1949 National Invitation Tournament
{{Short description|Annual NCAA basketball competition}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox basketball tournament season
| title = National Invitation Tournament
| year = 1949
| venues = Madison Square Garden
| city = New York City
| num_teams = 12
| winners = San Francisco Dons
| count = 1
| second = Loyola-Chicago Ramblers
| semifinal1 = Bowling Green Falcons
| semifinal2 = Bradley Braves
| award_title = MVP
| award = Don Lofgran (San Francisco)
| prev_season = 1948
| next_season = 1950
}}
The 1949 National Invitation Tournament was the 1949 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition.
Selected teams
Below is a list of the 12 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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- Bowling Green
- Bradley
- CCNY
- Kentucky
- Loyola (IL)
- Manhattan
- NYU
- St. John's
- Saint Louis
- San Francisco
- Utah
- Western Kentucky
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Bracket
Below is the tournament bracket.
{{4RoundBracket-Byes | RD2=Quarterfinals| RD3=Semifinals | RD4=Final
| RD1-seed01=
| RD1-team01=Loyola (IL)
| RD1-score01=62
| RD1-seed02=
| RD1-team02=CCNY
| RD1-score02=47
| RD1-seed07=
| RD1-team07=Bradley
| RD1-score07=89
| RD1-seed08=
| RD1-team08=NYU
| RD1-score08=67
| RD1-seed09=
| RD1-team09=San Francisco
| RD1-score09=68
| RD1-seed10=
| RD1-team10=Manhattan
| RD1-score10=43
| RD1-seed15=
| RD1-team15=Bowling Green
| RD1-score15=77
| RD1-seed16=
| RD1-team16=St. John's
| RD1-score16=64
| RD2-seed01=
| RD2-team01=Loyola (IL)
| RD2-score01=61
| RD2-seed02=
| RD2-team02=Kentucky
| RD2-score02=56
| RD2-seed03=
| RD2-team03=Western Kentucky
| RD2-score03=86
| RD2-seed04=
| RD2-team04=Bradley
| RD2-score04=95
| RD2-seed05=
| RD2-team05=San Francisco
| RD2-score05=64
| RD2-seed06=
| RD2-team06=Utah
| RD2-score06=63
| RD2-seed07=
| RD2-team07=Saint Louis
| RD2-score07=74
| RD2-seed08=
| RD2-team08=Bowling Green
| RD2-score08=80
| RD3-seed01=
| RD3-team01=Loyola (IL)
| RD3-score01=55
| RD3-seed02=
| RD3-team02=Bradley
| RD3-score02=50
| RD3-seed03=
| RD3-team03=San Francisco
| RD3-score03=49
| RD3-seed04=
| RD3-team04=Bowling Green
| RD3-score04=39
| RD4-seed01=
| RD4-team01=Loyola (IL)
| RD4-score01=47
| RD4-seed02=
| RD4-team02=San Francisco
| RD4-score02=48
}}
{{2TeamBracket
| RD1=Third place game
| RD1-seed1=
| RD1-team1=Bradley
| RD1-score1=77
| RD1-seed2=
| RD1-team2=Bowling Green
| RD1-score2=82
}}