1946 National Invitation Tournament
| 1946 National Invitation Tournament | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teams | 8 | ||||
| Finals site | Madison Square Garden New York City | ||||
| Champions | Kentucky Wildcays (1st title) | ||||
| Runner-up | Rhode Island Rams (1st title game) | ||||
| Semifinalists |
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| Winning coach | Adolph Rupp (1st title) | ||||
| MVP | Ernie Calverley (Rhode Island) | ||||
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The 1946 National Invitation Tournament was the 1946 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition.
Contents
1 Selected teams
2 Bracket
3 See also
4 References
Selected teams
Below is a list of the 8 teams selected for the tournament.[1]
| Participants | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Arizona | ||||
Bowling Green | ||||
Kentucky | ||||
Muhlenberg | ||||
Rhode Island | ||||
St. John's | ||||
Syracuse | ||||
West Virginia | ||||
Bracket
Below is the tournament bracket.[1]
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
Rhode Island | 82 | |||||||||||||
| Bowling Green | 79 | |||||||||||||
Rhode Island | 59 | |||||||||||||
| Muhlenberg | 49 | |||||||||||||
Muhlenberg | 47 | |||||||||||||
| Syracuse | 41 | |||||||||||||
| Rhode Island | 45 | |||||||||||||
Kentucky | 46 | |||||||||||||
West Virginia | 70 | |||||||||||||
| St. John's | 58 | |||||||||||||
| West Virginia | 51 | |||||||||||||
Kentucky | 59 | |||||||||||||
Kentucky | 77 | |||||||||||||
| Arizona | 53 | |||||||||||||
| Third place game | ||||
| Muhlenberg | 40 | |||
West Virginia | 65 | |||
See also
- 1946 NCAA Basketball Tournament
- 1946 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
References
^ ab Tournament Results (1940s) at nit.org, URL accessed December 9, 2009. Archived 11/7/09

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