MARCH 31, 1951 - Syracuse rallies to upset Bradley in National Campus Tournament Final

[Go_Braves]

69 years ago today...

On this date: Syracuse rallies to upset Bradley in National Campus Tournament final.

What's interesting - I never heard of the National Campus Tournament. The 1951 final was played at Bradley on March 31, 1951.
Web link is provided below - and it is interesting how this tournament was created - refer to the article.

What's also interesting is that a year earlier (1950) Bradley played in both the NCAA Final and the NIT Final loosing to CCNY in both.


https://www.syracuse.com/orangebaske...ent-final.html

[Chico]

I was at that game, but don’t remember anything about it.

[Mikovio]

Because of the New York corruption that came to light after the 1950 NCAA/NIT, Bradley actually hosted its own tournament that year. Might be the only school to ever play host to a D1 postseason tournament. #6 Bradley was upset by unranked Syracuse in the title game.

Field was Bradley, Wyoming, Villanova, Utah, Duquesne, Western Kentucky, Toledo and Syracuse. Toledo was #14 and Villanova was #20.