1948 National Invitation Tournament
{{Short description|Annual NCAA basketball competition}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox basketball tournament season
| title = National Invitation Tournament
| year = 1948
| venues = Madison Square Garden
| city = New York City
| num_teams = 8
| winners = Saint Louis Billikens
| count = 1
| second = NYU Violets
| semifinal1 = Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
| semifinal2 = DePaul Blue Demons
| award_title = MVP
| award = Ed Macauley (Saint Louis)
| prev_season = 1947
| next_season = 1949
}}
The 1948 National Invitation Tournament was the 1948 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition.
Selected teams
Below is a list of the eight 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
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Bracket
Below is the tournament bracket.
{{Round8
||{{nowrap|Western Kentucky State}}|68|La Salle|61
||Saint Louis|69|Bowling Green|53
||NYU|45|Texas|43
||DePaul|75|NC State|64
||{{nowrap|Western Kentucky State}}|53|Saint Louis|60
||NYU|72|DePaul|59
||Saint Louis|65|NYU|52
||{{nowrap|Western Kentucky State}}|61|DePaul|59
|RD1=Quarterfinals|RD2=Semifinals|RD3=Final|Consol=3rd place match|3rdplace=yes|color=yes|
|skipmatch01=no|skipmatch02=no|skipmatch03=no|skipmatch04=no
|team-width=180|score-width=55
}}