College BasketballBy: Ryan Gendron

NCAA

NCAA stands for National Collegiate Athletic Association.

Fun fact about an NCAA team

How many NCAA tourney games did UCLA win in a row from 1964 to 1974?

38. The Bruins did not qualify for the tournament in 1966, but won every tournament game they played from 1964 to 1973.

More fun facts

The first intercollegiate game was played on February 9, 1895 between Hamline college and the Minnesota school of agriculture. Minnesota won, 9-3.

Only three schools have more than 2,000 wins all-time: Kentucky, Kansas, and North Carolina.

March MadnessMarch Madness is a phenomenon that grips the national sports psyche from the second week of March through the first week of April. March Madness is the moniker that is given to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Men's and Women's Basketball Tournaments. These tournaments determine the national champions of college basketball. The NCAA tournaments are an American tradition that sends millions of fans into a synchronized frenzy each year. It's this chaos that gives the tournament its March Madness nickname. March Madness is the concentrated hype of 68 teams vying for college basketball's biggest prize. It's the last-second, buzzer-beating baskets, the euphoria of winning to play another day and the agony of losing and going home.

2013 NCAA Tournament

The teams that made it to the final four this year were Wichita State, Louisville, Syracuse, and Michigan.

Louisville beat Wichita State and Michigan beat Syracuse.

NCAA Tournament Championship Game

The Michigan Wolverines battled the Louisville Cardinals in the championship game.

The Louisville Cardinals took down the Wolverines with an 82-76 win.

Congratulations Coach Rick Pitino!

NCAA Tournament championship MVP

This year, John Hancock won MVP in the National championship game.

Championship Trophy

How about FGCU!?!?

FGCU was definitely the “underdog” of this tournament. Nobody had even heard about this team until the beginning of this tournament. To start out the tournament, they beat the #2 seed Georgetown in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, then beat the #7 seed San Diego St. in the round of 32. Sadly, they lost in the sweet 16 against Florida. FGCU had a great run in the tournament especially for a team thats only been a division 1 team for 2 years!

DUNK!

The Fab Five

The fab five were starters for the Michigan Wolverines. They were all freshmen. They also made it to 2 National championships, but lost both. All five of them went to the NBA.

I am the I am the winningeswinningest coach!t coach!

927 wins!927 wins!

Bad suits!

Crazy uniforms

Tallest college basketball player ever

To this day, he plays for the Harlem Globetrotters

Smallest ever!

1992 final four game: Duke vs. Kentucky buzzer

beater.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3_IT622Sbc

Thanks for watching!

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