MARCH MADNESS

What is IT? How did it BEGIN? History When Where Why How many TEAMS?

DIVISIONS Division I Division II Division III Offers 7 different Men’s and women’s sports Most prominent Division II Offers 4 different Can play Division I and II teams Division III Offers 5 different Men’s and Women’s sports Do NOT offer athletic scholarships

Tickets to the DANCE Automatic Bid (winning conference championship) Rating Percentage Index (RPI) Ranking in national polls Conference record Road record Wins versus ranked opponents How a team finishes the regular season

MATCHING UP SEEDS Conference Breakdown Big East (8), Big XII (7), ACC (6), Big Ten (5), SEC (5), A-10 (4), MWC (3), C-USA (2), WCC (2) 1 plays 16 3 plays 14 5 plays 12 2 plays 15 4 plays 13 6 plays 11 7 plays 10 8 plays 9

PODS and SEEDS Interesting Facts A No. 16 seed has NEVER won a tournament game. A No. 8 seed is the highest seed to win a national championship (Villanova, 1985). A No. 11 seed is the highest seed to advance to the Final Four (LSU, 1986). No. 1 seeds represent 13 of the 26 national champions between 1979 and 2004. The only year that at least one No. 1 seed didn't advance to the Final Four was 1980.

SWEET SIXTEEN

ELITE EIGHT

FINAL FOUR

CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

NCAA Tournament Championship Game NCAA Tournament Round 1 3/18/2010 New Orleans, Louisiana New Orleans Arena Providence, Rhode Island Dunkin Donuts Center San Jose, California HP Pavilion Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Ford Center 3/19/2010 Buffalo, New York HSBC Arena Jacksonville, Florida Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena Milwaukee, Wisconsin Bradley Center Spokane, Washington Spokane Memorial Arena NCAA Tournament Round 2 3/20/2010 3/21/2010   NCAA Tournament Regionals 3/25/2010 Salt Lake City, Utah Energy Solutions Arena Syracuse, New York Carrier Dome 3/26/2010 St Louis, Missouri Edward Jones Dome Houston, Texas Reliant Stadium NCAA Tournament Final Four 4/3/2010 Indianapolis, Indiana Lucas Oil Stadium TOURNAMENT PLAY NCAA Tournament Championship Game 4/5/2010 Indianapolis, Indiana Lucas Oil Stadium

Additional Basketball JARGON Cinderella team Bottom feeder Throw down AND ONE Baller Use the glass Ally oop Bracketology

321 teams will be invited to the NCAA basketball tournament. TRUE FALSE

The NCAA tournament is also referred to as “The Big Dance” TRUE FALSE

March Madness is a term that has been around since 1891 and refers to the NCAA tournament TRUE FALSE

Division III schools are those that make up the majority of the teams at the tournament. TRUE FALSE

The number/position given to each team in the tournament is called a seat number. TRUE FALSE

If your team has a seed number of 14, it is typically a better team than one with a seed number of 4. TRUE FALSE

Teams that win their respective conference tournaments are given an automatic invitation to the tournament. TRUE FALSE

The term “pods” refers to how teams seeds are grouped together. TRUE FALSE

Over the first 2 full days of the tournament, the field of 65 teams is cut to 32 TRUE FALSE

The final four games are played in April. TRUE FALSE