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Sport | Basketball |
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Founded | 1939; 85 years ago (1939) |
Inaugural season | [[1939 in sports|1939]] |
No. of teams | 64 (Tournament) 8 (First Four) |
Country(ies) | United States |
Most championships | UCLA (11) |
Official website | ncaa.com/basketball |
The NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament (also known as March Madness) is a single-elimination (if you lose a game, you stop playing) college basketball tournament. It has 68 college teams in it. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) created it in 1939. When it was started in 1939, only eight teams played in the tournament. The tournament is played from mid-March to early April.