🏀🧐 curious facts about the March Madness
- The NCAA Basketball Tournament, known as March Madness, started in 1939 and celebrates its 85º birthday this year.
- The original field of teams was only eight, growing over time to the current 68-team event.
- The only time there was no final game was during the COVID-disrupted season of 2020.
- UCLA holds the record for the most championships with 11 titles.
- Kentucky follows with eight titles, and North Carolina has six championships.
- John Wooden is the all-time coaching leader with 10 championships.
- In 2018, Maryland-Baltimore County became the first #16 seed to defeat a #1 seed in the opening round.
- Villanova, a #8 seed in 1985, won the national championship, the lowest seeded team ever to win the title.
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