20050 NCAA Tournament

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2005 NCAA Tournament (March Madness)

Play In Round Round of 64 Round of 32 Sweet 16 Elite 8 Final 4

Winning Team highlighted in Green Box It began on March 15, 2005, and ended with the championship game on April 4 at the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis.

Sites hosting each round of the 2005 tournament:

Opening Round

March 15
- University of Dayton Arena, Dayton, Ohio (Host: University of Dayton)

First and Second Rounds

March 17 and 19
- McKale Center, Tucson, Arizona (Host: University of Arizona)
- RCA Dome, Indianapolis, Indiana (Hosts: Butler University and Horizon League)
- Taco Bell Arena, Boise, Idaho (Host: Boise State University)
- Wolstein Center, Cleveland, Ohio (Host: Cleveland State University)
March 18 and 20
- Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, North Carolina (Host: Davidson College)
- DCU Center, Worcester, Massachusetts (Host: College of the Holy Cross)
- Ford Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Host: Big 12 Conference)
- Gaylord Entertainment Center, Nashville, Tennessee (Host: Ohio Valley Conference)

Round of 64

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Syracuse REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score
		16	Alabama A&M	16	Oakland
		1	North Carolina	16
		2	Connecticut	15	Central Florida
		3	Kansas	14	Bucknell
		4	Florida	13	Ohio
		5	Villanova	12	New Mexico
		6	Wisconsin	11	Northern Iowa
		7	Charlotte	10	NC State
		8	Minnesota	9	Iowa State

Chicago REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score
		1	Illinois	16	Fairleigh Dickinson
		2	Oklahoma State	15	Southeastern Louisiana
		3	Arizona	14	Utah State
		4	Boston College	13	Penn
		5	Alabama	12	UW-Milwaukee
		6	LSU	11	UAB
		7	Southern Illinois	10	Saint Mary's
		8	Texas	9	Nevada

Austin REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score
		1	Duke	16	Delaware State
		2	Kentucky	15	Eastern Kentucky
		3	Oklahoma	14	Niagara
		4	Syracuse (vacated)^[7]^[8]	13	Vermont
		5	Michigan State	12	Old Dominion
		6	Utah	11	UTEP
		7	Cincinnati	10	Iowa
		8	Stanford	9	Mississippi State

Albuquerque REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score
		1	Washington	16	Montana
		2	Wake Forest	15	Chattanooga
		3	Gonzaga	14	Winthrop
		4	Louisville	13	Louisiana–Lafayett
		5	Georgia Tech	12	George Washington
		6	Texas Tech	11	UCLA
		7	West Virginia	10	Creighton
		8	Pacific	9	Pittsburgh

Round of 32

Syracuse REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts

Chicago REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts

Austin REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts

Albuquerque REGIONAL
Favorite	Site	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts

Sweet 16

Syracuse REGIONAL at Carrier Dome, SyracuseMarch 25 and 27
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
		Wisconsin 65, North Carolina State 56
		North Carolina 67, Villanova 66

Chicago REGIONAL at Allstate Arena, Rosemont, IllinMarch 24 and 26 March 24 and 26
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
		Illinois 77, Wis.-Milwaukee 63
		Arizona 79, Oklahoma State 78

Austin REGIONAL at Frank Erwin Center, Austin, TexaMarch 25 and 27
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
		Michigan State 78, Duke 68
		Kentucky 62, Utah 52

Albuquerque REGIONAL at niversity Arena ("The Pit") March 24 and 26 March 24 and 26
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
		Louisville 93, Washington 79
		West Virginia 65, Texas Tech 60

Elite 8

Syracuse REGIONAL at

Favorite

Seed

Team

Seed

Team

Score

Star Efforts

North Carolina 88, Wisconsin 82

Chicago REGIONAL at
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
		Illinois 90, Arizona 89, OT

Austin REGIONAL at
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
		Michigan State 94, Kentucky 88, 2OT

Albuquerque REGIONAL at
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
		Louisville 93, West Virginia 85, OT

Final 4

National semifinals and championship (Final Four and championship)

April 2 and 4
- Edward Jones Dome, St. Louis, Missouri (Host: Missouri Valley Conference)

NATIONAL SEMI-FINALS
Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
		Illinois 72, Louisville 57
		North Carolina 87, Michigan State 71

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME


Favorite	Seed	Team	Seed	Team	Score	Star Efforts
		North Carolina 75, Illinois 70

NCAA Results

(Seed #)

