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The 2009 tournament was the first time the Final Four had a minimum seating capacity of 70,000, and by having most of the tournament in the February Sweeps of the Nielsen Ratings due to the digital television transition in the United States on June 12, 2009, this was the last NCAA basketball tournament, in all three divisions, to air on analog ...
The 2009 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game was the final game of the 2009 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament and determined the National Champion for the 2008-09 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The game was played on April 6, 2009, at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan as the final game
The semifinals of the tournament are known as the Final Four and are held in a different city each year, along with the championship game; [8] Indianapolis, the city where the NCAA is based, will host the Final Four every five years until 2040. [9] Each winning university receives a rectangular, gold-plated trophy made of wood. [10]
List of every NCAA men's basketball tournament champion, final score, Final Four Most Outstanding Players and sites. ... 2009: North Carolina (34-4) Championship game: North Carolina 89, Michigan ...
This table shows non-vacated Final Four appearances and victories by state; vacated records are shown in parentheses. The Third Place column is blank for states whose Final Four appearances were before 1946 or after 1981. Schools noted as vacated had all their Final Four appearances vacated.
In the regional final, they defeated Oklahoma 72–60 to advance to the Final Four for the 18th time in school history—tied with UCLA for the most ever. The wins in the regional phase were also the school's 100th and 101st wins in the NCAA Tournament, passing Kentucky for most all-time, although Kentucky has reclaimed the top spot as of 2019.
The championship game scored a Nielsen rating of 16.0. Studio: Greg Gumbel, Greg Anthony and Seth Davis; Jim Nantz, Clark Kellogg and Tracy Wolfson (as sideline reporter for the Final Four and NCAA Championship game) – First and Second Round at Jacksonville, Florida; South Regional at Houston, Texas; Final Four at Indianapolis, Indiana
This is a list of the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament regional championships by coach. The current names of the NCAA tournament regions are the East, Midwest, South, and West. The winners of the four regions are awarded an NCAA Regional Championship Trophy and advance in the Division I men's basketball tournament to play in the ...