1950 National Invitation Tournament

College basketball tournament August 2023 April 2026 NIT 1950 12 Madison Square Garden New York City CCNY Beavers 1st Bradley Braves 1st St. John's Red Storm 5th Duquesne Dukes 2nd Nat Holman 1st Ed Warner CCNY The 1950 National Invitation Tournament was the 1950 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition. For the only time in history, the same school won both the NIT and NCAA tournaments as CCNY took both championships, beating Bradley in both finals. Four participants in the 1950 NIT (Bradley, CCNY, Kentucky and Long Island University) were later implicated in the 1951 college basketball point-shaving scandal. Selected teams Below is a list of the 12 teams selected for the tournament.Tournament Results (1950s) at nit.org, URL accessed December 8, 2009. Archived 11/7/09 Arizona Bradley CCNY Duquesne Kentucky La Salle Long Island Niagara St. John's San Francisco Syracuse Western Kentucky Bracket Below is the tournament bracket. Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals Western Kentucky 79 Niagara 72 Syracuse 80 Long Island 52 La Salle 72 Arizona 66 CCNY 65 San Francisco 46 Western Kentucky 60 St. John's 69 Bradley 78 Syracuse 66 La Salle 47 Duquesne 49 Kentucky 50 CCNY 89 St. John's 72 Bradley 82 Duquesne 52 CCNY 62 Bradley 61 CCNY 69 Third place game St. John's 69 Duquesne 67 See also 1950 NCAA basketball tournament 1950 NAIA Basketball Tournament References 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