2005 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

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The 2005 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament was the annual single-elimination championship event of U.S. Division I college basketball, culminating in the Final Four and national title game to determine that season’s national champion.

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instanceOf NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
champion North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball NERFINISHED
championCoach Roy Williams NERFINISHED
championSeed 1
championshipGameArena Edward Jones Dome NERFINISHED
championshipGameCity St. Louis, Missouri NERFINISHED
championshipGameDate 2005-04-04
championTitleCount 4
coachTitleCount 1
country United States of America
surface form: United States
division NCAA Division I
endDate 2005-04-04
finalFourArena Edward Jones Dome NERFINISHED
finalFourCity St. Louis, Missouri NERFINISHED
finalFourEndDate 2005-04-04
finalFourStartDate 2005-04-02
finalFourTeam Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball NERFINISHED
Louisville Cardinals men's basketball NERFINISHED
Michigan State Spartans men's basketball NERFINISHED
North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball NERFINISHED
finalScore North Carolina 75–70 Illinois
gender men's
governingBody National Collegiate Athletic Association
mostOutstandingPlayer Sean May NERFINISHED
mostOutstandingPlayerTeam North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball NERFINISHED
nextTournament 2006 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament NERFINISHED
notableUpset Bucknell Bison men's basketball defeated Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
Vermont Catamounts men's basketball defeated Syracuse Orange men's basketball
numberOfAtLargeBids 34
numberOfAutomaticBids 31
numberOfTeams 65
openingRoundGameCity Dayton, Ohio NERFINISHED
openingRoundGameLocation University of Dayton Arena NERFINISHED
openingRoundTeams Alabama A&M Bulldogs men's basketball NERFINISHED
Oakland Golden Grizzlies men's basketball NERFINISHED
openingRoundWinner Oakland Golden Grizzlies men's basketball NERFINISHED
previousTournament 2004 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament NERFINISHED
region Albuquerque Regional NERFINISHED
Austin Regional NERFINISHED
Chicago Regional NERFINISHED
Syracuse Regional NERFINISHED
runnerUp Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball NERFINISHED
runnerUpSeed 1
season 2004–05 NCAA Division I men's basketball season NERFINISHED
sport college basketball
startDate 2005-03-15
televisionBroadcaster CBS NERFINISHED
topOverallSeed Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball NERFINISHED
totalGames 64
tournamentFormat single-elimination

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Nevada Wolf Pack men's basketball NCAAappearances 2005 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
2004 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship followedBy 2005 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
this entity surface form: 2005 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship
2006 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship precededBy 2005 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
this entity surface form: 2005 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship
2006 NCAA Tournament previousTournament 2005 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
this entity surface form: 2005 NCAA Tournament