2000 National Invitation Tournament

2000 National Invitation Tournament
Season 1999–00
Teams 32
Finals site Madison Square Garden
New York City
Champions Wake Forest (1st title)
Runner-up Notre Dame (4th title game)
Semifinalists Penn State (4th semifinal)
NC State (4th semifinal)
Winning coach Dave Odom (1st title)
MVP Robert O'Kelley Wake Forest
National Invitation Tournament
«1999  2001»

The 2000 National Invitation Tournament was the 2000 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition.

Contents

Selected teams

Below is a list of the 32 teams selected for the tournament.[1]

Participants
School Conference
Arizona State Pac-10
Bowling Green MAC
BYU MWC
California Pac-10
Charlotte C-USA
Colorado Big 12
Delaware A-East
Georgetown Big East
Kent State MAC
Long Beach State Big West
Marquette C-USA
Massachusetts A-10
Michigan Big Ten
Mississippi SEC
New Mexico MWC
New Mexico State Sun Belt
N.C. State ACC
Notre Dame Big East
Penn State Big Ten
Princeton Ivy
Rutgers Big East
Siena MAAC
South Florida C-USA
Southern Illinois MVC
SMU WAC
Southwest Missouri State MVC
Tulane C-USA
Vanderbilt SEC
Villanova Big East
Virginia ACC
Wake Forest ACC
Xavier A-10

Brackets/Results

Below are the four first round brackets, along with the four-team championship bracket.[1]

  First Round Second Round Quarterfinals
                           
     Siena 66  
   Massachusetts 65  
     Siena 103  
     Penn State 105  
   Penn State 55
     Princeton 41  
       Penn State 81
     Kent State 74
     Kent State 73  
   Rutgers 62  
     Kent State 81
     Villanova 67  
   Villanova 72
     Delaware 63  
  First Round Second Round Quarterfinals
                           
     Notre Dame 75  
   Michigan 65  
     Notre Dame 76  
     Xavier 64  
   Xavier 67
     Marquette 63  
       Notre Dame 64
     BYU 52
     BYU 81  
   Bowling Green 54  
     BYU 82
     Southern Illinois 57  
   Southern Illinois 94
     Colorado 92  
  First Round Second Round Quarterfinals
                           
     N.C. State 64  
   Tulane 60  
     N.C. State 60  
     Arizona State 57  
   Arizona State 83
     New Mexico State 77  
       N.C. State 77
     Mississippi 54
     SW Missouri State 77  
   SMU 64  
     SW Missouri State 48
     Mississippi 70  
   Mississippi 62
     Charlotte 45  
  First Round Second Round Quarterfinals
                           
     Wake Forest 83  
   Vanderbilt 68  
     Wake Forest 72  
     New Mexico 65  
   New Mexico 64
     South Florida 58  
       Wake Forest 76
     California 59
     Georgetown 115  
   Virginia 111  
     Georgetown 49
     California 60  
   California 70
     Long Beach State 66  

Semifinals & Finals

  Semifinals Finals
                 
   Penn State 52  
   Notre Dame 73  
       Notre Dame 61
     Wake Forest 71
   N.C. State 59
   Wake Forest 62  

References

  1. ^ a b Tournament Results (2000's) at nit.org, URL accessed November 5, 2009. Archived 11/5/09
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