1939 National Invitation Tournament
Annual NCAA basketball competition
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The 1939 National Invitation Tournament was the second edition of the annual college basketball competition.
Souvenir program from the tournament. | |
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| City | New York City |
| Venue | Madison Square Garden |
| Teams | 6 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Long Island-Brooklyn Blackbirds (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Loyola-Chicago Ramblers |
| Semifinalists | |
| Awards | |
| MVP | Bill Lloyd (St. John's) |
The championship game between Long Island (22–0) and Loyola (21–0) is the only time in men's college basketball history where two undefeated major college teams met in a postseason tournament final for a national championship.[1]: 286 [2]
Selected teams
Below is a list of the six teams selected for the tournament.[3]
Bracket
Below is the tournament bracket.[3]
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||
| Bradley | 32 | ||||||||||
| Long Island | 52 | Long Island | 36 | ||||||||
| New Mexico A&M | 45 | Long Island | 44 | ||||||||
| Loyola–Chicago | 32 | ||||||||||
| Loyola–Chicago | 51 | ||||||||||
| St. John's | 71 | St. John's | 46 | ||||||||
| Roanoke | 47 | Third place | |||||||||
| Bradley | 40 | ||||||||||
| St. John's | 35 | ||||||||||