The 2005
National Invitation Tournament was the 2005 edition of the annual
NCAA
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college basketball
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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.
[Tournament Results (2000's)](_blank)
at nit.org, URL accessed November 5, 2009
11/5/09
Bracket
Below are the four first round brackets, along with the four-team championship bracket.
Semifinals & finals
See also
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2005 Women's National Invitation Tournament
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2005 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
The 2005 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 65 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 15, 2005, and ended with the champions ...
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2005 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament
The 2005 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament involved 64 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college basketball as the culmination of the 2004–05 ...
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2005 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament
The 2005 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament was the 31st annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champions of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) men's Division III collegiate basketball in the Uni ...
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2005 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
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2005 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament
The 2005 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament was the 24th annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division II women's collegiate basketball in the United States.
Washburn defeated Seattle Pacifi ...
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2005 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament
The 2005 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was the 24th annual NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament, tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of NCAA Division III, Division III women's college bask ...
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2005 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament
The 2005 Buffalo Funds - NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament was held from March 16 to 22 at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The sixty-eighth annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-eliminat ...
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2005 NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament
The 2005 NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament was the NAIA Division II Men's Basketball Championship, tournament held by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, NAIA to determine the national champion of men's college bask ...
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2005 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament
The 2005 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament was the tournament held by the NAIA to determine the national champion of women's college basketball among its Division I members in the United States and Canada for the 2004–05 basketba ...
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2005 NAIA Division II women's basketball tournament
References
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