The 1940 National Invitation Tournament was the 1940 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition.
Tournament details | |
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City | New York City |
Venue(s) | Madison Square Garden |
Teams | 6 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Colorado Buffaloes (1st title) |
Runner-up | Duquesne Dukes |
Semifinalists | |
Tournament statistics | |
MVP | Bob Doll (Colorado) |
Selected teams
editBelow is a list of the six teams selected for the tournament.[1]
Team | Conference |
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Colorado | Mountain States Conference |
DePaul | Independent |
Duquesne | Independent |
Long Island | Independent |
Oklahoma A&M | Missouri Valley Conference |
St. John's Redmen | Metropolitan New York Conference |
Bracket
editBelow is the tournament bracket.[1]
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
1 | Colorado | 52 | ||||||||||||
4 | DePaul | 45 | DePaul | 37 | ||||||||||
5 | Long Island | 38 | Colorado | 51 | ||||||||||
Duquesne | 40 | |||||||||||||
2 | Oklahoma A&M | 30 | ||||||||||||
3 | Duquesne | 38 | Duquesne | 34 | ||||||||||
6 | St. John's | 31 | Third place | |||||||||||
DePaul | 22 | |||||||||||||
Oklahoma A&M | 23 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Tournament Results (1940s) at nit.org, URL accessed December 9, 2009. Archived 11/7/09