Play In Game

(16) Oakland, Mich., 79, (16) Alabama A&M 69

First Round

(2) Wake Forest 70, (15) Chattanooga 54

(7) West Virginia 63, (10) Creighton 61

(8) Pacific 79, (9) Pittsburgh 71

(1)Washington 88, (16) Montana 77

(3) Gonzaga 74, (14) Winthrop 64

(6) Texas Tech 78, (11) UCLA 66

(4) Louisville 68, (13) La.-Lafayette 62

(5) Georgia Tech 80, (12) George Washington 68

(2) Kentucky 72, (15) Eastern Kentucky 64

(7) Cincinnati 76, (10) Iowa 64

(3) Oklahoma 84, (14) Niagara 67

(6) Utah 60, (11) Texas-El Paso 54

(13) Vermont 60, (4) Syracuse 57 OT

(5) Michigan State 89, (12) Old Dominion 81

(1) Duke 57, (16) Delaware State 46

(9) Mississippi State 93, (8) Stanford 70

(12) Wis.-Milwaukee 83, (5) Alabama 73

(4) Boston College 85, (13) Pennsylvania 65

(9) Nevada 61, (8) Texas 57

(1) Illinois 67, (16) Fairleigh Dickinson 55

(3) Arizona 66, (14) Utah State 53

(11) UAB 82, (6) LSU 68

(2) Oklahoma State 63, (15) Southeastern Louisiana 50

(7) Southern Illinois 65, (10) Saint Mary's, Calif. 56

(10) North Carolina State 75, (7) Charlotte 63

(2) Connecticut 77, (15) Central Florida 71

(9) Iowa State 64, (8) Minnesota 53

(1) North Carolina 96, (16) Oakland, Mich., 68

(4) Florida 67, (13) Ohio 62

(5) Villanova 55, (12) New Mexico 47

(6) Wisconsin 57, (11) Northern Iowa 52

(14) Bucknell 64, (3) Kansas 63

Second Round

West Virginia 111, Wake Forest 105 (2OT)

Washington 97, Pacific 79

Texas Tech 71, Gonzaga 69

Louisville 76, Georgia Tech 54

Kentucky 69, Cincinnati 60

Utah 67, Oklahoma 58

Michigan State 72, Vermont 61

Duke 65, Mississippi State 55

Wis.-Milwaukee 83, Boston College 75

Illinois 71, Nevada 59

Arizona 85, UAB 63

Oklahoma State 85, Southern Illinois 77

North Carolina State 65, Connecticut 62

North Carolina 92, Iowa State 65

Villanova 76, Florida 65

Wisconsin 71, Bucknell 62

Regionals

Top 10 Teams

Rank	Team	W-L	Post-Season Result
1.	Illinois	37-2	NCAA 2nd Place
2.	North Carolina	33-4	NCAA 1st Place
3	Duke	27-6	Lost NCAA regionals
4.	Louisville	33-5	Lost NCAA Semifinals
5.	Wake Forest	27-5	Lost in NCAA 2nd round
6.	Oklahoma State	26-7	Lost NCAA regionals
7.	Kentucky	28-6	Lost NCAA regionals
8.	Washington	29-6	Lost NCAA regionals
9.	Arizona	30-7	Lost NCAA regionals
10.	Gonzaga	26-5	Lost in NCAA 2nd round

All-America Team

Pos	Name	Cl.	School
G	Dee Brown	Jr.	Illinois
G	J.J. Redick	Jr.	Duke
G	Chris Paul	So.	Wake Forest
C	Andrew Bogut	So	Utah
F	Wayne Simien	Sr.	Kansas
F	Hakim Warrick	Sr	Syracuse

All NCAA Tournament Team

C- Sean May-North Carolina-MVP

G- Rashad McCants, North Carolina

G- Luther Head, Illinois

F- Deron Williams, Illinois

G- Raymond Felton, North Carolina

Team Offense

North Carolina 88.0

Notes NIT FINALS—South Carolina 60, St. Joseph's 57

Team Defense

Air Force 54.3

Individual Scoring -PPG

1. Keydren Clark, St. Peter's 25.8

2. Taylor Coppenrath, Vermont 25.1

3. Juan Mendez, Niagara 23.5

4. Rob Monroe, Quinnipiac 22.7

5. Bo McCalebb, New Orleans 22.6

Individual Rebounding RPG

1. Paul Millsap, Louisiana Tech 12.4

2. Andrew Bogut, Utah 12.2

3. Lance Allred, Weber St. 12.0

4. Michael Harris, Rice 11.7

5. Dwayne Jones, St. Joseph's 11.6