1940 National Invitation Tournament
{{Short description|Annual NCAA basketball competition}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox basketball tournament season
| title = National Invitation Tournament
| year = 1940
| other_titles =
| image =
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| dates =
| season =
| venues = Madison Square Garden
| city = New York City
| num_teams = 6
| defending_champions =
| winners = Colorado Buffaloes
| count = 1
| second = Duquesne Dukes
| semifinal1 = Oklahoma A&M Aggies
| semifinal2 = DePaul Blue Demons
| award_title = MVP
| award = Bob Doll (Colorado)
| matches =
| attendance =
| scoring_leader =
| prev_season = 1939
| next_season = 1941
}}
The 1940 National Invitation Tournament was the 1940 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition.
Selected teams
Below is a list of the six teams selected for the tournament.[http://www.nit.org/history/nit-postseason-results-1940s.html Tournament Results (1940s)] at nit.org, URL accessed December 9, 2009. [https://web.archive.org/web/20100326191321/http://www.nit.org/history/nit-postseason-results-1940s.html Archived] 11/7/09
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
!Team !Conference |
| align=left|{{cbb link|1939|sex=men|team=Colorado Buffaloes|title=Colorado}}
| align=left|Mountain States Conference |
| align=left|{{cbb link|1939|sex=men|team=DePaul Blue Demons|title=DePaul}}
| align=left|Independent |
| align=left|Duquesne
| align=left|Independent |
| align=left|{{cbb link|1939|sex=men|team=Long Island Blackbirds|title=Long Island}}
| align=left|Independent |
| align=left|{{cbb link|1939|sex=men|team=Oklahoma A&M Aggies|title=Oklahoma A&M}}
| align=left|Missouri Valley Conference |
| align=left|{{cbb link|1939|sex=none|team=St. John's Redmen|title=St. John's Redmen}}
| align=left|Metropolitan New York Conference |
Bracket
Below is the tournament bracket.
{{6TeamBracket
| seeds=n
| RD1-team1={{cbb link|year=1939|sex=men|team=DePaul Blue Demons|title=DePaul}}
| RD1-score1=45
| RD1-team2={{cbb link|year=1939|sex=men|team=Long Island Blackbirds|title=Long Island}}
| RD1-score2=38
| RD1-team3=Duquesne
| RD1-score3=38
| RD1-team4={{cbb link|year=1939|sex=none|team=St. John's Redmen|title=St. John's}}
| RD1-score4=31
| RD2-team1={{cbb link|year=1939|sex=men|team=Colorado Buffaloes|title=Colorado}}
| RD2-score1=52
| RD2-team2=DePaul
| RD2-score2=37
| RD2-team3={{cbb link|year=1939|sex=men|team=Oklahoma A&M Aggies|title=Oklahoma A&M}}
| RD2-score3=30
| RD2-team4=Duquesne
| RD2-score4=34
| RD3-team1=Colorado
| RD3-score1=51
| RD3-team2=Duquesne
| RD3-score2=40
| RD3-team3=DePaul
| RD3-score3=22
| RD3-team4=Oklahoma A&M
| RD3-score4=23
}}