2005 National Invitation Tournament

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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]

School	Conference	Record	Appearance	Last bid
Arizona State	Pac-10	18–12	9th	2002
Boston University	America East	20–8	5th	2004
Buffalo	MAC	22–9	1st	Never
[[{{{school}}}\|Cal State Fullerton]]	Big West	19–10	3rd	1987
Clemson	ACC	16–15	12th	1999
Davidson	Southern	21–8	4th	1996
Denver	Sun Belt	20–10	2nd	1959
DePaul	C-USA	19–10	15th	2003
Drexel	CAA	17–11	4th	2004
Georgetown	Big East	17–12	19th	2003
[[{{{school}}}\|Hofstra]]	Colonial	21–8	2nd	1999
Holy Cross	Patriot	24–6	12th	1990
Houston	C-USA	18–13	8th	2002
Indiana	Big Ten	15–13	4th	1985
Kent State	MAC	20–12	7th	2004
Marquette	C-USA	19–11	15th	2004
Maryland	ACC	16–12	5th	1990
Memphis	C-USA	19–15	16th	2002
Miami (FL)	ACC	16–12	7th	2001
Miami (OH)	MAC	19–10	5th	1996
Missouri	Big 12	16–16	7th	2004
Northeastern	America East	21–9	1st	Never
Notre Dame	Big East	17–11	9th	2004
Oral Roberts	Mid-Con	25–7	7th	1997
Oregon State	Pac-10	18–14	4th	1987
Rice	WAC	19–11	5th	2004
Saint Joseph's	Atlantic 10	19–11	13th	2002
San Francisco	West Coast	16–13	5th	1976
South Carolina	SEC	15–13	9th	2002
[[{{{school}}}\|Southwest Missouri State]]	Missouri Valley	18–12	6th	2000
Temple	Atlantic 10	16–13	16th	2004
Texas A&M	Big 12	19–9	6th	1994
TCU	C-USA	19–13	6th	1999
UNLV	Mountain West	16–13	9th	2004
Vanderbilt	SEC	18–13	10th	2002
VCU	Colonial	19–12	4th	1993
Virginia Tech	ACC	15–13	8th	1995
Western Kentucky	Sun Belt	21–8	12th	1992
Western Michigan	MAC	19–12	3rd	2003
Wichita State	Missouri Valley	20–9	10th	2004

Below are the four first round brackets, along with the four-team championship bracket.^[1] Template:4RoundBracket-Byes

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