1956 National Invitation Tournament

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1956 National Invitation Tournament
Season 195556
Teams12
Finals site Madison Square Garden,
New York City
Champions Louisville Cardinals (1st title)
Runner-up Dayton Flyers (4th title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Bernard Hickman (1st title)
MVP Charlie Tyra (Louisville)
National Invitation Tournaments
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The 1956 National Invitation Tournament was the 1956 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition.

Contents

Selected teams

Below is a list of the 12 teams selected for the tournament. [1] The top four teams are seeded and receive a bye for the first round. [2]

ParticipantsSeed
Dayton 1
Louisville 2
Saint Joseph's 3
Niagara 4
Duquesne
Lafayette
Marquette
Oklahoma A&M
St. Francis (NY)
Saint Louis
Seton Hall
Xavier

Bracket

Below is the tournament bracket. [1]

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
            
Duquesne69
Oklahoma A&M 61
Duquesne 72
2 Louisville84
2 Louisville89
3 Saint Joseph's 79
3 Saint Joseph's74
Seton Hall 65
Seton Hall96
Marquette 78
2 Louisville93
1 Dayton 80
St. Francis (NY) 85
Lafayette 74
St. Francis (NY) 74
4 Niagara 72
St. Francis (NY) 58
1 Dayton89
1 Dayton72
Xavier 68
Xavier84
Saint Louis 80
Third place game
   
3 Saint Joseph's93
St. Francis (NY) 82

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Tournament Results (1950s) at nit.org, URL accessed December 8, 2009. 11/7/09
  2. "Invitation Tourney Draw". New York Times. Retrieved December 23, 2019.