1959 National Invitation Tournament Explained

Type:NIT
Year:1959
Teams:12
Finalfourarena:Madison Square Garden
Finalfourcity:New York City
Champions:St. John's Redmen
Titlecount:3rd
Gamecount:3rd
Semifinalcount:3rd
Semifinalcount2:1st
Coach:Joe Lapchick
Coachcount:2nd
Mop:Tony Jackson
Mopteam:St. John's

The 1959 National Invitation Tournament was the 1959 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition.

Selected teams

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

TeamConferencedata-sort-type="number"Overall recorddata-sort-type="number"AppearanceLast bid
Missouri Valley23–38th1958
Independent18–82nd1958
Skyline14–91stNever
Metro New York17–73rd1958
Metro New York14–67th1957
Metro New York12–75th1952
Independent20–61stNever
Independent18–51stNever
Independent20–25th1958
St. John'sMetro New York16–614th1958
Missouri Valley20–58th1956
Independent18–61stNever

Bracket

Below is the tournament bracket.

See also

References

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