2000 National Invitation Tournament
Season1999–00
Teams32
Finals siteMadison Square Garden
New York City
ChampionsWake Forest Demon Deacons (1st title)
Runner-upNotre Dame Fighting Irish (4th title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coachDave Odom (1st title)
MVPRobert O'Kelley (Wake Forest)
National Invitation Tournaments
«1999 2001»

The 2000 National Invitation Tournament was the year 2000's staging of the annual National Invitation Tournament, an NCAA college basketball competition.

Selected teams

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

School Conference Record Appearance Last bid
Arizona State Pac-10 18–12 7th 1998
Bowling Green MAC 22–7 12th 1997
BYU Mountain West 20–10 8th 1994
California Pac-10 16–14 5th 1999
Charlotte C-USA 17–15 4th 1994
Colorado Big 12 18–13 6th 1999
Delaware America East 24–7 1st Never
Georgetown Big East 18–14 7th 1999
Kent State MAC 21–7 4th 1990
Long Beach State Big West 24–5 5th 1992
Marquette C-USA 15–13 13th 1998
Michigan Big Ten 15–13 5th 1992
NC State ACC 17–12 9th 1999
New Mexico Mountain West 17–13 14th 1992
New Mexico State Big West 22–9 4th 1995
Notre Dame Big East 18–14 7th 1997
Ole Miss SEC 17–13 6th 1989
Penn State Big Ten 15–15 8th 1998
Princeton Ivy 19–10 4th 1999
Rutgers Big East 15–15 11th 1999
Siena MAAC 23–8 4th 1994
SMU WAC 21–8 2nd 1986
South Florida C-USA 17–13 6th 1995
Southern Illinois Missouri Valley 19–12 8th 1992
Southwest Missouri State Missouri Valley 22–10 5th 1997
Tulane C-USA 21–10 6th 1997
UMass Atlantic 10 17–15 7th 1997
Vanderbilt SEC 19–10 8th 1998
Villanova Big East 15–15 13th 1994
Virginia ACC 19–11 8th 1992
Wake Forest ACC 17–14 5th 1999
Xavier Atlantic 10 20–11 7th 1999

Bracket

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

First Round Second Round Quarterfinals
         
(H) Siena 66
Massachusetts 65
Siena 103
(H) Penn State 105
(H) Penn State 55
Princeton 41
(H) Penn State 81
Kent State 74
(H) Kent State 73
Rutgers 62
Kent State 81
(H) Villanova 67
(H) Villanova 72
Delaware 63
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals
         
(H) Notre Dame 75
Michigan 65
(H) Notre Dame 76
Xavier 64
(H) Xavier 67
Marquette 63
(H) Notre Dame 64
BYU 52
(H) BYU 81
Bowling Green 54
(H) BYU 82
Southern Illinois 57
(H) Southern Illinois 94
Colorado 92
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals
         
(H) NC State 64
Tulane 60
(H) NC State 60
Arizona State 57
(H) Arizona State 83
New Mexico State 77
NC State 77
(H) Mississippi 54
(H) SW Missouri State 77
SMU 64
SW Missouri State 48
(H) Mississippi 70
(H) Mississippi 62
Charlotte 45
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals
         
Wake Forest 83
(H) Vanderbilt 68
(H) Wake Forest 72
New Mexico 65
(H) New Mexico 64
South Florida 58
(H) Wake Forest 76
California 59
Georgetown 1153OT
(H) Virginia 111
(H) Georgetown 49
California 60
(H) California 70
Long Beach State 66

Semifinals & finals

Semifinals Finals
      
Penn State 52
Notre Dame 73
Notre Dame 61
Wake Forest 71
NC State 59
Wake Forest 62
Third place game
   
Penn State 74
NC State 72

(H) Home Team

Local Radio

Teams Flagship station Play-by-play announcer Color analyst(s)
Notre Dame WNDV–AM/WNDV-FM (Notre Dame) Jack Lorri Jack Nolan
Wake Forest WBRF (Wake Forest) Stan Cotten Mark Freidinger

See also

References

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