2000 National Invitation Tournament

Annual NCAA basketball competition August 2023 April 2026 NIT 2000 32 Madison Square Garden New York City Wake Forest Demon Deacons 1st Notre Dame Fighting Irish 4th 1999 men Penn State Nittany Lions Penn State Nittany Lions 4th 1999 men NC State Wolfpack NC State Wolfpack 4th Dave Odom 1st Robert O'Kelley Wake Forest 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.Tournament Results (2000's) at nit.org, URL accessed November 5, 2009. Archived 11/5/09 SchoolConferenceRecordAppearanceLast bid 1999 men Arizona State Sun Devils Arizona StatePac-1018–127th19981999 men Bowling Green Falcons Bowling GreenMAC22–712th19971999 men BYU Cougars BYUMountain West20–108th19941999 men California Golden Bears CaliforniaPac-1016–145th19991999 men Charlotte 49ers CharlotteC-USA17–154th19941999 men Colorado Buffaloes ColoradoBig 1218–136th19991999 men Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens DelawareAmerica East24–71stNeverGeorgetownBig East18–147th19991999 men Kent State Golden Flashes Kent StateMAC21–74th19901999 men Long Beach State 49ers Long Beach StateBig West24–55th1992MarquetteC-USA15–1313th1998MichiganBig Ten15–135th19921999 men NC State Wolfpack NC StateACC17–129th19991999 men New Mexico Lobos New MexicoMountain West17–1314th19921999 men New Mexico State Aggies New Mexico StateBig West22–94th1995Notre DameBig East18–147th19971999 men Ole Miss Rebels Ole MissSEC17–136th19891999 men Penn State Nittany Lions Penn StateBig Ten15–158th1998PrincetonIvy19–104th19991999 men Rutgers Scarlet Knights RutgersBig East15–1511th19991999 men Siena Saints SienaMAAC23–84th19941999 men SMU Mustangs SMUWAC21–82nd19861999 men South Florida Bulls South FloridaC-USA17–136th19951999 men Southern Illinois Salukis Southern IllinoisMissouri Valley19–128th19921999 men Southwest Missouri State Bears Southwest Missouri StateMissouri Valley22–105th19971999 men Tulane Green Wave TulaneC-USA21–106th19971999 men UMass Minutemen UMassAtlantic 1017–157th19971999 men Vanderbilt Commodores VanderbiltSEC19–108th19981999 men Villanova Wildcats VillanovaBig East15–1513th1994VirginiaACC19–118th1992Wake ForestACC17–145th19991999 men Xavier Musketeers XavierAtlantic 1020–117th1999 Bracket Below are the four first round brackets, along with the four-team championship bracket. First Round Second Round Quarterfinals (H) Siena 66 Massachusetts 65 (H) Penn State 55 Princeton 41 (H) Kent State 73 Rutgers 62 (H) Villanova 72 Delaware 63 Siena 103 (H) Penn State 105 Kent State 81 (H) Villanova 67 (H) Penn State 81 Kent State 74 First Round Second Round Quarterfinals (H) Notre Dame 75 Michigan 65 (H) Xavier 67 Marquette 63 (H) BYU 81 Bowling Green 54 Southern Illinois 94 (H) Colorado 92 (H) Notre Dame 76 Xavier 64 (H) BYU 82 Southern Illinois 57 (H) Notre Dame 64 BYU 52 First Round Second Round Quarterfinals (H) NC State 64 Tulane 60 (H) Arizona State 83 New Mexico State 77 (H) SW Missouri State 77 SMU 64 (H) Mississippi 62 Charlotte 45 (H) NC State 60 Arizona State 57 SW Missouri State 48 (H) Mississippi 70 NC State 77 (H) Mississippi 54 First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Wake Forest 83 (H) Vanderbilt 68 (H) New Mexico 64 South Florida 58 Georgetown 1153OT (H) Virginia 111 (H) California 70 Long Beach State 66 (H) Wake Forest 72 New Mexico 65 (H) Georgetown 49 California 60 (H) Wake Forest 76 California 59 Semifinals & finals Semifinals Finals Penn State 52 Notre Dame 73 NC State 59 Wake Forest 62 Notre Dame 61 Wake Forest 71 Third place game Penn State 74 NC State 72 (H) Home Team Local Radio TeamsFlagship stationPlay-by-play announcerColor 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 References National Invitation National Invitation Tournament Category:2000s in Manhattan Category:College basketball tournaments in New York City National Invitation Tournament Category:National Invitation Tournament Category:Sports competitions in Manhattan