North Carolina TARHEELS - 100
Teams that are on the verge of being in or out of the NCAA tournament.
The original NCAA Division 1 College Basketball Tournament 1939 field consisted of 8 teams.
The NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament went to 64 teams in 1985.
There were 53 teams in the 1984 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship (5 play-in games before the tournament).
Over the years the NCAA tournament has expanded to include more and more teams. Today, the total number of teams that make the tournament stands at 68.
1985
In 2000 there were 64 teams that played in the Division I basketball tournament.
The 2012 NCAA men's basketball tournament included teams from 31 states and the District of Columbia.
UCLA with 11.
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There were no schools from New Jersey represented in the 2012 NCAA men's basketball tournament.