| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| City | New York City |
| Venue(s) | Madison Square Garden |
| Teams | 8 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Saint Louis Billikens (1st title) |
| Runners-up | NYU Violets |
| Semifinalists | |
| Awards | |
| MVP | Ed Macauley (Saint Louis) |
The 1948 National Invitation Tournament was the 1948 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition.
Below is a list of the eight teams selected for the tournament. [1]
Below is the tournament bracket. [1]
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| Western Kentucky State | 68 | |||||||||
| La Salle | 61 | |||||||||
| Western Kentucky State | 53 | |||||||||
| St. Louis | 60 | |||||||||
| St. Louis | 69 | |||||||||
| Bowling Green | 53 | |||||||||
| St. Louis | 65 | |||||||||
| NYU | 52 | |||||||||
| NYU | 45 | |||||||||
| Texas | 43 | |||||||||
| NYU | 72 | |||||||||
| DePaul | 59 | 3rd place match | ||||||||
| DePaul | 75 | |||||||||
| NC State | 64 | |||||||||
| Western Kentucky State | 61 | |||||||||
| DePaul | 59 | |||||||||