The University of Central Florida is not in the NCAA Tournament, but they are appearing in the College Basketball Invitational
The first national basketball tournament was the National Invitational Tournament, the NIT. It preceded the start of the NCAA tourney. The first year of the NCAA Basketball Tournament was 1939.
Twice
wisconsin
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
University of Connecticut
Cincinnati
Through 2013, Butler University has made appearances 12 years in the NCAA men's basketball tournament.
In the 2013 NCAA men's basketball tournament, three states were represented by five teams each:California, North Carolina and Pennsylvania. Of these 15 teams, only LaSallefrom Pennsylvania and Duke from North Carolina made it to the Sweet 16.In contrast, the state of Florida had three teams in the Sweet 16: the University of Florida, the University of Miami and Florida Gulf Coast University.
UNC was a number 1 seed in the 2009 NCAA basketball tournament.
The NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament went to 64 teams in 1985.
No, Illinois has never won the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament.