Saturday, March 27, 2010

NCAA basketball championship

Oregon defeated Ohio State in the first NCAA men's basketball championship game held at Northwestern University on March 27, 1939. Eight teams competed in two regions during the first NCAA tournament. Up until the 1950s, the NIT was considered a more prestigious tournament than the NCAA basketball tournament. College teams often chose to enter the NIT over the NCAA tourney.
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