Alaska Does Not have A division 1 school but just a few years ago South Dakota State University, University of South Dakota and North Dakota State University made the jump to Division 1. Only NDSU out of the three teams has made it to the Big dance.
In the 2013 NCAA men's basketball tournament, there were no schools from the following 19
states: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Dakota, Rhode
Island, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia, Wyoming.
No. The "March Madness" NCAA tournament that is broadcast on national television is for the Division 1 championship. Equivalent tournaments and championships are held for each of the NCAA's divisions. So therefore, Division II teams would play in the Division II Tournament.
Yes there have been a total of 20 teams that won the tournament and then did not make it the next year. Since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985 there have been 5 teams to not make it back the next year. Louisville 1987 Kansas 1989 Florida 2008 North Carolina 2010 Kentucky 2013
Kentucky has been in the NCAA men's basketball tournament a record 52 times through 2013.
Through 2013, Baylor has been in the NCAA men's basketball tournament seven times.
Never. Along with Army, the Citadel, St. Francis (NY), and William & Mary, they are one of only five teams with fifty years of NCAA Division I play and no NCAA tournament appearances.
First NCAA tournament was held in 1939. The tournament has been held every year since. As of 2013 there have been 74 championships.
* Major League Baseball (MLB) - World Series * National Football League (NFL) - Super Bowl * National Basketball Association (NBA) - NBA Finals * Stock Auto Racing (NASCAR) - Nextel Cup (Chase to the Cup Championship) * Pro Golf - PGA Championship * Golf - U. S. Open Tournament* * Tennis - U.S. Open Tournament* * Horse Racing - Triple Crown (Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, Belmont Stakes) * National Hockey League - Stanley Cup * NCAA Division I Football - Bowl Championship Series (BCS) National Championship * NCAA Division I Baseball - College World Series (NCAA Tournament) * NCAA Division I Basketball - NCAA Basketball Tournament of 65(March Madness) * Golf - U. S. Open Tournament* * Tennis - U.S. Open Tournament* *NOTE: Professionals and Amatuers alike compete in the Golf U.S. Open Tournament & the Tennis U.S.Open Tournament. It's been a very long time since an Amatuer has won either of these Tournaments, but it can happen and it has happened.
yes in 1993 they lost horribly to Louisville
Ratings Percentage Index The Rating Percentage Index (RPI) has been used by the NCAA since 1981 to supplement the selection of at-large teams and the seeding of all teams for the NCAA tournament. Ratings percentage index
Kansas
Yes
University of Kentucky