The first NCAA Basketball Tournament was held in 1939.
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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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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.
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That depends on what you mean by NCAA. The Wisconsin Badgers have been to the NCAA Tournament 18 times. Their most recent appearance was in the Sweet Sixteen in 2012. The Badgers have not won the NCAA Tournament since 1941.
last year it ended
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2010