1954 National Invitation Tournament
Appearance
Season | 1953–54 | ||||
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Teams | 12 | ||||
Finals site | Madison Square Garden New York City | ||||
Champions | Holy Cross Crusaders (1st title) | ||||
Runner-up | Duquesne Dukes (2nd title game) | ||||
Semifinalists |
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Winning coach | Lester Sheary (1st title) | ||||
MVP | Togo Palazzi (Holy Cross) | ||||
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The 1954 National Invitation Tournament was the 1954 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition.
Selected teams
[edit]Below is a list of the 12 teams selected for the tournament.[1] There were 4 seeded teams, which received a bye in the first round, (1) Duquesne, (2) Western Kentucky, (3) Holy Cross, and (4) Niagara.[2]
Participants | Seed |
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Duquesne | 1 |
Western Kentucky State | 2 |
Holy Cross | 3 |
Niagara | 4 |
Bowling Green | |
BYU | |
Dayton | |
Louisville | |
Manhattan | |
St. Francis (NY) | |
Saint Francis (PA) | |
Wichita State |
Bracket
[edit]Below is the tournament bracket.[1]
First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||
Bowling Green | 88 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wichita State | 64 | ||||||||||||||||||
Bowling Green | 81 | ||||||||||||||||||
2 | Western Kentucky | 95 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Western Kentucky | 69 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Holy Cross | 75 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Holy Cross | 93 | |||||||||||||||||
St. Francis (NY) | 69 | ||||||||||||||||||
St. Francis (NY) | 60 | ||||||||||||||||||
Louisville | 55 | ||||||||||||||||||
3 | Holy Cross | 71 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Duquesne | 62 | |||||||||||||||||
Saint Francis (PA) | 81 | ||||||||||||||||||
BYU | 68 | ||||||||||||||||||
Saint Francis (PA) | 63 | ||||||||||||||||||
1 | Duquesne | 69 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Duquesne | 66 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Niagara | 51 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Niagara | 77 | |||||||||||||||||
Dayton | 74 | ||||||||||||||||||
Dayton | 90 | ||||||||||||||||||
Manhattan | 79 |
Third place game | ||||
2 | Western Kentucky | 66 | ||
4 | Niagara | 71 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Tournament Results (1950s) at nit.org, URL accessed December 8, 2009. Archived 11/7/09
- ^ "ST. FRANCIS BEATS LOUISVILLE, 60-55". New York Times. Retrieved January 13, 2020.