||
Cincinnati | 72 | |||||||||||||||||
St. Bonaventure | 85 | |||||||||||||||||
Seattle | 68 | |||||||||||||||||
St. Bonaventure | 78 | |||||||||||||||||
Memphis | 80 | |||||||||||||||||
Manhattan | 73 | |||||||||||||||||
Memphis | 85 | |||||||||||||||||
Memphis | 77 | |||||||||||||||||
Utah | 75 | |||||||||||||||||
Memphis | 83 | |||||||||||||||||
Bradley | 84 | |||||||||||||||||
Xavier | 85 | |||||||||||||||||
Seton Hall | 79 | |||||||||||||||||
Xavier | 81 | |||||||||||||||||
Bradley | 116 | |||||||||||||||||
Bradley | 94 | |||||||||||||||||
Temple | 66 | |||||||||||||||||
Temple | 77 | |||||||||||||||||
Dayton | 66 | |||||||||||||||||
Dayton | 79 | |||||||||||||||||
Saint Peter's | 71 |
- Third Place - Temple 67, St. Bonaventure 50
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tournament Results (1950's) at nit.org, URL accessed December 8, 2009. Archived 11/7/09