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∙ 2015-07-16 18:17:4828,000 dollars
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∙ 2015-07-16 18:17:48The 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.
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The first NCAA Basketball Tournament was held in 1939.
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I believe it was 1939.
Evanston, Illinois in 1939.
World Professional Basketball Tournament was created in 1939.
Basketball.
1939 Oregon defeated Ohio St