| First Round | Second Round | Sweet Sixteen | Elite Eight | Final Four |
| March 18, 2005 | March 20, 2005 | March 25, 2005 | March 27, 2005 | Champion |
| 1) North Carolina | ||||
| 1) North Carolina | ||||
| 16) Oakland | 96-68 | |||
| Charlotte, NC | 1) North Carolina | |||
| 8) Minnesota | 92-65 | |||
| 9) Iowa State | ||||
| 9) Iowa State | 64-53 | |||
| 1) North Carolina | ||||
| 4) Florida | 67-66 | |||
| 4) Florida | ||||
| 13) Ohio | 67-62 | |||
| Nashville, TN | 5) Villanova | |||
| 5) Villanova | 76-65 | |||
| 5) Villanova | ||||
| 12) New Mexico | 55-47 | |||
| Syracuse, NY | 1) North Carolina | |||
| 6) Wisconsin | 88-82 | |||
| 6) Wisconsin | ||||
| 11) Northern Iowa | 57-52 | |||
| Oklahoma City, OK | 6) Wisconsin | |||
| 3) Kansas | 71-62 | |||
| 14) Bucknell | ||||
| 14) Bucknell | 64-63 | |||
| 6) Wisconsin | ||||
| 7) NC-Charlotte | 65-56 | |||
| 10) NC State | ||||
| 10) NC State | 75-63 | |||
| Worcester, MA | 10) NC State | |||
| 2) Connecticut | 65-62 | |||
| 2) Connecticut | ||||
| 15) Central Florida | 77-71 | |||
| Play-In | ||||
| March 15, 2005 | ||||
| 64) Alabama A&M | ||||
| Dayton, OH | 65) Oakland | |||
| 65) Oakland | 79-69 | |||