March Madness 101

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Let's start with some March Madness trivia!

• The phrase "March madness" was coined by Henry V. Porter in 1939...to describe an Illinois high school basketball tourney.
• Brent Musburger first used it during NCAA coverage in 1982, causing a legal battle.
• There isn't a good record of who first called the playoffs "The Big Dance," but it does describe the action.

Who are the winningest teams in College Basketball?

Games won and lost:

• Kentucky won 1876, lost 577
• North Carolina won 1827, lost 677
• Kansas won 1826, lost 762
• Duke won 1737, lost 781

The 5 schools who have the winningest history in NCAA Division I Men's basketball are:

• UCLA, with 11 championships
• Kentucky, who won the March Madness games 7 times
• Indiana, with 5 Big Dance victories
• North Carolina won 4 times, including their championship win in 2005
• Duke, with 3 titles.

8 teams have won twice.

Who are the Last 10 Champions of the NCAA Division 1 tournament?

1996     Kentucky
1997     Arizona
1998     Kentucky
1999     Connecticut
2000     Michigan State
2001     Duke
2002     Maryland
2003     Syracuse
2004     Connecticut
2005     North Carolina

What happened in 2005?

North Carolina Wins Title

The North Carolina Tar Heels were the 2005 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Champions. Sean May had 26 points, and the Tar Heels didn't allow a basket over the final, excruciating two-and-a-half minutes as they defeated Illinois, 75-70, on April 4. The win gave head coach Roy Williams, a 17-year coaching veteran, his first national championship.

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