1939 National Invitation Tournament

Teams

Finals site

Madison Square Garden
New York City

Champions

Long Island (1st title)

Runner-up

Loyola Chicago (1st title game)

Semifinalists

Bradley (1st semifinal)
St. John's (1st semifinal)

Winning coach

Clair Bee (1st title)

MVP

Bill Lloyd St. John's

National Invitation Tournaments
«1938	1940»

Selected teams

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

Participants	Participants
Bradley	Long Island
Loyola (IL)	New Mexico A&M
Roanoke	St. John's

Brackets/Results

Below is the tournament bracket.^[1]

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals


				Bradley	32

				Long Island	36
	Long Island	52

	New Mexico A&M	45
							Long Island	44
							Loyola	32


				Loyola	51

				St. John's	46
	St. John's	71

	Roanoke	47

Third Place - Bradley 40, St. John's 35

References

1 2 Tournament Results (1930's) at nit.org, URL accessed December 9, 2009. Archived 11/7/09

National Invitation Tournament

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