it started in 1971
1939
The first NCAA Basketball Tournament was held in 1939.
1939
1939
1939
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.
it started in 1996
the first womens basketball tournament was in 1905
Tubby Smith
The NCAA basketball tournament, commonly referred to as "March Madness," started on March 17 this year and will end on April 8. The NCAA basketball tournament typically goes from about the second week of March until the first week of April. The exact dates vary from year to year.
The first women's Division I basketball tournament was in 1982. Louisiana Tech defeated Cheyney State in the finals to win the first championship.
The Wisonsin Badgers played in the 2010 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament.