History of March Madness

College basketball fans like to fill this out to predict the winners of the games

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• NCAA

• Naismith

• Austin Carr

It is tradition for teams to cut this down after winning the NCAA title game

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Stands for National Collegiate Athletic Association

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• NCAA

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Physical education teacher who invented the game of basketball

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Player with the single-game scoring record in the tournament

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Team that won the first NCAA basketball championship game

• Oregon

• NIT

• Final Four

• Cinderella

First college basketball tournament; Stands for National Invitation Tournament

• Oregon

• NIT

• Final Four

• Cinderella

Term coined by Ed Chay in the 1970s

• Oregon

• NIT

• Final Four

• Cinderella

Teams that go further in the NCAA Tournament than expected

• Oregon

• NIT

• Final Four

• Cinderella

When did the first known college basketball game take place?

• 1850

• 1895

• 1925

• 1950