| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| City | New York City |
| Venue(s) | Madison Square Garden |
| Teams | 8 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Saint Louis Billikens (1st title) |
| Runner-up | NYU Violets |
| Semifinalists | |
| Tournament statistics | |
| MVP | Ed Macauley (Saint Louis) |
The 1948 National Invitation Tournament was the 1948 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition.
Selected teams
Below is a list of the eight teams selected for the tournament. [1]
Bracket
Below is the tournament bracket. [1]
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| Western Kentucky State | 68 | |||||||||
| La Salle | 61 | |||||||||
| Western Kentucky State | 53 | |||||||||
| Saint Louis | 60 | |||||||||
| Saint Louis | 69 | |||||||||
| Bowling Green | 53 | |||||||||
| Saint Louis | 65 | |||||||||
| NYU | 52 | |||||||||
| NYU | 45 | |||||||||
| Texas | 43 | |||||||||
| NYU | 72 | |||||||||
| DePaul | 59 | 3rd place match | ||||||||
| DePaul | 75 | |||||||||
| NC State | 64 | |||||||||
| Western Kentucky State | 61 | |||||||||
| DePaul | 59 | |||||||||
See also
References
- ^ a b Tournament Results (1940s) at nit.org, URL accessed December 9, 2009. Archived 11/7/09
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- 1947–48 NCAA men's basketball season
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- 1940s in Manhattan
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