The NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Championship
September 10th, 2008 by 
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NCAA which stands for National College Athletic Association has its division in basketball. The full title of the Division is as follows: the NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Championship. It is considered to be a single elimination tournament which is taking place each spring between the basketball college teams of the United Sates of America.
This tournament was founded by NCAA and developed by Dr. Peter Graham. The tournament is also famous under the nick-names as March Madness, because it is lasts in the duration of March, and Big Dance. Since the moment of its foundation (1939) it has developed a strict scheme of teams accepted to take part in the tournament.
All the games within the body of the NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Championship are broadcasted by the CBS television. Played-in games are aired on TNT and ESPN. The teams are chosen by the selection committee of NCAA. There are three predetermined factors for the selection of teams – win-loss records, team rankings, and RPI data. The low-seeded teams (weak ones) are having competitions in the opening round game in order to select the better team. Such a rule of the opening round game was established in 2001.
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