1959 National Invitation Tournament

Annual NCAA basketball competition

1959 National Invitation TournamentSeason| 1958–59

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Teams| 12
Finals site| Madison Square Garden,
New York City
Champions| St. John's Redmen (3rd title)
Runner-up| Bradley Braves (3rd title game)
Semifinalists|

* NYU Violets (3rd semifinal)
* Providence (1st semifinal)

Winning coach| Joe Lapchick (2nd title)
MVP| Tony Jackson (St. John's)
| National Invitation Tournaments

«1958 | 1960»

The 1959 National Invitation Tournament was the 1959 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition.

## Selected teams

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Below is a list of the 12 teams selected for the tournament.[1]

Team  | Conference  | Overall record  | Appearance  | Last bid

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Bradley | Missouri Valley | 23–3  | 8th  | 1958
Butler | Independent | 18–8  | 2nd  | 1958
Denver | Skyline | 14–9  | 1st  | Never
Fordham | Metro New York | 17–7  | 3rd  | 1958
Manhattan | Metro New York | 14–6  | 7th  | 1957
NYU | Metro New York | 12–7  | 5th  | 1952
Oklahoma City | Independent | 20–6  | 1st  | Never
Providence | Independent | 18–5  | 1st  | Never
St. Bonaventure | Independent | 20–2  | 5th  | 1958
St. John's | Metro New York | 16–6  | 14th  | 1958
Saint Louis | Missouri Valley | 20–5  | 8th  | 1956
Villanova | Independent | 18–6  | 1st  | Never

## Bracket

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Below is the tournament bracket.[1]

| First round | | | Quarterfinals | | | Semifinals | | | Finals |

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|  | Butler | 94 | | | |
|  | Fordham | 80 |
| |  | Butler | 77 |
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| | |  | Bradley | 83 |
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| |  | Bradley | 59 |
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| | |  | NYU | 57 |
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| |  | Oklahoma City | 48 |
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| | |  | NYU | 63 |
|  | NYU | 90 |

|  | Denver | 81 |
| |  | Bradley | 71 |
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| | |  | St. John's | 76 |
|  | Providence | 68 | | |

|  | Manhattan | 66 |
| |  | Providence | 75 |
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| | |  | Saint Louis | 72 |
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| |  | Providence | 55 |
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| | |  | St. John's | 76 |
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| |  | St. Bonaventure | 74 |
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| | |  | St. John's | 82 |
|  | St. John's | 75 |

|  | Villanova | 67 |
| Third place game |

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| NYU | 71 |
| Providence | 57 |

## See also

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* 1959 NCAA University Division basketball tournament
* 1959 NCAA College Division basketball tournament
* 1959 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament

## References

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1. ^ a b Tournament Results (1950s) at nit.org, URL accessed December 8, 2009. Archived 11/7/09

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