2005 National Invitation Tournament
NIT
Year2005
Teams40
FinalfourarenaMadison Square Garden
FinalfourcityNew York City
ChampionsSouth Carolina Gamecocks
Titlecount1st
RunnerupSaint Joseph's Hawks
Gamecount2nd
Semifinal 1Maryland Terrapins
Semifinalcount2nd
Semifinal 2Memphis Tigers
Semifinalcount 24th
MopCarlos Powell
MopteamSouth Carolina

The 2005 National Invitation Tournament was the 2005 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition. South Carolina defeated Saint Joseph's, 60–57, to earn the program's first NIT title.

Selected teams

Below is a list of the 40 teams selected for the tournament.[1]

SchoolConferenceRecordAppearanceLast bid
Pac-1018–129th2002
America East20–85th2004
BuffaloMAC22–91stNever
Big West19–103rd1987
ClemsonACC16–1512th1999
Southern21–84th1996
Sun Belt20–102nd1959
C-USA19–1015th2003
DrexelCAA17–114th2004
GeorgetownBig East17–1219th2003
Colonial21–82nd1999
Patriot24–612th1990
C-USA18–138th2002
IndianaBig Ten15–134th1985
MAC20–127th2004
C-USA19–1115th2004
ACC16–125th1990
C-USA19–1516th2002
Miami (FL)ACC16–127th2001
MAC19–105th1996
Big 1216–167th2004
America East21–91stNever
Big East17–119th2004
Mid-Con25–77th1997
Pac-1018–144th1987
WAC19–115th2004
Atlantic 1019–1113th2002
West Coast16–135th1976
South CarolinaSEC15–139th2002
Missouri Valley18–126th2000
TempleAtlantic 1016–1316th2004
Big 1219–96th1994
C-USA19–136th1999
Mountain West16–139th2004
SEC18–1310th2002
VCUColonial19–124th1993
Virginia TechACC15–138th1995
Western KentuckySun Belt21–812th1992
MAC19–123rd2003
Missouri Valley20–910th2004

Bracket

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

See also

References

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