1938 National Invitation Tournament
| Teams | 6 | ||||
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| Finals site | Madison Square Garden New York City | ||||
| Champions | Temple Owls (1st title) | ||||
| Runner-up | Colorado Buffaloes (1st title game) | ||||
| Semifinalists |
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| Winning coach | James Usilton (1st title) | ||||
| MVP | Don Shields (Temple) | ||||
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The 1938 National Invitation Tournament was the 1938 edition of the annual NCAA basketball competition. It was the inaugural National Invitational Tournament and was won by Temple.
Selected teams[]
Below is a list of the six teams selected for the tournament.[1]
| Participants | Participants |
|---|---|
| Bradley | Colorado |
| Long Island | NYU |
| Oklahoma A&M | Temple |
Bracket[]
Below is the tournament bracket.[1]
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| Oklahoma A&M | 55 | |||||||||||||
| Temple | 56 | |||||||||||||
| Temple | 53 | |||||||||||||
| Bradley | 40 | |||||||||||||
| Temple | 60 | |||||||||||||
| Colorado | 36 | |||||||||||||
| Colorado | 48 | |||||||||||||
| NYU | 47 | |||||||||||||
| NYU | 39 | |||||||||||||
| Long Island | 37 | |||||||||||||
| Third place game | ||||
| Oklahoma A&M | 37 | |||
| NYU | 24 | |||
See also[]
1938 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
References[]
- ^ a b Tournament Results (1930's) at nit.org, URL accessed December 9, 2009. Archived 11/7/09
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