Thread: OT - History of the NCAA tourney
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Old Mon Mar 22, 2010, 03:42pm
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Originally Posted by sseltser View Post
CCNY holds the distinction of being the only team to win both the NIT and NCAA Tournament in the same season. They did it in 1950, when the NIT occurred before the NCAA and teams could play in both.

Weekly Feature: Whereabouts Of The 1950 City College Of New York Team, NIT and NCAA Champs (Part I) – LostLettermen.com
I believe at the time the NIT was just as prestigious and the NCAA tournament.
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