2000 National Invitation Tournament

Annual NCAA basketball competition

2000 National Invitation TournamentSeason| 1999-00

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Teams| 32
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|

* Penn State Nittany Lions (4th semifinal)
* NC State Wolfpack (4th semifinal)

Winning coach| Dave Odom (1st title)
MVP| Robert 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

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

School  | Conference  | Record  | Appearance  | Last bid

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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

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

| First Round | | | Second Round | | | Quarterfinals |

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| (H) | Siena | 66 | | |
|  | Massachusetts | 65 |
| |  | Siena | 103 |
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| | | (H) | Penn State | 105 |
| (H) | Penn State | 55 |

|  | Princeton | 41 |
| | (H) | Penn State | 81 |
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| | |  | Kent State | 74 |
| (H) | Kent State | 73 | |

|  | Rutgers | 62 |
| |  | Kent State | 81 |
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| | | (H) | Villanova | 67 |
| (H) | Villanova | 72 |

|  | Delaware | 63 |
| First Round | | | Second Round | | | Quarterfinals |

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|  |  |  | | |  |  |  | | |  |  |  |
| (H) | Notre Dame | 75 | | |
|  | Michigan | 65 |
| | (H) | Notre Dame | 76 |
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| | |  | Xavier | 64 |
| (H) | Xavier | 67 |

|  | Marquette | 63 |
| | (H) | Notre Dame | 64 |
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| | |  | BYU | 52 |
| (H) | BYU | 81 | |

|  | Bowling Green | 54 |
| | (H) | BYU | 82 |
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| | |  | Southern Illinois | 57 |
| (H) | Southern Illinois | 94 |

|  | Colorado | 92 |
| First Round | | | Second Round | | | Quarterfinals |

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|  |  |  | | |  |  |  | | |  |  |  |
| (H) | NC State | 64 | | |
|  | Tulane | 60 |
| | (H) | NC State | 60 |
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| | |  | Arizona State | 57 |
| (H) | Arizona State | 83 |

|  | New Mexico State | 77 |
| |  | NC State | 77 |
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| | | (H) | Mississippi | 54 |
| (H) | SW Missouri State | 77 | |

|  | SMU | 64 |
| |  | SW Missouri State | 48 |
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| | | (H) | Mississippi | 70 |
| (H) | Mississippi | 62 |

|  | Charlotte | 45 |
| First Round | | | Second Round | | | Quarterfinals |

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|  |  |  | | |  |  |  | | |  |  |  |
|  | Wake Forest | 83 | | |
| (H) | Vanderbilt | 68 |
| | (H) | Wake Forest | 72 |
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| | |  | New Mexico | 65 |
| (H) | New Mexico | 64 |

|  | South Florida | 58 |
| | (H) | Wake Forest | 76 |
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| | |  | California | 59 |
|  | Georgetown | 1153OT | |

| (H) | Virginia | 111 |
| | (H) | Georgetown | 49 |
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| | |  | California | 60 |
| (H) | California | 70 |

|  | Long Beach State | 66 |

### Semifinals & finals

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| Semifinals | | | Finals |

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|  |  |  | | |  |  |  |
| Penn State | 52 | |
| Notre Dame | 73 |
| | Notre Dame | 61 |
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| | | Wake Forest | 71 |
| NC State | 59 |

| Wake Forest | 62 |
| Third place game |

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| Penn State | 74 |
| NC State | 72 |

(H) Home Team

## Local Radio

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Teams  | Flagship station  | Play-by-play announcer  | Color analyst(s)

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Notre Dame | WNDV-AM/WNDV-FM (Notre Dame)  | Jack Lorri  | Jack Nolan
Wake Forest | WBRF (Wake Forest)  | Stan Cotten  | Mark Freidinger

## See also

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* 2000 Women's National Invitation Tournament
* 2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
* 2000 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament
* 2000 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament
* 2000 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
* 2000 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament
* 2000 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament
* 2000 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament
* 2000 NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament
* 2000 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament
* 2000 NAIA Division II women's basketball tournament

## References

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

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