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From 1953 through 1974, the tournament had between three and six sites host first round games, with the winners progressing to the regional semifinals at the regional sites. In 1975, the tournament expanded to 32 teams and eliminated byes for top seeds, to accommodate the additional games eight sites hosted first round games. Between 1979 and ...
Per the NCAA, an upset occurs "when the losing team in an NCAA tournament game was seeded at least five seed lines better than the winning team." [8] The 2024 tournament saw a total of 9 upsets, with seven in the first round, one in the Sweet Sixteen and one in the Elite Eight.
This is a list of arenas that currently serve as the home venue for NCAA Division I college basketball teams. Conference affiliations reflect those in the 2024–25 season; all affiliation changes officially took effect on July 1, 2024. The arenas serve as home venues for both the men's and women's teams except where noted.
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's basketball tournament is a single-elimination tournament for men's college basketball teams in the United States. It determines the champion of Division I, the top level of play in the NCAA, [1] and the media often describes the winner as the national champion of college ...
History of the NCAA Tournament. The first college basketball tournament was played in 1939. It only included eight teams and it didn't even determine the national champion -- the National ...
A conference tournament in college basketball is a tournament held at the end of the regular season to determine a conference tournament champion. It is usually held in four rounds, but can vary, depending on the conference. All Division I Conferences hold a conference tournament. Winners of each tournament get an automatic bid to the NCAA ...
Previously, the NCAA would use the venue's existing default floor (be it solely for college basketball or a dual-use NBA/college floor) with tournament and NCAA decals applied. Beginning in 2017, the #1 overall seed picks the sites for their first and second round games and their potential regional games. Additionally, the selection committee ...
The Acrisure Holiday Invitational [2] is a four-team NCAA Division I college basketball tournament played on the two days before Thanksgiving, at Acrisure Arena in Thousand Palms, California. The tournament is a part of the Acrisure series.