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Over the years, the NCAA tournament has expanded several times for various reasons. As more and more schools were developing solid basketball programs, the competitivness was increasing throughout the country. More games = more money. when the tournament originated, it was only an 8-team tournament. years later, it grew to a 16-team tournament. then throughtout the 70's & 80's, as the tournament's popularity increased and TV revenues increased, the tournament grew larger and larger each year. in 1985, it was set at 64 teams. 64 is a good number for a tournament field, because its easily divisible. half of 64 is 32. half of 32 is 16. half of 16 is 8. half of 8 is 4. half of 4 is 2. half of 2 is 1. since 2001, a 65th team has been added as a part of a "play-in game" after that one game, the field is back to 64 teams.
I don't know if this is the record, and I assume you mean Division I, but Kentucky scored 86 points in one half against LSU on 01/16/96. The final score was 129-97. Kentucky won, of course. Another record during a UK/LSU game came on 02/15/94 when UK was down 31 points with 15 minutes 30 seconds left in the second half. They came back and won 99-95. Non-Division I, Troy State scored 135 points in one half against DeVry Institute of Atlanta. Yes, 135. The final score was 258-141. This game set all kinds of NCAA records.
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The most points let in during a half is 49 - the Buccaneers (1983) and Eagles (1941) hold this
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Frank Selvy scored 1209 points for Furman in 1954 to lead division one with a 41.7 average. Bevo Francis of Rio Grande also scored 1255 points in 1954 to lead division three with a 46.5 average.ANSWERIt was actually Johnny O'Brien, one half of the famous O'Brien twins in the 1951-52 season. During that season O'Brien scored 1,051 points for Seattle University giving them a berth into The National Invitational Tournament that season. The following year in the 1952-53 season he scored 916 points to finish his collegiate career with 2,733 points and leading Seattle University to their first NCAA Tournament berth. Following his successful collegiate basketball and baseball career, he along with his brother Eddie, were drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1953.
Phoenix scored 107 points in the 1st half in a game against Denver on November 10, 1990.
40 games are the most that have been played in an academic year (fall and spring semesters plus post-regular season games) to date.43 games are mathematically possible (but practically impossible) in one academic year, if a team is in the right conference and makes the the title game of every tournament it plays in that year.Regular Season Games Allowed:31 games in one season, consisting of27 regular schedule games+ up to 4 games if in an in-season tournament like the Preseason NIT or Great Alaska Shootout (my quick research showed most are just 3 game tournaments),or29 games if not participating in any in-season tournaments.[Source: NCAA 2010-11 Division 1 Manual, Section 17.3.5 Number of Contests]Postseason:Add in the # of games needed to make the title games for both the conference and the NCAA tournaments to get the total games possible.7 games are possible in the NCAA tournament, but the historical reality is no team has played more than 6.Conference Tournaments5 games are possible in the Big East tournament4 games are possible in the other major conferences (I assume this is the same number for the non-majors, but I am not sure).Based on the above, the maximum number of games possiblewould be31 games before post-season+5 games possible in a conference tournament+7 games in the NCAA tournament=43 games possibleMore realistically, the most likely maximum number of possible games played in any academic year (and the most ever played as of this writing) is31 games before the post-season+3 games in a conference tournament+6 games in the NCAA tournament=40 games max in an academic year
the answer to this question is kansas.they beat mennphis by five points in the mens ncaa final four tournamnet
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Tournament rules vary based upon tournaments. You will need to check the tournament website or contact the tournament director for the offical tournament that you are attending. Generally speaking, the 17 Laws of the Game tend to be used at tournaments with modifications of field size, half length, and ball size.