Looking at NCAA March Madness History at SBG Global

College March Madness history shows that teams are seeded 1-16 with the #1 facing the #16, the #2 versus the #15 and so on.  Since there are 65 teams, the 64th and 65th teams play a play-in game on Tuesday before the tournament begins on Thursday to get down to a total of 64 teams.  College March Madness history shows us that the first round games are played on Thursday and Friday with second round games on Saturday and Sunday.  This gets the field down to the Sweet Sixteen.  The next Thursday and Friday the field is narrowed to the Elite Eight and then narrowed to the Final Four on the weekend that March Madness betting gamblers love.  The following weekend the Final Four gets underway for gamblers that love March Madness betting and the Championship game is played on Monday.

College March Madness history shows that the tournament is single elimination and teams are not reseeded.  In NCAA March Madness history since 1985 when the tournament expanded to 64 teams, there has never been a #1 seed that lost in the opening round to a #16 seed straight up in March Madness betting.  College March Madness history shows that the tourney began in 1939 with eight teams and continued that way until 1951 when the field expanded to 16 teams.  College March Madness history shows that the tourney had between 22 and 25 teams from 1953 through 1974.  College March Madness history tells us that the field expanded to 32 teams in 1975 and to 40 teams in 1979.  In 1980 College March Madness history tells us that the field expanded to 48 teams.  In 1983 the field expanded to 52 teams with four play-in games before the tourney.  It expanded to 53 teams the next year with five play-in games.  In 1985, College March Madness history shows that the tourney expanded to 64 teams and in 2001 it added a team to make the current 65 teams it is today.