NCAA March Madness 08 finally makes dream match-ups a reality, enabling you to replay classic games in college basketball history. Featuring more than 70 classic teams, take the court as the 1972 UCLA Bruins against any of the great North Carolina Tar Heels teams of the 1980s, the Duke Blue Devils of the 1990s or the two-time defending national champion University of Florida Gators.
March Madness is a phenomenon that grips the national sports psyche from the first week of March through the first week of April.
March Madness is the moniker that is given to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Men's and Women's Basketball Tournaments. These tournaments determine the national champions of college basketball.
The NCAA tournaments are an American tradition that sends millions of fans into a synchronized frenzy each year. It is this chaos that gives the tournament its March Madness nickname. March Madness is the concentrated hype of 65 teams vying for college basketball's biggest prize.
It's the last-second, buzzer-beating baskets, the euphoria of winning to play another day, and the agony of losing and going home. In this article, we will break down the brackets of the NCAA Basketball Tournament and look at how teams are selected, how they are seeded and how the champions of college basketball are determined.
| Champions - Runners-up - Locations | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Champion | Runner-up | Venue | |||
| 2005 | North Carolina | 75 | Illinois | 70 | Edward Jones Dome | St. Louis, Missouri |
| 2006 | Florida | 73 | UCLA | 57 | RCA Dome | Indianapolis, Indiana |
| 2007 | Florida | 84 | Ohio State | 75 | Georgia Dome | Atlanta, Georgia |
| NCAA Championships | ||
|---|---|---|
| Rank | School | # |
| 1 | UCLA | 11 |
| 2 | Kentucky | 7 |
| 3 | Indiana | 5 |
| 4 | North Carolina | 4 |
| 5 | Duke | 3 |
| 6 | Cincinnati | 2 |
| 6 | Conneticut | 2 |
| 6 | Florida | 2 |
| 6 | Kansas | 2 |
| 6 | Louisville | 2 |
| 6 | Michigan State | 2 |
| 6 | North Carolina State | 2 |
| 6 | Oklahoma State | 2 |
| 6 | San Francisco | 2 |
| NCAA Tournament Appearances | ||
|---|---|---|
| Rank | School | # |
| 1 | Kentucky | 48 |
| 2 | UCLA | 39 |
| 3 | North Carolina | 39 |
| 4 | Kansas | 36 |
| 5 | Indiana | 35 |
| 6 | Louisiville | 34 |
| NCAA Tournament Victories | ||
| Rank | School | # |
| 1 | Kentucky | 97 |
| 2 | North Carolina | 89 |
| 3 | UCLA | 85 |
| 4 | Duke | 85 |
| 5 | Kansas | 76 |
| 6 | Indiana | 59 |
| 7 | Louisville | 55 |

The Florida Gators repeated as national champions with an 84-75 victory over the Ohio State Buckeyes. Florida Gators became the first team to repeat since the 91-92 Duke Blue Devils, and this was the first time in March Madness history that the exact same starting five were able to repeat as champions. Florida's Corey Brewer was named the Most Outstanding Player of the Tournament.
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