tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-235636342011-12-14T18:59:44.386-08:00Learn about the NCAA Basketball Tournament and how the brackets fill up.Final Four Addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12469716018232921715noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23563634.post-1141714791010213952006-03-06T22:54:00.000-08:002006-03-06T22:59:51.013-08:00<strong>NCAA Basketball Tournament</strong><br /><br />The NCAA Basketball Tournament is among us. This tournament is a looking glass for human hope, excellence and positive social change. It is, in short, a microcosm of the human existence, with all of its exuberance, tragedy and triumph. The NCAA Basketball Tournament <em>is</em> American sports.<br /><br />The excitement and tradition of "March Madness" or the NCAA Basketball Tournament as we know it today has been shaped by many significant events in NCAA tournament history: The first NCAA men’s basketball tournament was held in 1939 with the first NCAA tournament championship game held at Northwestern on March 27, 1939. Only eight teams competed in two regions. Oregon defeated Ohio State in the championship game, and the West region held a third-place game.<br /><br />Although the NCAA basketball tournament now determines the national champion, that was not always the case. Until the 1950's, the NIT was considered a more prestigious tournament than the NCAA basketball tournament, and teams often chose to enter the NIT and bypass the NCAA tourney. Because of this dichotomy, two of the best centers of the 1940's never met in an NCAA basketball tournament. George Mikan's DePaul team traditionally entered the NIT, while Bob Kurland's of Oklahoma. <br /><br />Today the NCAA basketball tournament is one of the most watched tournaments of the year. Always exciting you never really know who is going to end up on top!<br /><br />NCAA Basketball Tournament<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/23563634-114171479101021395?l=ncaa-basketball-tournament.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Final Four Addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12469716018232921715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23563634.post-1141713372389769612006-03-06T22:35:00.000-08:002006-03-06T23:00:31.293-08:00Welcome to my blog about the NCAA Basketball Tournamnet here I will talk about the NCAA Basketball Tournament and post updated news posts about the NCAA Basketball Tournament.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/23563634-114171337238976961?l=ncaa-basketball-tournament.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Final Four Addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12469716018232921715noreply@blogger.com0