1945 National Invitation Tournament
Tournament details | |
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City | New York City |
Venue(s) | Madison Square Garden |
Teams | 8 |
Final positions | |
Champions | DePaul Blue Demons (1st title) |
Runner-up | Bowling Green Falcons |
Semifinalists | |
Tournament statistics | |
MVP | George Mikan (DePaul) |
The 1945 National Invitation Tournament was the 1945 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition.
Selected teams
[edit]Below is a list of the eight teams selected for the tournament.[1]
Bracket
[edit]Below is the tournament bracket.[1]
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
Rhode Island | 51 | |||||||||||||
Tennessee | 44 | |||||||||||||
Rhode Island | 53 | |||||||||||||
DePaul | 97 | |||||||||||||
DePaul | 76 | |||||||||||||
West Virginia | 52 | |||||||||||||
DePaul | 71 | |||||||||||||
Bowling Green | 54 | |||||||||||||
Bowling Green | 60 | |||||||||||||
RPI | 45 | |||||||||||||
Bowling Green | 57 | |||||||||||||
St. John's | 44 | |||||||||||||
St. John's | 34 | |||||||||||||
Muhlenberg | 33 |
Third place game | ||||
Rhode Island | 57 | |||
St. John's | 64 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Tournament Results (1940s) at nit.org, URL accessed December 9, 2009. Archived 11/7/09