1957 National Invitation Tournament
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Season | 1956–57 | ||||
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Teams | 12 | ||||
Finals site | Madison Square Garden New York City | ||||
Champions | Bradley Braves (1st title) | ||||
Runner-up | Memphis Tigers (1st title game) | ||||
Semifinalists |
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Winning coach | Chuck Orsborn (1st title) | ||||
MVP | Win Wilfong (Memphis State) | ||||
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The 1957 National Invitation Tournament was the 1957 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition.
Selected teams
Below is a list of the 12 teams selected for the tournament.[1]
Bracket
Below is the tournament bracket.[1]
First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||
St. Bonaventure | 90 | ||||||||||||||||||
Cincinnati | 72 | ||||||||||||||||||
St. Bonaventure | 85 | ||||||||||||||||||
Seattle | 68 | ||||||||||||||||||
St. Bonaventure | 78 | ||||||||||||||||||
Memphis | 80 | ||||||||||||||||||
Manhattan | 73 | ||||||||||||||||||
Memphis | 85 | ||||||||||||||||||
Memphis | 77 | ||||||||||||||||||
Utah | 75 | ||||||||||||||||||
Memphis | 83 | ||||||||||||||||||
Bradley | 84 | ||||||||||||||||||
Xavier | 85 | ||||||||||||||||||
Seton Hall | 79 | ||||||||||||||||||
Xavier | 81 | ||||||||||||||||||
Bradley | 116 | ||||||||||||||||||
Bradley | 94 | ||||||||||||||||||
Temple | 66 | ||||||||||||||||||
Temple | 77 | ||||||||||||||||||
Dayton | 66 | ||||||||||||||||||
Dayton | 79 | ||||||||||||||||||
Saint Peter's | 71 |
Third place game | ||||
St. Bonaventure | 50 | |||
Temple | 67 |
See also
- 1957 NCAA University Division basketball tournament
- 1957 NCAA College Division basketball tournament
- 1957 NAIA Basketball Tournament
References
- ^ a b Tournament Results (1950's) at nit.org, URL accessed December 8, 2009. Archived 11/7/09
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