Put them in groups of 4 or 8 and let the 2 or 4 first go to a playoff + the best 3rd placed or 5th placed. I would use a bracket of 36 and a bracket of 35 and have the two winners face off in the championship.
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Over the years the NCAA tournament has expanded to include more and more teams. Today, the total number of teams that make the tournament stands at 68.
Michigan State did not make the NCAA tournament in 1980 after winning the championship in 1979. Florida did not make the NCAA tournament in 2008 after winning the 2007 championship. North Carolina won the NCAA tournament in 2009 and will not make the tournament in 2010.
Five states are tied for that distinction. At the beginning of the tournament, the following states had four teams each in the tournament. Of those five states, two, Kentucky and Ohio, had teams make it to the Final Four.CaliforniaKentuckyNew YorkNorth CarolinaOhio
64 teams in the NCAA tournament in 2000
5112. Each team played everyone but themselves, so multiply 72 times 71 and your answer is 5112
In 2000 there were 64 teams that played in the Division I basketball tournament.
There were 8 teams in the tournament and it was won by Indiana.IndianaSpringfieldDuquesneWestern KySouthern CaliforniaColoradoRiceKansas
The NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament went to 64 teams in 1985.
In the current version of the Big 12 Conference Basketball Tournament, all 10 teams in the league qualify for the postseason bracket. The top six teams get a bye, and teams ranked 7-10 play in the first round. From the second round on, it is an eight team tournament.