1952 National Invitation Tournament

1952 National Invitation Tournament
Season	1951–52
Teams	12
Finals site	Madison Square Garden New York City
Champions	La Salle (1st title)
Runner-up	Dayton (2nd title game)
Semifinalists	St. Bonaventure (1st semifinal) Duquesne (3rd semifinal)
Winning coach	Ken Loeffler (1st title)
MVP	Tom Gola and Norm Grekin La Salle
National Invitation Tournaments «1951 1953»

The 1952 National Invitation Tournament was the 1952 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition. The 1952 tournament was won by La Salle University. Tom Gola and Norm Grekin were co-MVPs.

Selected teams

Below is a list of the 12 teams selected for the tournament.^[1]

Participants
Dayton
Duquesne
Holy Cross
La Salle
Louisville
NYU
St. Bonaventure
St. John's
Saint Louis
Seattle
Seton Hall
Western Kentucky

Brackets/Results

Below is the tournament bracket.^[1]

	First round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
		Western Kentucky	62
		Louisville	59
							Western Kentucky	69
							St. Bonaventure	70
												St. Bonaventure	62
											Dayton	69
							Saint Louis	58
							Dayton	68
		Dayton	81
		NYU	66
																	Dayton	64
																	La Salle	75
		La Salle	80
		Seton Hall	76
							La Salle	51
							St. John's	45
												La Salle	59
											Duquesne	46
							Duquesne	78
							Holy Cross	68
		Holy Cross	77
		Seattle	72

• Third Place - St. Bonaventure 48, Duquesne 34

References

1. Tournament Results (1950's) at nit.org, URL accessed December 8, 2009. Archived 11/7/09