1951 National Invitation Tournament
| 1951 National Invitation Tournament | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teams | 12 | ||||
| Finals site |
Madison Square Garden New York City | ||||
| Champions | BYU (1st title) | ||||
| Runner-up | Dayton (1st title game) | ||||
| Semifinalists |
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| Winning coach | Stan Watts (1st title) | ||||
| MVP | Roland Minson BYU | ||||
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The 1951 National Invitation Tournament was the 1951 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition.
Selected teams
Below is a list of the 12 teams selected for the tournament.[1]
| Participants | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | ||||
| Beloit | ||||
| BYU | ||||
| Cincinnati | ||||
| Dayton | ||||
| La Salle | ||||
| Lawrence Tech | ||||
| NC State | ||||
| St. Bonaventure | ||||
| St. John's | ||||
| Saint Louis | ||||
| Seton Hall | ||||
Brackets/Results
Below is the tournament bracket.[1]
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||||||
| Saint Louis | 73 | |||||||||||||||||
| La Salle | 61 | |||||||||||||||||
| Saint Louis | 68 | |||||||||||||||||
| BYU | 75 | |||||||||||||||||
| BYU | 69 | |||||||||||||||||
| Seton Hall | 59 | |||||||||||||||||
| NC State | 59 | |||||||||||||||||
| Seton Hall | 71 | |||||||||||||||||
| Seton Hall | 71 | |||||||||||||||||
| Beloit | 57 | |||||||||||||||||
| BYU | 62 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dayton | 43 | |||||||||||||||||
| St. Bonaventure | 70 | |||||||||||||||||
| Cincinnati | 67 | |||||||||||||||||
| St. Bonaventure | 58 | |||||||||||||||||
| St. John's | 60 | |||||||||||||||||
| St. John's | 62 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dayton | 69 | |||||||||||||||||
| Arizona | 68 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dayton | 74 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dayton | 77 | |||||||||||||||||
| Lawrence Tech | 71 | |||||||||||||||||
- Third Place - St. John's 70, Seton Hall 68
References
- 1 2 Tournament Results (1950's) at nit.org, URL accessed December 8, 2009. Archived 11/7/09
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