1954 National Invitation Tournament
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| Teams | 12 | ||||
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| Finals site | Madison Square Garden New York City |
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| Champions | Holy Cross (1st title) | ||||
| Runner-up | Duquesne (2nd title game) | ||||
| Semifinalists | |||||
| Winning coach | Lester Sheary (1st title) | ||||
| MVP | Togo Palazzi (Holy Cross) | ||||
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The 1954 National Invitation Tournament was the 1954 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition.
Selected teams
Below is a list of the 12 teams selected for the tournament.[1]
| Participants | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowling Green | ||||
| BYU | ||||
| Dayton | ||||
| Duquesne | ||||
| Holy Cross | ||||
| Louisville | ||||
| Manhattan | ||||
| Niagara | ||||
| St. Francis (NY) | ||||
| St. Francis (PA) | ||||
| Western Kentucky State | ||||
| Wichita State | ||||
Brackets/Results
Below is the tournament bracket.[1]
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||||||
| Bowling Green | 88 | |||||||||||||||||
| Wichita State | 64 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bowling Green | 81 | |||||||||||||||||
| Western Kentucky | 95 | |||||||||||||||||
| Western Kentucky | 69 | |||||||||||||||||
| Holy Cross | 75 | |||||||||||||||||
| Holy Cross | 93 | |||||||||||||||||
| St. Francis (NY) | 69 | |||||||||||||||||
| St. Francis (NY) | 60 | |||||||||||||||||
| Louisville | 55 | |||||||||||||||||
| Holy Cross | 71 | |||||||||||||||||
| Duquesne | 62 | |||||||||||||||||
| St. Francis (PA) | 81 | |||||||||||||||||
| BYU | 68 | |||||||||||||||||
| St. Francis (PA) | 63 | |||||||||||||||||
| Duquesne | 69 | |||||||||||||||||
| Duquesne | 66 | |||||||||||||||||
| Niagara | 51 | |||||||||||||||||
| Niagara | 77 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dayton | 74 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dayton | 90 | |||||||||||||||||
| Manhattan | 79 | |||||||||||||||||
- Third Place - Niagara 71, Western Kentucky 65
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tournament Results (1950's) at nit.org, URL accessed December 8, 2009. Archived 11/7/09
