2000 National Invitation Tournament

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2000 National Invitation Tournament
Season
Penn State Nittany Lions (4th semifinal)
  • NC State Wolfpack (4th semifinal)
    • 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

    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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