1940 National Invitation Tournament

Teams

Finals site

Madison Square Garden
New York City

Champions

Colorado (1st title)

Runner-up

Duquesne (1st title game)

Semifinalists

Oklahoma A&M (2nd semifinal)
DePaul (1st semifinal)

Winning coach

Frosty Cox (1st title)

MVP

Bob Doll Colorado

National Invitation Tournaments
«1939	1941»

The 1940 National Invitation Tournament was the 1940 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition.

Selected teams

Below is a list of the 6 teams selected for the tournament.^[1]

Participants	Participants
Colorado	DePaul
Duquesne	Long Island
Oklahoma A&M	St. John's

Brackets/Results

Below is the tournament bracket.^[1]

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals


				Colorado	52

				DePaul	37
	DePaul	45

	Long Island	38
							Colorado	51
							Duquesne	40


				Oklahoma A&M	30

				Duquesne	34
	Duquesne	38

	St. John's	31

Third Place - Oklahoma A&M 23, DePaul 22

References

1 2 Tournament Results (1940's) at nit.org, URL accessed December 9, 2009. Archived 11/7/09

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