The first NCAA Basketball Tournament was held in 1939.
The Wisonsin Badgers played in the 2010 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament.
1939
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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1939
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.
1939
last year it ended
Tubby Smith
2010