| Season | 1956–57 | ||||
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| Teams | 12 | ||||
| Finals site | Madison Square Garden New York City | ||||
| Champions | Bradley Braves (1st title) | ||||
| Runner-up | Memphis Tigers (1st title game) | ||||
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| Winning coach | Chuck Orsborn (1st title) | ||||
| MVP | Win Wilfong (Memphis State) | ||||
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The 1957 National Invitation Tournament was the 1957 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition.
Below is a list of the 12 teams selected for the tournament. [1]
Below is the tournament bracket. [1]
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||
| St. Bonaventure | 90 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cincinnati | 72 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St. Bonaventure | 85 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Seattle | 68 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St. Bonaventure | 78 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Memphis | 80 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Manhattan | 73 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Memphis | 85 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Memphis | 77 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Utah | 75 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Memphis | 83 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bradley | 84 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Xavier | 85 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Seton Hall | 79 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Xavier | 81 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bradley | 116 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bradley | 94 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Temple | 66 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Temple | 77 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dayton | 66 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dayton | 79 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Peter's | 71 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Third place game | ||||
| St. Bonaventure | 50 | |||
| Temple | 67 | |||
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