NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament

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NCAA championship annual sporting event college basketball tournament single-elimination tournament

The NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament is an annual single-elimination college basketball championship held each March in the United States, widely known as “March Madness” and one of the most popular sporting events in the country.

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NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament 21
NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament canonical 16

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Predicate Object
instanceOf NCAA championship ⓘ
annual sporting event ⓘ
college basketball tournament ⓘ
single-elimination tournament ⓘ
alsoKnownAs NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament ⓘ
surface form: March Madness
competitionLevel NCAA Division I ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalImpact major American sporting event ⓘ
widespread office bracket pools ⓘ
determines NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: NCAA Division I men’s basketball national champion
finalFourVenueType large indoor stadium ⓘ
format single-elimination ⓘ
founder National Association of Basketball Coaches ⓘ
frequency annual ⓘ
gender men ⓘ
governingBody NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee ⓘ
hasNotableEvent Cinderella team upsets ⓘ
buzzer-beater finishes ⓘ
hasPhase Elite Eight ⓘ
Final Four ⓘ
NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: First Four

First Round ⓘ
National Championship Game ⓘ
Second Round ⓘ
Sweet Sixteen ⓘ
hasRelatedCompetition NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Tournament ⓘ
inception 1939 ⓘ
numberOfRegions 4 ⓘ
numberOfTeams 68 ⓘ
organizer National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ
originalNumberOfTeams 8 ⓘ
popularNickname The Big Dance ⓘ
regionName East Region ⓘ
Midwest Region ⓘ
South Region ⓘ
West Region ⓘ
seedingSystem regional seeding ⓘ
selectionMethod at-large bids ⓘ
automatic bids ⓘ
sport basketball ⓘ
televisionNetwork CBS ⓘ
TBS ⓘ
TNT ⓘ
truTV ⓘ
televisionPartner CBS ⓘ
surface form: CBS Sports

Turner Sports ⓘ
typicalEndMonth April ⓘ
typicalStartMonth March ⓘ
venueType indoor arena ⓘ

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NCAA Division I → hasCompetition → NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament ⓘ
National Collegiate Athletic Association → organizes → NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament → alsoKnownAs → NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament ⓘ
this entity surface form: March Madness
NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament → hasPhase → NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Four
NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament → determines → NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I men’s basketball national champion
NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Tournament → hasParallelCompetition → NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament ⓘ
Sports Illustrated → coveredEvent → NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA basketball tournament
Sweet Sixteen → partOf → NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
Sweet Sixteen → occursDuring → NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament ⓘ
this entity surface form: March Madness
Elite Eight → partOf → NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament ⓘ
Elite Eight → occursDuring → NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA March Madness
Elite Eight → isSubsetOf → NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball postseason
TBS → broadcasts → NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament games
TNT → notableSportsRights → NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament (shared rights)
truTV → knownFor → NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA March Madness coverage
truTV → sportsRights → NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament
truTV → sportsRights → NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA March Madness
Final Four → partOf → NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament ⓘ
Final Four → associatedWith → NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament ⓘ
this entity surface form: March Madness
National Championship Game → determines → NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I men’s basketball national champion
National Championship Game → partOf → NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament
The Big Dance → refersTo → NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament ⓘ
The Big Dance → shortName → NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Tournament
The Big Dance → alsoKnownAs → NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament ⓘ
this entity surface form: March Madness
The Big Dance → determines → NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I men’s basketball national champion
Penn Quakers basketball → competition → NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament ⓘ
subject surface form: Penn Quakers men's basketball
this entity surface form: NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
CBS → notableSportsProperty → NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA March Madness
Turner Sports → broadcasts → NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA March Madness
Turner Sports → collaboratesOn → NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament coverage
Siyani Chambers → participantIn → NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
Ivy League Men’s Basketball Tournament → partOf → NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I men’s basketball postseason
Moda Center → hostedEvent → NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA men’s basketball tournament games
Greg Gumbel → coveredCompetition → NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament
NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee → eventManaged → NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship
NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee → eventManaged → NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA men’s basketball tournament
CBS Sports → broadcasts → NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament
Midwest Region → partOf → NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament ⓘ
Midwest Region → associatedWith → NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament ⓘ
this entity surface form: March Madness
East Region → partOf → NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament ⓘ
East Region → usedIn → NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament ⓘ
West Region → partOf → NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament ⓘ
Oregon State Beavers men's basketball → competition → NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship
South Region → partOf → NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament ⓘ
South Region → usedIn → NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament ⓘ
Virginia Cavaliers baseball → hasPostseasonFormat → NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA tournament
Great Midwest Conference → hadAutomaticBid → NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA men's basketball tournament
Second Round of NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament → partOf → NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
Second Round of NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament → occursDuring → NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament ⓘ
this entity surface form: March Madness
Second Round of NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament → relatedTo → NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship
Saint Mary's Gaels men's basketball → playsInPostseasonTournament → NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament ⓘ
this entity surface form: NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament