1938 National Invitation Tournament
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| City | New York City |
| Venue(s) | Madison Square Garden |
| Teams | 6 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Temple Owls (1st title) |
| Runner-up | Colorado Buffaloes |
| Semifinalists | |
| Tournament statistics | |
| MVP | Don Shields (Temple) |
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]
| Team | Conference | Overall record |
|---|---|---|
| Bradley | Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | 18–1 |
| Colorado | Mountain States Conference | 14–5 |
| Long Island | Metropolitan New York Conference | 23–4 |
| NYU | Metropolitan New York Conference | 15–6 |
| Oklahoma A&M | Missouri Valley Conference | 24–2 |
| Temple | Eastern Intercollegiate Conference | 20–2 |
Bracket
Below is the tournament bracket.[1]
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Oklahoma A&M | 55 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Temple | 53 | Temple | 56 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Bradley | 40 | Temple | 60 | ||||||||||
| Colorado | 36 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Colorado | 48 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | NYU | 39 | NYU | 47 | ||||||||||
| 6 | Long Island | 37 | Third place | |||||||||||
| Oklahoma A&M | 37 | |||||||||||||
| NYU | 24 | |||||||||||||
See also
References
- ^ a b Tournament Results (1930's) at nit.org, URL accessed December 9, 2009. Archived 11/7/09