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∙ 2012-03-04 17:00:09it started in 1996
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∙ 2012-03-04 17:00:09the first womens basketball tournament was in 1905
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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.
The first NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament was played in 1982. In the championship game, Louisiana Techdefeated Cheyney State 76-62.
It would take until 1953 before the first nationally televised golf tournament. It was the Tam O'Shanter World Championship, played just outside Chicago and televised by ABC. But get this - the owner of the club paid ABC to televise the tournament! The US Open tournament was televised nationally, across the U.S., for the first time in 1954. In 1977, all 18 holes of each of the final two rounds were broadcast live for the first time. And in 1982, all four rounds were televised for the first time.
it started in 1971
The first NCAA Basketball Tournament was held in 1939.
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