1945 National Invitation Tournament
| 1945 National Invitation Tournament | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teams | 8 | ||||
| Finals site |
Madison Square Garden New York City | ||||
| Champions | DePaul (1st title) | ||||
| Runner-up | Bowling Green (1st title game) | ||||
| Semifinalists |
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| Winning coach | Ray Meyer (1st title) | ||||
| MVP | George Mikan DePaul | ||||
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The 1945 National Invitation Tournament was the 1945 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition.
Selected teams
Below is a list of the 8 teams selected for the tournament.[1]
| Participants | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowling Green | ||||
| DePaul | ||||
| Muhlenberg | ||||
| RPI | ||||
| Rhode Island | ||||
| St. John's | ||||
| Tennessee | ||||
| West Virginia | ||||
Brackets/Results
Below is the tournament bracket.[1]
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| Rhode Island | 51 | |||||||||||||
| Tennessee | 44 | |||||||||||||
| Rhode Island | 53 | |||||||||||||
| DePaul | 97 | |||||||||||||
| DePaul | 76 | |||||||||||||
| West Virginia | 52 | |||||||||||||
| DePaul | 71 | |||||||||||||
| Bowling Green | 54 | |||||||||||||
| Bowling Green | 60 | |||||||||||||
| RPI | 45 | |||||||||||||
| Bowling Green | 57 | |||||||||||||
| St. John's | 44 | |||||||||||||
| St. John's | 34 | |||||||||||||
| Muhlenberg | 33 | |||||||||||||
- Third Place - St. John's 64, Rhode Island 57
References
- 1 2 Tournament Results (1940's) at nit.org, URL accessed December 9, 2009. Archived 11/7/09
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