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 is very popular in U.S. colleges. ... 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 property (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. ... Each year the NCAA Committee selects at-large berths. ... The selection process for College Basketballs NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Championship determines which 65 teams will enter the tournament, known as March Madness, and where they will be seeded and placed in the bracket. ... 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 who win their conference tournaments to gain the automatic bid & the SWAC champion) play a pre-tournament game to determine which will advance into the first round of the tournament, with the winner advancing to play the best team overall. 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: A Space Odyssey. ... University of Dayton Arena is a 13,409-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. ...

Selection Process

See main article: NCAA basketball tournament selection process The selection process for College Basketballs NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Championship determines which 65 teams will enter the tournament, known as March Madness, and where they will be seeded and placed in the bracket. ...

The selection process for College Basketball's NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship determines which 65 teams will enter the tournament, known as March Madness, and where they will be seeded and placed in the bracket. It is done by a special selection committee appointed by the NCAA. It should be noted that 31 of the teams have automatic bids by winning their conference tournament, therefore only 34 teams (the at-large bids) rely on the selection committee to secure them a spot in the tournament.

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, Indiana Stadium, April 3 and 5
• 2011 - Houston, Reliant Stadium, April 2 and 4

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Records

NCAA Championships

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