1962 National Invitation Tournament
{{Short description|Annual NCAA basketball competition}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college basketball tournament | Type = NIT
| Gender=
| Year=1962
| Image=
| ImageSize=
| Caption=
| Teams=12
| FinalFourArena=Madison Square Garden
| FinalFourCity=New York City
| Champions=Dayton Flyers
| TitleCount=1st
| RunnerUp=St. John's Redmen
| GameCount=5th
| Semifinal1=Loyola-Chicago Ramblers
| SemifinalCount=3rd
| Semifinal2=Duquesne Dukes
| SemifinalCount2=6th
| Coach=Tom Blackburn
| CoachCount=1st
| MOP=Bill Chmielewski
| MOPTeam=Dayton
}}
The 1962 National Invitation Tournament was the 1962 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-1960s.html Tournament Results (1960's)] at nit.org, URL accessed December 8, 2009. [https://web.archive.org/web/20100325090927/http://www.nit.org/history/nit-postseason-results-1960s.html Archived] 11/7/09
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- Bradley
- Colorado State
- Dayton
- Duquesne
- Holy Cross
- Houston
- Loyola-Chicago
- Navy
- Providence
- St. John's
- Temple
- Wichita State
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Bracket
Below is the tournament bracket.
{{4RoundBracket-Byes | RD2=Quarterfinals| RD3=Semifinals | RD4=Finals
| RD1-seed01=
| RD1-team01=Dayton
| RD1-score01=79
| RD1-seed02=
| RD1-team02=Wichita State
| RD1-score02=71
| RD1-seed07=
| RD1-team07=Temple
| RD1-score07=80
| RD1-seed08=
| RD1-team08=Providence
| RD1-score08=78
| RD1-seed09=
| RD1-team09=Duquesne
| RD1-score09=70
| RD1-seed10=
| RD1-team10=Navy
| RD1-score10=58
| RD1-seed15=
| RD1-team15=Holy Cross
| RD1-score15=72
| RD1-seed16=
| RD1-team16=Colorado State
| RD1-score16=71
| RD2-seed01=
| RD2-team01=Dayton
| RD2-score01=94
| RD2-seed02=
| RD2-team02=Houston
| RD2-score02=77
| RD2-seed03=
| RD2-team03=Loyola-Chicago
| RD2-score03=75
| RD2-seed04=
| RD2-team04=Temple
| RD2-score04=64
| RD2-seed05=
| RD2-team05=Duquesne
| RD2-score05=88
| RD2-seed06=
| RD2-team06=Bradley
| RD2-score06=85
| RD2-seed07=
| RD2-team07=St. John's
| RD2-score07=80
| RD2-seed08=
| RD2-team08=Holy Cross
| RD2-score08=74
| RD3-seed01=
| RD3-team01=Dayton
| RD3-score01=98
| RD3-seed02=
| RD3-team02=Loyola-Chicago
| RD3-score02=82
| RD3-seed03=
| RD3-team03=Duquesne
| RD3-score03=65
| RD3-seed04=
| RD3-team04=St. John's
| RD3-score04=75
| RD4-seed01=
| RD4-team01=Dayton
| RD4-score01=73
| RD4-seed02=
| RD4-team02=St. John's
| RD4-score02=67
}}
{{2TeamBracket
| RD1=Third place game
| RD1-seed1=
| RD1-team1=Loyola-Chicago
| RD1-score1=95
| RD1-seed2=
| RD1-team2=Duquesne
| RD1-score2=84
}}