2000 National Invitation Tournament

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

2000 National Invitation Tournament

Season	1999–00
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»

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

• 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 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament
• 2000 NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament