National Invitational Tournament

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1. Which team won the first National Invitational Tournament in 1938? Wake Forest Temple California Ohio State

2. A number of teams have won at least two NIT championships.Which team was the first to do it? LIU-Brooklyn Bradley St. John's Virginia

3. The 1949-50 team from CCNY did something no other basketball team had ever done, and will never do again. They won both the NIT and NCAA tournaments in the same year. Which team did they meet and defeat in both of those tournaments? Dayton Bradley Duquesne Canisius

4. LaSalle star Tom Gola, who helped the Explorers win the 1952 NIT championship, held what unusual distinction(s)? He was the first person to share the NIT most valuable player award He is the only person to win NIT and NCAA MVP awards He is one of only two players to win NIT, NCAA, and NBA championships All of these statements are true

5. In 1971, the North Carolina Tar Heels claimed the NIT championship when they beat which future Atlantic Coast Conference rival 84-66? Boston College Florida State Virginia Tech Georgia Tech

6. Between 1973 and 1976, the most valuable player of the NIT played for a team that did not win the tournament. Which of those MVPs played for a team that did NOT reach the championship game of the tournament the year he won the MVP award? Cedric Maxwell, UNC-Charlotte (1976) Ron Lee, Oregon (1975) Mike Sojourner, Utah (1974) John Shumate, Notre Dame (1973)

7. In 1989 and 1990, the St. Louis Billikens made it to the NIT championship game, only to fall short each time. Which two teams did Saint Louis lose to? St. John's and Southern Mississippi St. John's and Vanderbilt Southern Mississippi and Vanderbilt Stanford and Vanderbilt

8. Virginia Tech won NIT championships in 1973 and 1995. Which of the following statements about those championships is false? Both games went to overtime Marquette and Notre Dame were the losers in those games Virginia Tech won both games by one point Virginia Tech won one of the championships by forfeit

9. In 2005, the NCAA purchased the NIT from the Metropolitan Intercollegiate Basketball Association. As part of the purchase, the MIBA disbanded. Which of the following New York area schools was not part of the MIBA? St. John's University Manhattan College Wagner College Columbia University

10. The 2006 NIT field featured how many teams? 48 36 40 32