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The NCAA had at that time a 40 team tournament and from there grew. * 1979: 40 teams * 1980-1982: 48 teams * 1983: 52 teams (four play-in games before the tournament) * 1984: 53 teams (five play-in games before the tournament) * 1985-2000: 64 teams * 2001- : 65 teams (with an "opening round" game to determine whether the 64th or 65th team plays in the first round)
Princeton hasn't won a game in the NCAA tournament since 1998 when they beat UNLV in the first round, 69-57.
The highest scoring player to never play in the NCAA tournament is also the highest scoring college player in NCAA hstory: LSU's Pete Maravich is the all-time leading NCAA Division I scorer with 3,667 points and an average of 44.2 points per game.
The last time the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament had a consolation game for 3rd place was in 1981. Virginia beat LSU, 78-74.
Great West and Independent conferences