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NCAA FACTS

When the NCAA expanded its Division I basketball tournament to 64 teams in 1985, it certainly couldn't have had any idea what fun it was creating. Since the first 64-team field began play that March, the tourney has taken off in ways few could have imagined. Its emergence led to the NCAA signing a mind-boggling $11 billion contract just for its top division basketball tournament. It also practically made a struggling cable network. Before its college basketball coverage exploded in the mid-80s, ESPN was still a struggling network searching for its niche nationally. The tourney has also quickly turned the term 'office pool' into a part of the national lexicon. Ten years ago, the only time you may hear that term was if there was a leak in a roof somewhere. Now, everyone hears office pool and immediately remembers the cardinal rule about always pick a 12 seed to upset a 5 seed. The NCAA Tournament has grown from a mostly regional, hard-core fan event into a national mania. History would have been greatly altered, though, if the tourney had never proven to be so unpredictable when it expanded to 64 teams. If Navy, Arkansas-Little Rock or Austin Peay had never marked those first few years of the larger field with stunning performances, ESPN might be showing Australian Rules Football reruns at all hours of the day. How many of the Quinnipiacs, Sacramento States and Hamptons of Division I would have moved up to that level if not for the financial incentive the D-I tourney now carries? And what would the purpose be of an office pool if everyone knew who would win? The Final Four was starting to become a national event in the 1980s, but the entire NCAA Tournament as a whole was still strictly regional, much like the college baseball postseason now. When smaller schools began doing the unthinkable and started bouncing top 10 teams from the tourney, the NCAA Tournament acquired its reputation for being the event with Cinderellas and true underdogs, and it became a three-week national happening. Because they have had such an impact on history (and because it's just fun to relive the past) this is a list of 16 of the biggest upsets that have occurred in the first round in NCAA Tournament history. For our purposes, games considered were from 1979 and after, the first year seeds were used to rank teams. It was also the first year the tourney ever included a sixth round. Before that, what is now the first round didn't exist; the tourney started with what is now the second round. Besides the fact that most of the results of these games were shocking, what's also interesting is so many of the teams that pulled upsets almost never had the chance to. Many didn't necessarily have monster seasons preceding their big wins. Some dominated their leagues, but many were just good teams in lightly regarded conferences. Fun facts and assorted tidbits like this are called 'Oddballs.' The order of the games on this list is purely subjective, the opinion of one person who has followed the NCAA Tournament for 17 years, enjoys researching it and has seen or watched tapes of almost all of the games. Or, in a few cases maybe just remembers where he was when he heard the score of the game. In general, games are placed in an order of historical significance, with the quality of the game or memorable moments also playing a factor. Surely there are games some people might remember as more or less important to them than others, but hopefully it's a fun history lesson, if nothing else. And now, the revealing of the 32-team field, You can search for NCAA Tickets on this page. Click on click on any College Football Team link such as USC Trojans Tickets or Orange Bowl Tickets to search for College Football Tickets for your team here. Gators Tickets are available. We also purchase Rose Bowl Tickets, Rose Parade Tickets and other College Football Tickets plus all other Sports Tickets, Concert Tickets and Theater Tickets .

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