NCAA® March Madness®: Season 1

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NCAA® March Madness®
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CBS | Season Premiere Date: March 11, 1978
Summary: March Madness returns to CBS with live coverage of the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship. CBS has been televising the Tournament since 1982 and has been the exclusive broadcaster for all games (except the Tuesday play-in game) since 1991, the exception being 2003 when daytime first round games were moved to ESPN to accommodateMarch Madness returns to CBS with live coverage of the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship. CBS has been televising the Tournament since 1982 and has been the exclusive broadcaster for all games (except the Tuesday play-in game) since 1991, the exception being 2003 when daytime first round games were moved to ESPN to accommodate CBS News' coverage of the Gulf War.

The Tournament, one of the most popular events on the U.S. sporting calendar, is a single knockout tournament staged annually at various sites across America. The 65 team field is currently made up of 31 automatic bids for conference tournament winners and 34 at-large bids determined by a selection committee. The selection committee also determines the seedings for each participant.

The tournament takes place over three weeks beginning in mid-March. There are four regions (West, Midwest, East and South) with 16 teams each and the winner of each region qualifies for the national semi-finals, which are better known as the Final Four.

During the first week, there are 16 games each on Thursday and Friday and 8 games each on Saturday and Sunday which reduce the field to 16 teams. The 16 teams are better known as the Sweet 16.

During the second week, there are 4 games each on Thursday and Friday (the Regional semi-finals) and 2 games each on Saturday and Sunday (the Regional finals) which determine the Final Four participants.

During the third week, the National semi-finals are contested on Saturday and the National Final on Monday night.

This guide begins with the 1978 Tournament, as that was the first year in which all games were televised on one network or another.

NCAA Tournament Champions prior to 1978 are as follows:
1977: Marquette University
1976: Indiana University
1975: UCLA
1974: North Carolina State University
1973: UCLA
1972: UCLA
1971: UCLA
1970: UCLA
1969: UCLA
1968: UCLA
1967: UCLA
1966: Texas Western University
1965: UCLA
1964: UCLA
1963: Loyola University
1962: University of Cincinnati
1961: University of Cincinnati
1960: Ohio State University
1959: University of California
1958: University of Kentucky
1957: University of North Carolina
1956: San Francisco University
1955: San Francisco University
1954: LaSalle University
1953: Indiana University
1952: University of Kansas
1951: University of Kentucky
1950: City College of New York
1949: University of Kentucky
1948: University of Kentucky
1947: Holy Cross University
1946: Oklahoma A&M
1945: Oklahoma A&M
1944: University of Utah
1943: University of Wyoming
1942: Stanford University 1941: University of Wisconsin 1940: Indiana University 1939: University of Oregon… Expand
Genre(s): Sports, Sports

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