| Season | 1961–62 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teams | 12 | ||||
| Finals site | Madison Square Garden New York City | ||||
| Champions | Dayton Flyers (1st title) | ||||
| Runner-up | St. John's Redmen (5th title game) | ||||
| Semifinalists |
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| Winning coach | Tom Blackburn (1st title) | ||||
| MVP | Bill Chmielewski (Dayton) | ||||
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The 1962 National Invitation Tournament was the 1962 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition.
Selected teams
Below is a list of the 12 teams selected for the tournament.
- Bradley
- Colorado State
- Dayton
- Duquesne
- Holy Cross
- Houston
- Loyola-Chicago
- Navy
- Providence
- St. John's
- Temple
- Wichita State
Bracket
Below is the tournament bracket.
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||
| Dayton | 79 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wichita State | 71 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dayton | 94 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Houston | 77 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dayton | 98 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Loyola-Chicago | 82 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Loyola-Chicago | 75 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Temple | 64 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Temple | 80 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Providence | 78 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dayton | 73 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St. John's | 67 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Duquesne | 70 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Navy | 58 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Duquesne | 88 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bradley | 85 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Duquesne | 65 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St. John's | 75 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St. John's | 80 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Holy Cross | 74 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Holy Cross | 72 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado State | 71 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Third place game | ||||
| Loyola-Chicago | 95 | |||
| Duquesne | 84 | |||
See also
- 1962 NCAA University Division basketball tournament
- 1962 NCAA College Division basketball tournament
- 1962 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament
References
- ^ Tournament Results (1960's) at nit.org, URL accessed December 8, 2009. Archived 11/7/09