March Madness recap
College basketball’s main event
May 10, 2022
March Madness, a competition of Division I men’s basketball tournaments, is one of College basketball’s biggest events. There are four rounds of competition, west, east, midwest and south. The western and the eastern sectors compete against each other,
The term March Madness was coined by a high school in Illinois. The competition started as an eight team competition in 1929 with Oregon placing first. This year, there are 68 teams competing. The NCAA tournament grew to 16 teams in 1951, and then doubled to 32 in 1975 and once again to its current 64 in 1985. The open-rou cxxvnd game was introduced during 2001 and three more games in 2011. Here are this year’s results.
ROUND ONE
| Gonzaga v. Georgia state
Boise state v. Memphis UCONN v. New Mexico State Arkansas v. Vermont Alabama v. Notre Dame Texas Tech v. Montana State Michigan State v. Davidson Duke v. California st. Fullerton Baylor v. Norfolk State North Carolina v. Marquette Saint Mary’s v. Indiana UCLA v. Akron Texas v Virginia Tech Purdue v. Yale Murray v. San Francisco Kentucky v. Saint peters |
Arizona v. Wright
Seton hall v. TCU Houston v. UAB Illinois v. Chattanooga Colorado state. v. Michigan Tennessee v. Longwood Ohio State v. Loyola Chicago Villanova v. Delaware Kansas v. Texas Southern San Diego State v. Creighton Iowa v. Richmond Providence v. South Dakota State LSU v. Iowa State Wisconsin v. Colgate USC vs. Miami Auburn v. Jacksonville state |
ROUND TWO
| Gonzaga v. Memphis
New Mexico State v. Arkansas Notre Dame v. Texas Tech Michigan State v. Duke Baylor v. North Carolina Saint Mary’s v. UCLA Texas v. Purdue Murray State v. St. Peters |
Arizona v. TCU
Houston v. Illinois Michigan v. Tennessee Ohio state v. Villanova Kansas v. Creighton Richmond v. Providence Iowa State v. Wisconsin Miami v. Auburn |
SWEET 16
| Gonzaga v. Arkansas
Texas Tech v. Duke North Carolina v. UCLA Purdue v. Saint Peters |
Arizona v. Houston
Michigan v. Villanova Kansas v. Providence Iowa State v. Miami |
ELITE 8
| Arkansas v. Duke
North Carolina v. Saint Peters |
Villanova v. Houston
Kansas v. Miami |
FINAL 4
| North Carolina v. Duke | Kansas vs. Villanova |
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
| North Carolina | Kansas |
NATIONAL CHAMPION
University of Kansas
