The Elite Eight.
Under the format in use for the 2013 NCAA men's basketball tournament, "March Madness" consists of the following games: 4 First-round "play-in" games 32 Second-round games 16 Third-round games 8 Sweet 16 games 4 Regional championship games 2 Final Four semi-final games 1 Championship/title game 67 TOTAL GAMES PLAYED Thus, it is the 67th game that determines the winner.
Here are the important dates for the 2009 tournament: Selection Sunday: March 15, 2009 Opening Round Game: March 17, 2009 First Round: March 19-20, 2009 Second Round: March 21-22, 2009 Third Round: March 26-27, 2009 Fourth Round: March 28-29, 2009 Final Four: April 4 & 6, 2009 at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan.
Opening Round Game: March 17, 2009 First Round: March 19-20, 2009 Second Round: March 21-22, 2009 Third Round: March 26-27, 2009 Fourth Round: March 28-29, 2009 Final Four: April 4 & 6, 2009
The 2010 NCAA mens basketball tournament began on Tuesday, March 16 with the opening round game and ended on Monday, April 5 with the national championship game.
Your mom is the purpose.
As of now, there are 65 teams in the tournament. Two teams (generally considered to be the worst in the tournament) play an "opening round" game. The winner gets the fourth 16 seed in the first round of the tournament.
Sweet 16
Yes. Both UConn and Washington have made it out of the second round.
71-51 North Carolina in the first round of the 1994 NCAA tournament.
March Madness, which refers to a basketball fever phenomenon, originated in Illinois in the late 1930's. The expression first appeared in the Illinois Interscholastic, the IHSA's magazine, in 1939.
Since 2011 there are 68 teams that qualify to play in March Madness. The first round consists of four games and eight teams playing to determine the remaining 64 teams which play in the following five rounds. The last or seventh round known as The Finals is played by the remaining two teams.
Selection Sunday is March 15, 2009. Opening round for the wild card position is March 17th and the first two rounds are March 19th and March 21st.