| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| City | New York City |
| Venue(s) | Madison Square Garden |
| Teams | 8 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Kentucky Wildcats (1st title) |
| Runner-up | Rhode Island Rams |
| Semifinalists | |
| Tournament statistics | |
| MVP | Ernie Calverley (Rhode Island) |
The 1946 National Invitation Tournament was the 1946 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition.
Below is a list of the eight teams selected for the tournament.[1]
Below is the tournament bracket.[1]
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| Rhode Island | 82 | |||||||||||||
| Bowling Green | 79 | |||||||||||||
| Rhode Island | 59 | |||||||||||||
| Muhlenberg | 49 | |||||||||||||
| Muhlenberg | 47 | |||||||||||||
| Syracuse | 41 | |||||||||||||
| Rhode Island | 45 | |||||||||||||
| Kentucky | 46 | |||||||||||||
| West Virginia | 70 | |||||||||||||
| St. John's | 58 | |||||||||||||
| West Virginia | 51 | |||||||||||||
| Kentucky | 59 | |||||||||||||
| Kentucky | 77 | |||||||||||||
| Arizona | 53 | |||||||||||||
| Third place game | ||||
| Muhlenberg | 40 | |||
| West Virginia | 65 | |||