The National Invitation Tournament (NIT) began in 1938 and the NCAA Tournament debuted the following year. The NIT field expanded quickly and became the premier tournament during the 1940's; so much so that the NCAA scheduled their tournament after the NIT to avoid directly competing with it.
This allowed teams to compete in both tournaments, with City College of New York being the first and only school to win both titles in the same year (1950). The rules were subsequently changed so a team would only qualify for one or the other.
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UCLA has won the most NCAA Men's Basketball Championships with 11. Kentucky is next with 7, and Indiana and North Carolina both have 5 wins.
Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball won both in 1961 and 1962
City College of New York in 1950
If you include the NIT (which was a very prestigious tournament in the 1950's): 1) CCNY won both the NCAA and the NIT in 1950 2) LaSalle won the NIT in 1952 and the NCAA in 1954 3) Kentucky won the NCAA in 1951 and 1958 4) U of San Francisco won the NCAA in 1955 and 1956.
None. The Temple Owls men's basketball team has made it to the Final Four twice: once in 1956 and once in 1958 but they were defeated both times.
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The University of Pittsburgh men's basketball teams of 1927-28 (21-0) and 1929-30 (23-2) were recognized as National Champions both popularly and by the Helms Athletic Foundation.
Alabama has 12 national championships, and 53 bowl appearances, both NCAA records.
UCONN did it in 2004. They both won National Championships as well and were obviously the first to do that too. 1983 U of Georgia's men and women were the first to do it.
To determine basketball's national champion of the NCAA for both men and women.
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