1956 National Invitation Tournament
Annual NCAA basketball competition
- Saint Joseph's Hawks (1st semifinal)
- St. Francis (NY) Terriers (1st semifinal)
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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 |
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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
References
- ^ a b Tournament Results (1950s) at nit.org, URL accessed December 8, 2009. 11/7/09
- ^ "Invitation Tourney Draw". New York Times. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
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