March Madness timeline
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First NCAA Men's Basketball Championship - Oregon Defeats Ohio State 46-33
The 1939 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 8 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of... Read more
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Indiana Beats Kansas in NCAA Men's Basketball Championship
The 1940 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 8 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the participating champion... Read more
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Wisconsin Beats Washington State in NCAA Men's Basketball Championship
The 1941 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 8 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of... Read more
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Stanford Beats Dartmouth in NCAA Men's Basketball Championship
The 1942 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 8 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of... Read more
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Wyoming Beats Georgetown in NCAA Men's Basketball Championship
The 1943 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 8 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of... Read more
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Utah Beats Dartmouth in NCAA Men's Basketball Championships
The 1944 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 8 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of... Read more
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Oklahoma A&M Beats NYU in NCAA Men's Basketball Championship
The 1945 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 8 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of... Read more
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Oklahoma A&M Beats North Carolina in NCAA Men's Basketball Championship
The 1946 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 8 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of... Read more
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Holy Cross Beats Oklahoma in NCAA Men's Basketball Championship
The 1947 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 8 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of... Read more
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Kentucky Beats Baylor in NCAA Men's Basketball Championship
The 1948 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 8 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of... Read more
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Kentucky Beats Oklahoma A&M in NCAA Men's Basketball Championship
The 1949 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 8 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of... Read more
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CCNY Beats Bradley in NCAA Men's Basketball Championship
The 1950 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 8 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of... Read more
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Kentucky Wildcats Beat Kansas State in NCAA Men's Basketball Championship
The 1951 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 16 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of... Read more
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Kansas Beats St. John's in Final Four
The 1952 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 16 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of... Read more
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Indiana Beats Kansas in Final Four
The 1953 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 22 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of... Read more
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La Salle Beats Bradley in Final Four
The 1954 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 24 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of... Read more
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San Francisco Beats La Salle in Final Four
The 1955 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 24 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of... Read more
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San Francisco Beats Iowa in Final Four
The 1956 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 25 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of... Read more
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North Carolina Beats Kansas in Final Four
The 1957 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 23 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of... Read more
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Kentucky Beats Seattle in Final Four
The eventual national champion turned out to be ninth-ranked Kentucky, giving coach Adolph Rupp four NCAA titles. The Wildcats reached the Final... Read more
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California Beats West Virginia in Final Four
The 1959 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 23 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of... Read more
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Ohio State Beats California in Final Four
The 1960 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 25 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of... Read more
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Cincinnati Beats Ohio State in Final Four
The 1961 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 24 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of... Read more
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Cincinnati Beats Ohio State in Final Four
The 1962 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 25 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of... Read more
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Loyola (Chicago) Beats Cincinnati in Final Four
The 1963 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 25 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of... Read more