1955 National Invitation Tournament
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1955 National Invitation Tournament
| 1955 National Invitation Tournament | |||
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| Teams | 12 | ||
| Finals site | Madison Square Garden New York City |
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| Champions | Duquesne (1st title) | ||
| Runner-up | Dayton (3rd title game) | ||
| Semifinalists | Cincinnati (1st semifinal) St. Francis (PA) (1st semifinal) |
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| Winning coach | Dudey Moore (1st title) | ||
| MVP | Maurice Stokes St. Francis (PA) | ||
National Invitation Tournaments
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The 1955 National Invitation Tournament was the 1955 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition.
Selected teams
Below is a list of the 12 teams selected for the tournament.[1]
| Participants | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati | ||||
| Connecticut | ||||
| Dayton | ||||
| Duquesne | ||||
| Holy Cross | ||||
| Lafayette | ||||
| Louisville | ||||
| Manhattan | ||||
| Niagara | ||||
| St. Francis (PA) | ||||
| Saint Louis | ||||
| Seton Hall | ||||
Brackets/Results
Below is the tournament bracket.[1]
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||||||
| Louisville | 91 | |||||||||||||||||
| Manhattan | 86 | |||||||||||||||||
| Louisville | 66 | |||||||||||||||||
| Duquesne | 74 | |||||||||||||||||
| Duquesne | 65 | |||||||||||||||||
| Cincinnati | 61 | |||||||||||||||||
| Cincinnati | 85 | |||||||||||||||||
| Niagara | 83 | |||||||||||||||||
| Niagara | 83 | |||||||||||||||||
| Lafayette | 70 | |||||||||||||||||
| Duquesne | 70 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dayton | 58 | |||||||||||||||||
| St. Francis | 89 | |||||||||||||||||
| Seton Hall | 78 | |||||||||||||||||
| St. Francis | 68 | |||||||||||||||||
| Holy Cross | 64 | |||||||||||||||||
| St. Francis | 73 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dayton | 79 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dayton | 97 | |||||||||||||||||
| Saint Louis | 81 | |||||||||||||||||
| Saint Louis | 110 | |||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut | 103 | |||||||||||||||||
- Third Place - Cincinnati 96, St. Francis 91
References
- ^ a b Tournament Results (1950's) at nit.org, URL accessed December 8, 2009. Archived 11/7/09
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