The NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship is held each spring featuring 65 of the top college basketball teams in the United States. The 20-day tournament, colloquially known as "March Madness" or the Big Dance, has become one of the country's most prominent sports events. Basketball Basketball is a ball sport in which two teams of five players each try to score points by throwing a ball through a hoop. ... March Madness is a popular colloquial term for the process of deciding the annual champion of NCAA collegiate basketball in the United States. ...

The tournament, whose field includes regional conference champions and other top teams, is staged in a single elimination format. Since its 1939 inception, it has built a legacy that includes dynasty teams and dramatic underdog stories. In recent years, friendly wagering on the event has become something of a national pastime, spawning countless "office pools" that attract expert fans and novices alike. A tournament is an organized competition in which many participants play each other in individual games. ... An underdog is a party in a competition, frequently in electoral politics or sports, who is popularly expected to lose. ... Gambling (or betting) is any behavior involving risking money or valuables (making a wager or placing a stake) on the outcome of a game, contest, or other event in which the outcome of that activity depends partially or totally upon chance or upon ones ability to do something. ...

The tournament bracket is made up of champions from each Division I conference, which receive automatic bids. The remaining slots are at-large berths, with teams chosen by an NCAA selection committee. The selection process and tournament seedings are based on several factors, including team rankings, win-loss records and RPI data. Bracketology is a slang term for predicting the field of the NCAA Basketball Tournament, named as such because it is commonly used to fill in tournament brackets for the postseason. ... Division I is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States. ... Commonly known as RPI, the Ratings Percentage Index is a rating system where NCAA basketball teams are ranked. ...

The two lowest-seeded teams (usually the teams below .500 & the SWAC champion) play a pre-tournament game to determine which will advance into the first round of the tournament. This play-in game was added in 2001 and has been played in Dayton, Ohio each subsequent year. The Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) is a college athletic conference made up of historically black universities in the southern United States. ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... University of Dayton Arena is a 13,455-seat multi-purpose arena in Dayton, Ohio. ...

A Most Outstanding Player honor is awarded by the Associated Press at the end of each tournament. At the conclusion of the NCAA mens and womens Division I basketball championships (the Final Four tournaments), the Associated Press selects a Most Outstanding Player. ... Associated Press logo This article concerns the news service. ...

See also: Division II, Division III The NCAA Division II Mens Basketball Championship has been conducted since 1957. ... The NCAA holds an annual tournament to determine the Division III Mens Basketball Championship. ...

Winners of the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship

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Upcoming Final Four championship locations and dates

• 2006 - Indianapolis, RCA Dome, April 1 and 3
• 2007 - Atlanta, Georgia Dome, March 31 and April 2
• 2008 - San Antonio, Alamodome, April 5 and 7
• 2009 - Detroit, Ford Field, April 4 and 6
• 2010 - Indianapolis, RCA Dome, April 3 and 5
• 2011 - Houston, Reliant Stadium, April 2 and 4

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Number of championships by school

• UCLA 11
• Kentucky 7
• Indiana 5
• North Carolina 4
• Duke 3
• Cincinnati 2
• Connecticut 2
• Kansas 2
• Louisville 2
• Michigan State 2
• North Carolina State 2
• Oklahoma State 2 (both times as Oklahoma A&M)
• San Francisco 2
• Arizona 1
• Arkansas 1
• California 1
• CCNY 1
• Georgetown 1
• Holy Cross 1
• La Salle 1
• Loyola (Chicago) 1
• Marquette 1
• Maryland 1
• Michigan 1
• Ohio State 1
• Oregon 1
• Stanford 1
• Syracuse 1
• UNLV 1
• Utah 1
• UTEP 1 (as Texas Western)
• Villanova 1
• Wisconsin 1
• Wyoming 1

See also

• March Madness
• NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship
• Selection Sunday
• Final Four
• Bracketology

March Madness is a popular colloquial term for the process of deciding the annual champion of NCAA collegiate basketball in the United States. ... The NCAA Womens Division I Championship is an annual basketball tournament for women. ... Selection Sunday is the day when the NCAA College Basketball tournament participants are announced, placed and seeded accordingly. ... The playoff term Final Four was originally popularized to refer to the final four teams in the NCAA Basketball Tournament; these are the champions of the tournaments four regional brackets, and the only teams remaining on the tournaments final weekend. ... Bracketology is a slang term for predicting the field of the NCAA Basketball Tournament, named as such because it is commonly used to fill in tournament brackets for the postseason. ...

External links

• NCAA Men's Basketball (http://www.ncaasports.com/basketball/mens)