# 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.

## Selected teams

Below is a list of the 32 teams selected for the tournament.
| 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.
| First Round | First Round | First Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| (H) | Siena | 66 | | | | | | |
| | Massachusetts | 65 | | | | | | |
| | Massachusetts | 65 | | Siena | 103 | | | |
| | | | (H) | Penn State | 105 | | | |
| (H) | Penn State | 55 | (H) | Penn State | 105 | | | |
| | Princeton | 41 | | | | | | |
| | Princeton | 41 | | | | (H) | Penn State | 81 |
| | | | | | | | Kent State | 74 |
| (H) | Kent State | 73 | | | | | | | Kent State | 74 |
| | Rutgers | 62 | | | | | | |
| | Rutgers | 62 | | Kent State | 81 | | | |
| | | | (H) | Villanova | 67 | | | |
| (H) | Villanova | 72 | (H) | Villanova | 67 | | | |
| | Delaware | 63 | | | | | | |
| First Round | First Round | First Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| (H) | Notre Dame | 75 | | | | | | |
| | Michigan | 65 | | | | | | |
| | Michigan | 65 | (H) | Notre Dame | 76 | | | |
| | | | | Xavier | 64 | | | |
| (H) | Xavier | 67 | | Xavier | 64 | | | |
| | Marquette | 63 | | | | | | |
| | Marquette | 63 | | | | (H) | Notre Dame | 64 |
| | | | | | | | BYU | 52 |
| (H) | BYU | 81 | | | | | | | BYU | 52 |
| | Bowling Green | 54 | | | | | | |
| | Bowling Green | 54 | (H) | BYU | 82 | | | |
| | | | | Southern Illinois | 57 | | | |
| (H) | Southern Illinois | 94 | | Southern Illinois | 57 | | | |
| | Colorado | 92 | | | | | | |
| First Round | First Round | First Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| (H) | NC State | 64 | | | | | | |
| | Tulane | 60 | | | | | | |
| | Tulane | 60 | (H) | NC State | 60 | | | |
| | | | | Arizona State | 57 | | | |
| (H) | Arizona State | 83 | | Arizona State | 57 | | | |
| | New Mexico State | 77 | | | | | | |
| | New Mexico State | 77 | | | | | NC State | 77 |
| | | | | | | (H) | Mississippi | 54 |
| (H) | SW Missouri State | 77 | | | | | | | (H) | Mississippi | 54 |
| | SMU | 64 | | | | | | |
| | SMU | 64 | | SW Missouri State | 48 | | | |
| | | | (H) | Mississippi | 70 | | | |
| (H) | Mississippi | 62 | (H) | Mississippi | 70 | | | |
| | Charlotte | 45 | | | | | | |
| First Round | First Round | First Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | Wake Forest | 83 | | | | | | |
| (H) | Vanderbilt | 68 | | | | | | |
| (H) | Vanderbilt | 68 | (H) | Wake Forest | 72 | | | |
| | | | | New Mexico | 65 | | | |
| (H) | New Mexico | 64 | | New Mexico | 65 | | | |
| | South Florida | 58 | | | | | | |
| | South Florida | 58 | | | | (H) | Wake Forest | 76 |
| | | | | | | | California | 59 |
| | Georgetown | 115$^{3OT}$ | | | | | | | California | 59 |
| (H) | Virginia | 111 | | | | | | |
| (H) | Virginia | 111 | (H) | Georgetown | 49 | | | |
| | | | | California | 60 | | | |
| (H) | California | 70 | | California | 60 | | | |
| | Long Beach State | 66 | | | | | | |

### Semifinals & finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| Penn State | Penn State | 52 | | | |
| Notre Dame | Notre Dame | 73 | | | |
| Notre Dame | Notre Dame | 73 | Notre Dame | Notre Dame | 61 |
| | | | Wake Forest | Wake Forest | 71 |
| NC State | NC State | 59 | Wake Forest | Wake Forest | 71 |
| Wake Forest | Wake Forest | 62 | | | |
| Third place game | Third place game | Third place game |
| Penn State | Penn State | 74 |
| NC State | 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 |