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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 ...
A total of 65 teams entered the tournament. Thirty of the teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference tournaments. The automatic bid of the Ivy League, which did not conduct a postseason tournament, went to its regular season champion. The remaining 34 teams were granted at-large bids, which were extended by the NCAA Selection ...
By beating Michigan State by 17, North Carolina became the 1st team since Duke in 2001 to win all their NCAA Tournament games by double digits. Also, their +121 point differential during the 2009 NCAA Tournament was the 2nd highest since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985, trailing Kentucky who had a +129 point differential during the ...
List of every NCAA men's basketball tournament champion, final score, Final Four Most Outstanding Players and sites. ... First Four format in 2011. 2010: Duke (35-5) ... 2009: North Carolina (34-4)
Rex Chapman (2013 NCAA Tournament) Mateen Cleaves (2014–2015) Mike Francesca (1989–1993) Mike Krzyzewski (1993 and 1995 NCAA Tournaments) Grant Hill (2014 NCAA Tournament) Rick Majerus (1999 NCAA Tournament) Digger Phelps (1992–1993) Rick Pitino (1994 NCAA Tournament, 2000–2001) Bill Raftery; Dean Smith (1998 NCAA Tournament)
The last six NCAA champions didn’t get past the second round. Upset special: In a matchup of teams having magical seasons, Drake, the 10th seed, gets past seventh-seeded Washington State
The Big 12 and the SEC tied for the most NCAA Tournament entrants with eight teams each. This is the second straight year that the Southeastern Conference has gotten eight teams into the NCAA tourney.
The 2009 National Invitation Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 32 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams that were not selected to participate in the 2009 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.