The Big East had 3 teams in the Final Four in 1959.
California def. West Virginia (Big East) in the championship...Louisville (Big East) and Cincinnati (Big East) lost in the Final Four.
(I don't know if those teams were in the Big East back in 1959, but they are currently)
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university of georgia 1983
In 1906, the NCAA was founded in Chicago, and the previous fall,(1905) the Big Ten's inaugural season of basketball got underway. Minnesota won the first Conference championship with a 6-1 record in 1906. Source =http://bigten.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/big10-hoops-history.html
The first game ever in college basketball was played 1/18/1896
Basketball was first played in a college. The first game, 1891, was in the Y.M.C.A college of physical education, Springfield, U.S.A and they used peach basket suspended as the nets, hence the name BASKETball
What was the name of the college when Duke played their first basketball game? Trinity University
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1919
Ronnie Carr of Western Carolina University, a Southern Conference school, made the first 3 point basket against Middle Tennessee State.
Basketball came to Duke University in 1906 when the university was known as Trinity College.
The game of Basketball was invented by James Naismith, back in 1892. It was in 1893, that the first College Basketball game was played. It was between New Brighton and Geneva College. The first game was held in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, home of Geneva College Golden Tornados
UCONN did it in 2004. They both won National Championships as well and were obviously the first to do that too. 1983 U of Georgia's men and women were the first to do it.