2000 National Invitation Tournament

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2000 National Invitation Tournament
Season 199900
Teams32
Finals site Madison Square Garden
New York City
Champions Wake Forest Demon Deacons (1st title)
Runner-up Notre Dame Fighting Irish (4th title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Dave Odom (1st title)
MVPRobert O'Kelley (Wake Forest)
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The 2000 National Invitation Tournament was the year 2000's staging of the annual National Invitation Tournament, an NCAA college basketball competition.

Contents

Selected teams

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

SchoolConferenceRecordAppearanceLast bid
Arizona State Pac-10 18–127th 1998
Bowling Green MAC 22–712th 1997
BYU Mountain West 20–108th 1994
California Pac-10 16–145th 1999
Charlotte C-USA 17–154th 1994
Colorado Big 12 18–136th 1999
Delaware America East 24–71stNever
Georgetown Big East 18–147th 1999
Kent State MAC 21–74th 1990
Long Beach State Big West 24–55th 1992
Marquette C-USA 15–1313th 1998
Michigan Big Ten 15–135th 1992
NC State ACC 17–129th 1999
New Mexico Mountain West 17–1314th 1992
New Mexico State Big West 22–94th 1995
Notre Dame Big East 18–147th 1997
Ole Miss SEC 17–136th 1989
Penn State Big Ten 15–158th 1998
Princeton Ivy 19–104th 1999
Rutgers Big East 15–1511th 1999
Siena MAAC 23–84th 1994
SMU WAC 21–82nd 1986
South Florida C-USA 17–136th 1995
Southern Illinois Missouri Valley 19–128th 1992
Southwest Missouri State Missouri Valley 22–105th 1997
Tulane C-USA 21–106th 1997
UMass Atlantic 10 17–157th 1997
Vanderbilt SEC 19–108th 1998
Villanova Big East 15–1513th 1994
Virginia ACC 19–118th 1992
Wake Forest ACC 17–145th 1999
Xavier Atlantic 10 20–117th 1999

Bracket

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

First Round Second Round Quarterfinals
         
(H) Siena66
Massachusetts 65
Siena 103
(H) Penn State105
(H) Penn State55
Princeton 41
(H) Penn State81
Kent State 74
(H) Kent State73
Rutgers 62
Kent State81
(H) Villanova 67
(H) Villanova72
Delaware 63
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals
         
(H) Notre Dame75
Michigan 65
(H) Notre Dame76
Xavier 64
(H) Xavier67
Marquette 63
(H) Notre Dame64
BYU 52
(H) BYU81
Bowling Green 54
(H) BYU82
Southern Illinois 57
(H) Southern Illinois94
Colorado 92
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals
         
(H) NC State64
Tulane 60
(H) NC State60
Arizona State 57
(H) Arizona State83
New Mexico State 77
NC State77
(H) Mississippi 54
(H) SW Missouri State77
SMU 64
SW Missouri State 48
(H) Mississippi70
(H) Mississippi62
Charlotte 45
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals
         
Wake Forest83
(H) Vanderbilt 68
(H) Wake Forest72
New Mexico 65
(H) New Mexico64
South Florida 58
(H) Wake Forest76
California 59
Georgetown1153OT
(H) Virginia 111
(H) Georgetown 49
California60
(H) California70
Long Beach State 66

Semifinals & finals

Semifinals Finals
      
Penn State 52
Notre Dame73
Notre Dame 61
Wake Forest71
NC State 59
Wake Forest62
Third place game
   
Penn State74
NC State 72

(H) Home Team

Local Radio

TeamsFlagship stationPlay-by-play announcerColor analyst(s)
Notre Dame WNDVAM/WNDV-FM (Notre Dame)Jack LorriJack Nolan
Wake Forest WBRF (Wake Forest)Stan CottenMark Freidinger

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 Tournament Results (2000's) at nit.org, URL accessed November 5, 2009. Archived 11/5/09