March Madness
The first NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament was held in 1939 and only consisted of eight teams.

This year, Kentucky is looking to become the eighth team to win the national championship with a perfect record.

It has been a long tradition that the tournament champions get to cut down the nets to take home, but since 1986 the winning school is also given the hardwood court too. 

Glen Rice holds the record for the most points in a single tournament with 184 points while playing for Michigan. 

The record for the most overtimes in a single game is four, which happened twice, once in 1956 and again in 1961. 

A number 16 seed team has never beaten a number one seed team. 

The lowest seed to ever win the NCAA Tournament was Villanova as a number 8 seed.

Only once did all four number 1 seeds advance to the final four. This was when Kansas, North Carolina, UCLA and Memphis met in 2008. 

The odds of filling out a perfect bracket are one in 9,223,372,036,854,775,808 (that’s a quintillion!) (Makes winning the Power Ball lottery seem like a snap)

Three individuals have won an NCAA championship as a player and as a coach; Joe Hall, Bob Knight and Dean Smith. 

Kansas City has hosted the most Final Fours to date, with a total of 10 since 1953.

The Connecticut Huskies are the only school to win his-and-her national championships in the same year.

UCLA head coach John Wooden has the most national championships with a total of 10.

Thirty-five different teams have won the NCAA tournament, but UCLA leads all schools with a total of 11 titles.