March Madness

When is Selection Sunday this year?

Who first used the term "March Madness?"

Who won 2024 NCAA Tournament?

Day when the Selection Committee announces the tournament field.

When was first March Madness?

March Madness is a double elimination Tournament.

NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Committee responsible for selecting, seeding & bracketing the field for NCAA Tournament

A team is that is much more successful than expected.

68 teams earn bids & each 1 receives a -what- from 1 to 16 -that determines where the team will be placed in bracket

Measures the difficulty of a team’s schedule, based on the win percentage of the team’s opponents

The NCAA tournament bracket is split into how many regionals.

Measure of team accomplishment based on how difficult a team's W-L record is to achieve

37 teams that did not win their conference tournament, but impressed the committee enough to earn a trip to tournament

How many teams compete in the NCAA Tournament?

No team has won more NCAA Tournaments than:

 A team that is “on the _______” for the NCAA tournament is 1 whose qualification for the tournament could go either way

The third round of the tournament. The winner of each game will play in the Elite Eight.

Statistic that measures how far above or below average every team is, & projects how well the team will do going forward

1-page doc for every team in Division I-helps the committee get complete picture of that team’s performance for season.

Ea. conference has its own tournament at the conclusion of the regular season, the winners automatically go to March Mad

Refers to the final four teams that receive at-large bids to the tournament.