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The first NCAA Basketball Tournament was held in 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.
64 teams in the NCAA tournament in 2000
Michigan State did not make the NCAA tournament in 1980 after winning the championship in 1979. Florida did not make the NCAA tournament in 2008 after winning the 2007 championship. North Carolina won the NCAA tournament in 2009 and will not make the tournament in 2010.
The Wisonsin Badgers played in the 2010 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament.
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The lowest seed to make it to the Sweet 16 in the NCAA basketball tournament this year was a 15th seed.
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