1944 National Invitation Tournament

1944 National Invitation Tournament
Teams	8
Finals site	Madison Square Garden New York City
Champions	St. John's (2nd title)
Runner-up	DePaul (1st title game)
Semifinalists	Kentucky (1st semifinal) Oklahoma A&M (3rd semifinal)
Winning coach	Joe Lapchick (2nd title)
MVP	Bill Kotsores St. John's
National Invitation Tournaments «1943 1945»

The 1944 National Invitation Tournament was the 1944 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition.

Selected teams

Below is a list of the 8 teams selected for the tournament.^[1]

Participants
Bowling Green
Canisius
DePaul
Kentucky
Muhlenberg
Oklahoma A&M
St. John's
Utah

Brackets/Results

Below is the tournament bracket.^[1]

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
		Oklahoma A&M	43
		Canisius	29
							Oklahoma A&M	38
							DePaul	41
		DePaul	68
		Muhlenberg	45
												DePaul	39
												St. John's	47
		Kentucky	46
		Utah	38
							Kentucky	45
							St. John's	48
		St. John's	44
		Bowling Green	40

• Third Place - Kentucky 45, Oklahoma A&M 29

References

1. Tournament Results (1940's) at nit.org, URL accessed December 9, 2009. Archived 11/7/09