1938 National Invitation Tournament
Annual NCAA basketball competition
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The 1938 National Invitation Tournament was the inaugural edition of the annual college basketball competition.
Souvenir program from the tournament. | |
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| City | New York City |
| Venue | Madison Square Garden |
| Dates | March 9–16, 1938 |
| Teams | 6 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Temple Owls (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Colorado Buffaloes |
| Third place | Oklahoma A&M Aggies |
| Fourth place | NYU Violets |
| Awards | |
| MVP | Don Shields (Temple) |
The Invitation was won by Temple, who claimed the national championship with their win over Colorado in the tournament final.[1][2]
Selected teams
Below is a list of the six teams selected for the tournament.[3]
| 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.[3]
| Opening round March 9 | Semifinals March 14 | Finals March 16 | |||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||