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.
The first NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament was played in 1982. In the championship game, Louisiana Techdefeated Cheyney State 76-62.
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No, Illinois has never won the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament.
UNC was a number 1 seed in the 2009 NCAA basketball tournament.
The NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament went to 64 teams in 1985.