| 2005 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Illinois | (as selected and seeded by Z-Ratings through 13 March 2005) | North Carolina | 1 | |||||||||||
| 16 | Oakland | 16 | |||||||||||||
| RCA Dome - Indianapolis, IN | Charlotte Coliseum - Charlotte, NC | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | North Carolina State | Stanford | 9 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Texas | Louisiana State | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Florida | Wisconsin | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 12 | George Washington | Iowa State | 12 | ||||||||||||
| DCU Center - Worcester, MA | Wolstein Center - Cleveland, OH | ||||||||||||||
| 13 | Vermont | Ohio University | 13 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Syracuse | Connecticut | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Allstate Arena - Chicago, IL | Carrier Dome - Syracuse, NY | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | Kansas | Louisville | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 14 | Chattanooga | Pennsylvania | 14 | ||||||||||||
| Ford Center - Oklahoma City, OK | Wolstein Center - Cleveland, OH | ||||||||||||||
| 11 | Indiana | Creighton | 11 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Cincinnati | Texas Tech | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Georgia Tech | NATIONAL CHAMPION | Iowa | 7 | |||||||||||
| 10 | Notre Dame | New Mexico | 10 | ||||||||||||
| Taco Bell Arena - Boise, ID | DCU Center - Worcester, MA | ||||||||||||||
| 15 | Central Florida | Niagara | 15 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Arizona | Boston College | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Edward Jones Dome | Edward Jones Dome | ||||||||||||||
| St. Louis, MO | Edward Jones Dome | St. Louis, MO | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Duke | St. Louis, MO | Wake Forest | 1 | |||||||||||
| 16 | Montana | Fairleigh Dickinson | 16 | ||||||||||||
| Gaylord Entertainment Center - Nashville, TN | Charlotte Coliseum - Charlotte, NC | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | Mississippi State | Southern Illinois | 9 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | UCLA | Minnesota | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Villanova | Alabama | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 12 | Wisconsin-Milwaukee | Old Dominion | 12 | ||||||||||||
| Gaylord Entertainment Center - Nashville, TN | McKale Center - Tucson, AZ | ||||||||||||||
| 13 | Louisiana-Lafayette | Utah State | 13 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Michigan State | Oklahoma | 4 | ||||||||||||
| University Arena - Albuquerque, NM | Frank Erwin Center - Austin, TX | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | Gonzaga | Oklahoma State | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 14 | Bucknell | Winthrop | 14 | ||||||||||||
| McKale Center - Tucson, AZ | Ford Center - Oklahoma City, OK | ||||||||||||||
| 11 | Nevada | Texas - El Paso | 11 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Utah | Pacific | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | West Virginia | Pittsburgh | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 10 | Texas A&M | Charlotte | 10 | ||||||||||||
| Taco Bell Arena - Boise, ID | RCA Dome - Indianapolis, IN | ||||||||||||||
| 15 | Southeast Louisiana | Eastern Kentucky | 15 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Washington | Kentucky | 2 | ||||||||||||
| First Round | Second Round | Regional Semifinals | Regional Finals | National Semifinal | National Championship | National Semifinal | Regional Finals | Regional Semifinals | Second Round | First Round | |||||
| 17-18 March | 19-20 March | 24-25 March | 26-27 March | 2 April | 4 April | 2 April | 26-27 March | 24-25 March | 19-20 March | 17-18 March | |||||
| Delaware State | |||||||||||||||
| (to Syracuse #16) | |||||||||||||||
| Alabama A&M | |||||||||||||||
| Opening Round, 15 March | |||||||||||||||
| Univ. of Dayton Arena - Dayton, OH | |||||||||||||||