Yup. '51 should be viewed as a national championship. By '66 the national

Mar 18, 2018
11:47:17pm

Soy Celeste Contributor

champion came out of the NCAA tourney. Nonetheless the '66 NIT BYU championship was still viewed as quite prestigious. The NCAA tourney only had 22 teams. The '66 BYU team was very good and entertaining.

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Do our two NIT championships in 1951 and 1966 count as national championships?

eddog

3/18/18 8:46pm

1951 should. 1966 probably not.

Little Mac

3/18/18 8:47pm

In 51 the NIT was the tournament

BigYfan

3/18/18 8:50pm

In 1951 BYU went to the NCAA and lost to Kansas State in the West Region

Bullrider

3/18/18 9:40pm

Interesting, that contradicts this article:

chilango

3/18/18 9:57pm

Yes it does, but then information is in BYU records. I thought the writer

Bullrider

3/18/18 10:05pm

I disagree with this statement “It’s obvious the NCAA was the most

gwalker

3/19/18 6:29am

A neutral historical perspective

dratax

3/19/18 9:36am

Thanks, interesting stuff. I also believe UCLA's run under Wooden made a big

chilango

3/19/18 9:56am

Yup. '51 should be viewed as a national championship. By '66 the national

Soy Celeste

3/18/18 11:47pm

Should only be viewed as the NIT champion. We were beat out of the NCAA,

Bullrider

3/19/18 11:57am

I disagree. See Gentleman Stan's post below.

Soy Celeste

3/19/18 12:23pm

You don't understand the history of college sports in America.

gwalker

3/19/18 2:42pm

What a rude comment when you don’t even know me.

Bullrider

3/19/18 8:36pm

Agree!

Soy Celeste

3/19/18 10:04pm

WJCougar

3/18/18 8:47pm

In 1951 it was the more prestigious tournament

gwalker

3/18/18 8:49pm

1951 NIT counts as a national tournament championship absolutely, as much as

ArchbishopMitty

3/18/18 8:51pm

Look at who we beat to win the 1951 title, on this list. Pretty tough run.

chilango

3/18/18 8:51pm

The 1951, 1981, and 2011 are our 3 best teams ever. THE 2041 team is going to

Dynasty1

3/18/18 9:02pm

I'll have to outlive my life expectancy to see it.

gwalker

3/18/18 9:22pm

If that is true, not to bad a way to kickoff retirement for me. 🙂

Ode to Hoy

3/19/18 7:34am

Here’s a good article. The 51 team picked the NIT over the NCAA.

Pee Wee Reese

3/18/18 9:08pm

No. Kentucky was the 1951 National Champion.

RSL

3/18/18 9:32pm

The 1951 team that opted out of the NCAA tourney appears to have

Cougtruth

3/18/18 11:03pm

Utah was in the Final 4 that year.

Pee Wee Reese

3/18/18 11:45pm

Why would it have been awkward?

CougarThug

3/19/18 12:48am

Except they didn't opt out. They played in both

dratax

3/19/18 10:06am

Not only did the not opt out of the NCAA, they got beat out. Also Utah was in

Bullrider

3/19/18 12:01pm

Yup

rockyrd

3/18/18 11:20pm

No.

thebruce

3/19/18 5:50am

BYU lost in the NCAA tournament in 1951 and the NIT was missing 7 of the top

thebruce

3/19/18 5:51am

My grandfather played for DePaul in the late 40s

byukarl

3/19/18 6:35am

Safe to say that....

bluegato

3/19/18 1:35pm

RE: Do our two NIT championships in 1951 and 1966 count as national

OriginalBlue

3/19/18 7:20am

I don’t know how BYU could be considered Nation Champions in 1966.

Cougtruth

3/19/18 8:36am

weren't there 3 that were 6'11?

dratax

3/19/18 10:13am

In 1951, BYU went to the NCAA tourney, beat San Jose St. then lost to

Cougtruth

3/19/18 8:19am

Up to 1953, the NIT was considered a national championship winning tournament.

Gentleman Stan

3/19/18 11:17am

Do 2 Chuk-E-Cheese tokens equal 1 Krugerrand?

AxelDC

3/19/18 8:53am

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Gentleman Stan

3/19/18 11:22am

1951 yes, 1966 no.

Gentleman Stan

3/19/18 11:31am

There's a book on the '51 team

Schultz is back

3/19/18 11:38am

I remember looking this up because I wanted to know. If i remember correctly according to wikipedia(take it for what its

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