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The 1945
National Invitation Tournament The National Invitational Tournament (NIT) is a men's college basketball tournament operated by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Played at regional sites and traditionally at Madison Square Garden (Final Four) in New York City ...
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competition.


Selected teams

Below is a list of the eight teams selected for the tournament.Tournament Results (1940s)
at nit.org, URL accessed December 9, 2009

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Bracket

Below is the tournament bracket.


See also

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1945 NCAA basketball tournament The 1945 NCAA basketball tournament was an eight-team single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) college basketball. It began on March 22, 1945, and ended with the ch ...
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1945 NAIA Basketball Tournament The 1945 NAIA basketball tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 8th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 16 teams playing in a single-elimination format, instead of the normal 32. It is the only ...


References

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