In the 1999-2000 season as a 14 seed lost to Ohio State 87-61 in the first round.
the first womens basketball tournament was in 1905
The first NCAA Basketball Tournament was held in 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.
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Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
UNC was a number 1 seed in the 2009 NCAA basketball tournament.
The NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament went to 64 teams in 1985.
No, Illinois has never won the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament.