2000 National Invitation Tournament

2000 National Invitation Tournament

Season	1999–00
Teams	32
Finals site	Madison Square Garden New York City
Champions	Wake Forest (1st title)
Runner-up	Notre Dame (4th title game)
Semifinalists	Penn State (4th semifinal) NC State (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

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

Participants
School	Conference
Arizona State	Pac-10
Bowling Green	MAC
BYU	MWC
California	Pac-10
Charlotte	C-USA
Colorado	Big 12
Delaware	A-East
Georgetown	Big East
Kent State	MAC
Long Beach State	Big West
Marquette	C-USA
Massachusetts	A-10
Michigan	Big Ten
Mississippi	SEC
New Mexico	MWC
New Mexico State	Sun Belt
N.C. State	ACC
Notre Dame	Big East
Penn State	Big Ten
Princeton	Ivy
Rutgers	Big East
Siena	MAAC
South Florida	C-USA
Southern Illinois	MVC
SMU	WAC
Southwest Missouri State	MVC
Tulane	C-USA
Vanderbilt	SEC
Villanova	Big East
Virginia	ACC
Wake Forest	ACC
Xavier	A-10

Brackets/Results

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

	First Round					Second Round					Quarterfinals
		Siena	66
		Massachusetts	65
							Siena	103
							Penn State	105
		Penn State	55
		Princeton	41
												Penn State	81
												Kent State	74
		Kent State	73
		Rutgers	62
							Kent State	81
							Villanova	67
		Villanova	72
		Delaware	63

	First Round					Second Round					Quarterfinals
		Notre Dame	75
		Michigan	65
							Notre Dame	76
							Xavier	64
		Xavier	67
		Marquette	63
												Notre Dame	64
												BYU	52
		BYU	81
		Bowling Green	54
							BYU	82
							Southern Illinois	57
		Southern Illinois	94
		Colorado	92

	First Round					Second Round					Quarterfinals
		N.C. State	64
		Tulane	60
							N.C. State	60
							Arizona State	57
		Arizona State	83
		New Mexico State	77
												N.C. State	77
												Mississippi	54
		SW Missouri State	77
		SMU	64
							SW Missouri State	48
							Mississippi	70
		Mississippi	62
		Charlotte	45

	First Round					Second Round					Quarterfinals
		Wake Forest	83
		Vanderbilt	68
							Wake Forest	72
							New Mexico	65
		New Mexico	64
		South Florida	58
												Wake Forest	76
												California	59
		Georgetown	1153OT
		Virginia	111
							Georgetown	49
							California	60
		California	70
		Long Beach State	66

Semifinals & Finals

	Semifinals					Finals
		Penn State	52
		Notre Dame	73
							Notre Dame	61
							Wake Forest	71
		N.C. State	59
		Wake Forest	62

• Third Place - Penn State 74, N.C. State 72

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