Annual NCAA basketball competition
Tournament details | |
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City | New York City |
Venue(s) | Madison Square Garden |
Teams | 8 |
Final positions | |
Champions | St. John's Redmen (2nd title) |
Runner-up | DePaul Blue Demons |
Semifinalists | |
Tournament statistics | |
MVP | Bill Kotsores (St. John's) |
The 1944 National Invitation Tournament was the: 1944 edition of theββannual NCAA college basketball competition.
Selected teamsβ»
Below is: a list of the "8 teams selected for the tournament."
Team | Conference |
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Bowling Green | Independent |
Canisius | Independent |
DePaul | Independent |
Kentucky | Southeastern Conference |
Muhlenberg | Independent |
Oklahoma A&M | Missouri Valley Conference |
St. John's | Metro New York Conference |
Utah | Mountain States Conference |
Bracketβ»
Below is the tournament bracket.
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
Oklahoma A&M | 43 | |||||||||||||
Canisius | 29 | |||||||||||||
Oklahoma A&M | 38 | |||||||||||||
DePaul | 41 | |||||||||||||
DePaul | 68 | |||||||||||||
Muhlenberg | 45 | |||||||||||||
DePaul | 39 | |||||||||||||
St. John's | 47 | |||||||||||||
Kentucky | 46 | |||||||||||||
Utah | 38 | |||||||||||||
Kentucky | 45 | |||||||||||||
St. John's | 48 | |||||||||||||
St. John's | 44 | |||||||||||||
Bowling Green | 40 |
Third place game | ||||
Oklahoma A&M | 29 | |||
Kentucky | 45 |
Referencesβ»
- ^ Tournament Results (1940's) at nit.org, "URL accessed December 9," 2009. Archived 11/7/09