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The history of the Tournament of Basketball of NCAA

The Tournament of Basketball of NCAA is between we. This tournament is a glass looking at for the human hope, the excellence and the positive social change. The this is, in runs, a microcosme of the human existence, with all sound exuberance, his tragedy and his triumph. The Tournament of Basketball of NCAA is American sports.

The agitation and the tradition of "the Madness of March" or the Tournament of Basketball of NCAA as know us that it today was formed by a lot of significant events in the history of tournament of NCAA: The first tournament of basketball of the men of NCAA was held in 1939 with the first game of championship of tournament of NCAA was anxious northwest March 27, 1939. Only eight teams competed in two regions. Oregon beat Ohio Declares in the championship game, and the west region held a game of third place.

Although the tournament of basketball of NCAA determines now the national champion, that always was not the case. Until the 1950, the POU was considered a more prestigious tournament than the tournament of basketball of NCAA, and the teams chose often to enter the POU and jump the tournament of NCAA. Because of this dichotomy, two of the better centers of the 1940 never met in a tournament of basketball of NCAA. The team of DePaul of Mikan of george traditionally entered the POU, while Bobsled Kurland of Oklahoma.

In 1973, with the championship game held on Mondays evening for the first time, UCLA behind Bill Walton 44 points on 21 of 22 shootings, won his seventh straight, beaten championship Memphis Declares. NC Declares, taken by David Thompson, finishes the race of title of UCLA in 1974, beating the Bruins in national semifinals in the doubles hours additional.

The following year, the tournament of NCAA increased to 32 teams, and allowed then more than a school of every lecture to participate. Before this judgement, the restriction prevented several big teams to compete in tournament, including the 1974 teams of Maryland. They finished the nationally classified season #4, lost nevertheless the Lecture of ACC the game summit classified final NC Declares before the tournament beginning. After that, the NCAA began allowing more than a team by the lecture to participate. In 1976, the squad of Hoosier of Indiana of Knight of Bobby completed an undefeated season with a victory on Michigan in the championship game. The Hoosiers is the last team to go undefeated and wins the title.

Tournament increased to 40 teams in 1979, and teams were sown for the first time. The "magic" Earvin Johnson takes the State of Michigan on the Bird of Larry and the State of Indiana to win the national championship. The game drew the attention of million through the country; his 24.1 classifications of TV remains the top never for a game of basketball of high school and always is considered one of the bigger high games in the history of Tournament of NCAA.

The expansion followed in 1980 to 48 teams, and then in 1983, to 53 teams. In what a lot believe are the biggest history of Cinderella in the basketball of high school, Caroline of the North State Lorenzo Charles soaks the bullet as the time expires in the 1983 games of championship to take the Wolfpack to a 54-52 rally Akeem Olajuwon heavily favorite and Houston. Maybe person figures it in the history of basketball of high school has incarnate more the spirit of March Madness than the Trainer Jim Valvano. His Caroline of the North of oppress Declares that Wolfpack did what a lot consider a miracle while doing an unbelievable passage the 1983 Tournaments. Finish by the defeat of the extremely proclaimed one "Phi Slamma Jamma" the squad of the University of Houston, Valvano was rocketed in the star of media and to have become quickly the symbol of exuberance and enthusiasm. It discovered soon after it had bone cancer, and for a partial unemployment became commentator for the basketball of high school. Before his death to the age 47, it was named the profitable one reward of Ashe of Arthur for the courage to the first ESPN NOTIFIES rewards. The it was in this moment it announced the formation of the Foundation of V for the cancer research.

In 1985 increased tournament to 64 teams. A team of wild Cat of Villanova pulled a 22 for 28 percentages of objective of field to beat Patrick Ewing and defend defends Georgetown in the championship game. Villanova remains the seed more low (#8) to win the championship. In 1991, the Duke disturbed undefeated UNLV in semifinals and continued to win the national championship. In 1997, Arizona, taken by Mike Bibby, Jason Terry and the Miles Simon, becomes the first school to beat three #1 seeds in road to the national, winning championship against Kansas, Caroline of the North and Kentucky.

The popularity of the Tournament of NCAA grew to the rival that of the World Championship, the Olympic Games and the Great Bowl. CBS Sports in 1999 negotiated one of 11 years, $6 billion agreement for the television, the radio, Internet, business marketing, authorize, the edition, to the house the video and the rights of City of Hoop for the Division I championship of basketball of the men.

Today the tournament of basketball of NCAA is one of the most of looked at tournaments of the year. Always to excite really never know you that will finish by on the summit!