Basketball.
The NCAA basketball tournament, commonly referred to as "March Madness," started on March 17 this year and will end on April 8. The NCAA basketball tournament typically goes from about the second week of March until the first week of April. The exact dates vary from year to year.
The first NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament was played in 1982. In the championship game, Louisiana Techdefeated Cheyney State 76-62.
The "First Four Out" of the March Madness tournament selection this year were Louisville, Colorado State, Saint Louis, and Mississippi.
The first march madness has held in 1939 which is won by the Oregon Ducks men's basketball team.
The first and most well known major basketball tournament is the NBA Playoffs. In college, it is a 64 team tournament known as March Madness. There is also a tournament every four years in the Olympic Games. There is also the NIT tournament in college, and FIBA Tournament in international play.
the first womens basketball tournament was in 1905
The first four in March Madness refers to the play-in games that determine the final four teams to enter the main tournament bracket. These games are held before the official start of the tournament and involve teams competing for a spot in the main field of 64 teams.
Ironically, "March Madness" (as the NCAA men's basketball tournament has come to be known) is designed such that the Championship Game is always played on the first Monday in April. (I guess the madness is considered to have quieted itself by the time only two teams remain.)
Under the format in use for the 2013 NCAA men's basketball tournament, "March Madness" consists of the following games: 4 First-round "play-in" games 32 Second-round games 16 Third-round games 8 Sweet 16 games 4 Regional championship games 2 Final Four semi-final games 1 Championship/title game 67 TOTAL GAMES PLAYED Thus, it is the 67th game that determines the winner.
The first four teams to be eliminated in March Madness are typically the teams that lose in the First Four games, which are played before the main tournament begins. These games involve the lowest-seeded teams and determine which teams advance to the main bracket.
71-51 North Carolina in the first round of the 1994 NCAA tournament.