1938 National Invitation Tournament

1938 National Invitation Tournament

Tournament details
City	New York City
Venue(s)	Madison Square Garden
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	Temple Owls (1st title)
Runner-up	Colorado Buffaloes
Semifinalists	Oklahoma State Cowboys NYU Violets
Tournament statistics
MVP	Don Shields (Temple)

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 six teams selected for the tournament.[1]

Team	Conference	Overall record
Bradley	Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	18–1
Colorado	Mountain States Conference	14–5
Long Island	Metropolitan New York Conference	23–4
NYU	Metropolitan New York Conference	15–6
Oklahoma A&M	Missouri Valley Conference	24–2
Temple	Eastern Intercollegiate Conference	20–2

Bracket

Below is the tournament bracket.[1]

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Finals
					Oklahoma A&M	55
	Temple	53			Temple	56
	Bradley	40							Temple	60
									Colorado	36
					Colorado	48
	NYU	39			NYU	47
	Long Island	37							Third place
									Oklahoma A&M	37
									NYU	24

See also

• 1938 NAIA Basketball Tournament

References

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