The NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament went to 64 teams in 1985.
Texas had the most this year
There were 53 teams in the 1984 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship (5 play-in games before the tournament).
64 teams
A total of 8 teams played in the 1939 NCAA basketball tournament. Oregon won the NCAA national championship that year.
1985
In 2000 there were 64 teams that played in the Division I basketball tournament.
Teams that are on the verge of being in or out of the NCAA tournament.
UCLA with 11.
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The original NCAA Division 1 College Basketball Tournament 1939 field consisted of 8 teams.
The 2012 NCAA men's basketball tournament included teams from 31 states and the District of Columbia.