1938 National Invitation Tournament

1938 National Invitation Tournament
Teams	6
Finals site	Madison Square Garden New York City
Champions	Temple (1st title)
Runner-up	Colorado (1st title game)
Semifinalists	Oklahoma A&M (1st semifinal) NYU (1st semifinal)
Winning coach	James Usilton (1st title)
MVP	Don Shields Temple
National Invitation Tournaments   1939»

The 1938 National Invitation Tournament was the 1938 edition of the annual NCAA basketball competition. It was the inaugural National Invitational Tournament and was won by Temple.

Selected teams

Below is a list of the 6 teams selected for the tournament.^[1]

Participants	Participants
Bradley	Colorado
Long Island	NYU
Oklahoma A&M	Temple

Brackets/Results

Below is the tournament bracket.^[1]

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
							Oklahoma A&M	55
							Temple	56
		Temple	53
		Bradley	40
												Temple	60
												Colorado	36
							Colorado	48
							NYU	47
		NYU	39
		Long Island	37

• Third Place - Oklahoma A&M 37, NYU 24

References

1. Tournament Results (1930's) at nit.org, URL accessed December 9, 2009. Archived 11/7/09