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The 85th annual edition of the tournament began on March 19, 2024, and concluded with the UConn Huskies successfully defending their title to become the first repeat champion since Florida in 2007, defeating the Purdue Boilermakers 75–60 in the championship game on April 8, at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.
NC State’s improbable win streak has gone all the way to the Final Four. The No. 11 Wolfpack won their ninth consecutive elimination game to beat No. 4 Duke 76-64 in the Elite Eight on Sunday.
Seven programs are tied with two national championships, and 23 teams have won the national championship once. All tournament games are broadcast by CBS, TBS, TNT, and truTV under the program name NCAA March Madness. With a contract through 2032, Paramount Global and Warner Bros. Discovery pay $891 million annually for the broadcast rights. The ...
In 1975, the tournament expanded to 32 teams and eliminated byes for top seeds, to accommodate the additional games eight sites hosted first round games. Between 1979 and 1985, the tournament gradually expanded to a 64-team field with a full, sixth round, creating the modern First and Second Rounds hosted at eight sites.
In addition to NC State, two other 11-seed teams — Duquesne and Oregon — won on Thursday to punch their tickets to the second round marking just the second time in NCAA Tournament history that ...
The Big 12 produced eight NCAA tournament teams and has two in the Sweet 16 — Houston and Iowa State. Same for the SEC, which saw Alabama and Tennessee advance after the league secured eight bids.
A total of 68 teams participated in the tournament with 32 automatic bids being filled by each program that won its conference tournament. The remaining 36 bids were issued "at-large", with selections extended by the NCAA Selection Committee on Selection Sunday, March 12. [14] The Selection Committee also seeded the entire field from 1 to 68
It's Duke basketball vs Houston in the Sweet 16 of March Madness. Follow for live scores, NCAA Tournament bracket updates from Dallas. ... Filipowski, Duke win 2024 March Madness game. Gannett ...