Regardless of how a team performed during the regular season, if they are eligible for postseason play and win their conference tournament, they receive a bid to the NCAA tournament.
The 32 Division I conferences all receive an automatic bid, which they each award to the team that wins the postseason conference tournament. There are two ways that a team can earn a bid to the NCAA tournament. The term has been synonymous with the NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament ever since.
Porter, in 1939, but the term didn’t find its way to the NCAA tournament until CBS broadcaster Brent Musburger (who used to be a sportswriter in Chicago) used it during coverage of the 1982 tournament. March Madness was first used to refer to basketball by an Illinois high school official, Henry V. Where did the term “March Madness” come from? In 2011, three more teams were added, and with them, three more games to round out the First Four. In 2001, after the Mountain West Conference joined Division I and received an automatic bid, pushing the total teams to 65, a single game was added prior to the first round. In 1951, the field doubled to 16, and kept expanding over the next few decades until 1985, when the modern format of a 64-team tournament began. The inaugural tournament had just eight teams, and saw Oregon beat Ohio State 46-33 for the title: How has the tournament changed since 1939? The event was canceled in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic. The first NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament was in 1939 and was held every year until the 2019-20 season. It will open in a new tab or window. You can also go here to see the official interactive bracket. You can click or tap here to get a printable. You can get a printable 2023 NCAA bracket here. 14 UC Santa Barbara 56 | Watch highlights 16 Northern Kentucky 52 | Watch highlights 12 College of Charleston 57 | Watch highlights 8 Maryland 67, West Virginia 65 | Watch highlights Wednesday, March 15 (First Four in Dayton, Ohio) 16 SE Missouri State 71 | Watch highlights Tuesday, March 14 (First Four in Dayton, Ohio) ET | CBSĢ023 NCAA tournament final scores, highlights Monday, April 3 (National championship game) 2023 March Madness live streams, TV times, schedule ( All times Eastern)
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