1950 National Invitation Tournament Explained

Type:NIT
Year:1950
Teams:12
Finalfourarena:Madison Square Garden
Finalfourcity:New York City
Champions:CCNY Beavers
Titlecount:1st
Runnerup:Bradley Braves
Gamecount:1st
Semifinal1:St. John's Red Storm
Semifinalcount:5th
Semifinal2:Duquesne Dukes
Semifinalcount2:2nd
Coach:Nat Holman
Coachcount:1st
Mop:Ed Warner
Mopteam:CCNY

The 1950 National Invitation Tournament was the 1950 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition. For the only time in history, the same school won both the NIT and NCAA tournaments as CCNY took both championships, beating Bradley in both finals. Four participants in the 1950 NIT (Bradley, CCNY, Kentucky and Long Island University) were later implicated in the CCNY point shaving scandal.

Selected teams

Below is a list of the 12 teams selected for the tournament.[1]

Bracket

Below is the tournament bracket.

See also

References

  1. http://www.nit.org/history/nit-postseason-results-1950s.html Tournament Results (1950s)