1951 National Invitation Tournament

Annual NCAA basketball competition August 2023 April 2026 NIT 1951 1951 NIT program.jpg 12 Madison Square Garden New York City Brigham Young Cougars 1st Dayton Flyers 1st St. John's Redmen 6th Seton Hall Pirates 2nd Stan Watts 1st Roland Minson BYU The 1951 National Invitation Tournament was the fourteenth edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition. Held in New York City at Madison Square Garden, its championship was on Saturday, March 17, and BYU defeated Dayton by nineteen points.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XDdPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=M04DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6375%2C3526479 Deseret News Salt Lake City, Utah Miller Hack BYU smashes Dayton in finale, 62-43 March 18, 1951 C1https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=EBpQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wgsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6695%2C6075956 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Grimsley Will Brigham Young cops invitational hoop title, 62-43 March 18, 1951 1B The following week, BYU participated in the 16-team NCAA tournament,https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XzdPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=M04DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6661%2C4218289 Deseret News Salt Lake City, Utah Miller Hack BYU gets nod in NCAA cage opener March 18, 1951 A11 and lost in the quarterfinal round, by ten points to Kansas State.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YjdPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=M04DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6551%2C4814583 Deseret News Salt Lake City, Utah Miller Hack Kansas State dumps cold Cougars, 64-54 March 24, 1951 A5https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HDozAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0uUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6980%2C3213091 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Associated Press Kansas State whips BYU, 64-54 March 24, 1951 10 Selected teams Twelve teams selected for the tournament.Tournament Results (1950s) at nit.org, URL accessed December 8, 2009. Archived 11/7/09 Arizona Beloit BYU Cincinnati Dayton La Salle Lawrence Tech NC State St. Bonaventure St. John's Saint Louis Seton Hall Bracket Below is the tournament bracket. Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals Saint Louis 73 La Salle 61 Seton Hall 71 Beloit 57 St. Bonaventure 70 Cincinnati 67 Dayton 77 Lawrence Tech 71 Saint Louis 58 BYU 75 NC State 59 Seton Hall 71 St. Bonaventure 58 St. John's 60 Arizona 68 Dayton 74 BYU 69 Seton Hall 59 St. John's 62 Dayton 69 BYU 62 Dayton 43 Third place game Seton Hall 68 St. John's 70 See also 1951 NCAA basketball tournament 1951 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament References 2 National Invitation National Invitation Tournament Category:1950s in Manhattan Category:Basketball in New York City Category:College sports tournaments in New York City National Invitation Tournament Category:National Invitation Tournament Category:Sports competitions in Manhattan