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    College basketball - Wikipedia

    • College basketball is basketball that is played by teams of amateur student-athletes at universities and colleges. In the United States, colleges and universities are governed by collegiate athletic bodies, including the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), the United State… See more

    History

    The history of basketball can be traced back to a YMCA International Training School, known today as Springfield College, located in Springfield, Massachusetts. The sport was created by a physical education teacher na… See more

    Conferences

    In 2023–24, a total of 362 schools (including those transitioning from a lower NCAA division to Division I) will play men's basketball in 32 Division I basketball conferences. All of these schools also sponsor wo… See more

    Relationship to professional basketball

    In past decades, the NBA held to tradition and drafted players who had graduated from college. This was a mutually beneficial relationship for the NBA and colleges—the colleges held onto players who would otherwise g… See more

    Distinctions with NBA and WNBA play

    The NCAA Men's Basketball Rules Committee, consisting of coaches from all three divisions of the NCAA, sets the rules for college men's basketball play. A parallel committee sets rules for college women's play. Altho… See more

    Other divisions

    While less commercialized than Division I, Division II and Division III are both highly successful college basketball organizations. Women's Division I is often televised, but to smaller audiences than Men's Division I. Generally, … See more

     
  1. List of NCAA Division I men's basketball programs - Wikipedia

  2. List of NCAA Division I men's basketball champions

    Jul 26, 2010 · The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's basketball tournament is a single-elimination tournament for men's college basketball teams in the United States.

  3. List of NCAA Division I basketball arenas - Wikipedia

  4. NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament - Wikipedia

    Learn about the history, format, and champions of the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, also known as March Madness. The tournament is a single-elimination event to determine the national college basketball …

  5. Blue bloods in college basketball - Wikipedia

    The term "blue blood" or being "blue-blooded" is rooted in nobility, with royals being dubbed as such. [1] The modern-day usage referring to an exclusive list of elite college basketball programs has an unclear history. [2] Writing for …

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  8. DI Men's Basketball Championship History | NCAA.com

    87 rows · What March Madness looked like the year you were born. Here are the programs which have won the NCAA men's basketball championship.

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