2005 National Invitation Tournament

2005 National Invitation Tournament
Season	2004–05
Teams	40
Finals site	Madison Square Garden New York City
Champions	South Carolina (1st title)
Runner-up	St. Joseph's (2nd title game)
Semifinalists	Maryland (2nd semifinal) Memphis (4th semifinal)
Winning coach	Dave Odom (2nd title)
MVP	Carlos Powell South Carolina
National Invitation Tournaments «2004 2006»

The 2005 National Invitation Tournament was the 2005 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition. South Carolina defeated St. 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]

Participants
School	Conference
Arizona State	Pac-10
Boston University	A-East
Buffalo	MAC
CSUF	Big West
Clemson	ACC
Davidson	SoCon
Denver	Sun Belt
DePaul	C-USA
Drexel	CAA
Georgetown	Big East
Hofstra	CAA
Holy Cross	Patriot
Houston	C-USA
Indiana	Big Ten
Kent State	MAC
Marquette	C-USA
Maryland	ACC
Memphis	C-USA
Miami (FL)	ACC
Miami (OH)	MAC
Missouri	Big 12
UNLV	MWC
Northeastern	A-East
Notre Dame	Big East
Oral Roberts	Mid-Con
Oregon State	Pac-10
Rice	WAC
Saint Joseph's	A-10
San Francisco	WCC
South Carolina	SEC
Southwest Missouri State	MVC
Temple	A-10
Texas A&M	Big 12
TCU	C-USA
Vanderbilt	SEC
VCU	CAA
Virginia Tech	ACC
Western Kentucky	Sun Belt
Western Michigan	MAC
Wichita State	MVC

Brackets

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

	Opening Round					First Round					Second Round					Quarterfinals
							Western Michigan	54
							Marquette	40
												Western Michigan	76
											TCU	78
							TCU	60
							Miami (OH)	58
																	TCU	73
																	Maryland	85
							Maryland	85
							Oral Roberts	72
												Maryland	78
											Davidson	63
		Davidson	77
		VCU	62
							Davidson	82
							SW Missouri St.	71
		SW Missouri St.	105
		Rice	82

	Opening Round					First Round					Second Round					Quarterfinals
		CSUF	85
		Oregon St.	83
							CSUF	85
							San Francisco	69
		San Francisco	69
		Denver	67
												CSUF	57
											Georgetown	74
							Georgetown	64
							Boston University	34
																	Georgetown	66
																	South Carolina	69
							UNLV	89
							Arizona St.	78
												UNLV	66
											South Carolina	77
							South Carolina	69
							Miami (FL)	67

	Opening Round					First Round					Second Round					Quarterfinals
							Memphis	90
							Northeastern	65
												Memphis	83
											Virginia Tech	62
							Virginia Tech	60
							Temple	50
																	Memphis	81
																	Vanderbilt	68
							Vanderbilt	67
							Indiana	60
												Vanderbilt	65
											Wichita St.	63
		Wichita St.	85
		Houston	69
							Wichita St.	84
							Western Kentucky	81
		Western Kentucky	88
		Kent St.	80

	Opening Round					First Round					Second Round					Quarterfinals
		Saint Joseph's	53
		Hofstra	44
							Saint Joseph's	55
							Buffalo	50
		Buffalo	81
		Drexel	76
												Saint Joseph's	68
											Holy Cross	60
							Holy Cross	78
							Notre Dame	73
																	St. Joseph's	58
																	Texas A&M	51
							Texas A&M	82
							Clemson	74
												Texas A&M	75
											DePaul	72
							DePaul	75
							Missouri	70

Semifinals & Finals

	Semifinals					Finals
		Maryland	67
		South Carolina	75
							South Carolina	60
							Saint Joseph's	57
		Saint Joseph's	70
		Memphis	58

References

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