1956 National Invitation Tournament

1956 National Invitation Tournament

Season	1955–56
Teams	12
Finals site	Madison Square Garden New York City
Champions	Louisville Cardinals (1st title)
Runner-up	Dayton Flyers (4th title game)
Semifinalists	Saint Joseph's Hawks (1st semifinal) St. Francis (NY) Terriers (1st semifinal)
Winning coach	Bernard Hickman (1st title)
MVP	Charlie Tyra (Louisville)
National Invitation Tournaments «1955 1957»

The 1956 National Invitation Tournament was the 1956 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition.

Selected teams

Below is a list of the 12 teams selected for the tournament.[1] The top four teams are seeded and receive a bye for the first round.[2]

Participants	Seed
Dayton	1
Louisville	2
Saint Joseph's	3
Niagara	4
Duquesne
Lafayette
Marquette
Oklahoma A&M
St. Francis (NY)
Saint Louis
Seton Hall
Xavier

Bracket

Below is the tournament bracket.[1]

	First round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
		Duquesne	69
		Oklahoma A&M	61
							Duquesne	72
						2	Louisville	84
											2	Louisville	89
											3	Saint Joseph's	79
						3	Saint Joseph's	74
							Seton Hall	65
		Seton Hall	96
		Marquette	78
																2	Louisville	93
																1	Dayton	80
		St. Francis (NY)	85
		Lafayette	74
							St. Francis (NY)	74
						4	Niagara	72
												St. Francis (NY)	58
											1	Dayton	89
						1	Dayton	72
							Xavier	68
		Xavier	84
		Saint Louis	80

	Third place game
	3	Saint Joseph's	93
		St. Francis (NY)	82

See also

• 1956 NCAA basketball tournament
• 1956 NAIA Basketball Tournament

References

1. Tournament Results (1950s) at nit.org, URL accessed December 8, 2009. 11/7/09
2. "Invitation Tourney Draw". New York Times. Retrieved December 23, 2019.