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How to Bet on College Basketball (NCAAB): Complete Guide

The National Collegiate Athletic Association Basketball League (NCAAB) is part of the overall NCAA championships that cover a wide range of other popular college sports too. In this College Basketball betting guide, we will help to describe the NCAAB, how it works, explain how to bet on College Basketball, and highlight some College Basketball betting markets.

On March 16, March Madness 2025 officially got underway with Selection Sunday. Over the ensuing three weeks of action, the nation’s finest college basketball teams will battle it out for the NCAA Championship and to enhance the standings of all of the top prospects vying to be picked in the upcoming NBA Draft.

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There’s so much on the line during March Madness, with the frantic nature of the results making it very popular to create brackets and turn to online betting to back predictions. On this page, you’ll find everything that you need to know about March Madness betting, including how the markets work, key trends, and how to identify potential winners.

How to Bet on NCAAB

  1. You can place bets on College Basketball by following these simple steps:

  2. Navigate your way to the sports betting page and select Basketball.

  3. From there, scroll down to the International competitions where you will see NCAAB.

  4. Select this option and you will open up all the available College Basketball sports betting on markets that cover both ‘outright' and ‘events'.

  5. Select the event or outright bet you want to place.

  6. If you want to jump straight to the action, click on the button below and go straight to the odds page.

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NCAA LeoVegas Bracket

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The NCAA bracket is a visual representation of the tournament, outlining the matchups and potential paths for each team to reach the championship game. The bracket is divided into four regions (East, West, Midwest, South), with 16 teams in each region. The teams are seeded from 1-16 in each region based on their regular-season performance.

It’s a useful tool and can help avid followers plot through the tournament bracket, sorting through the favourites, the dark horses, and the no-hopers as part of a holistic betting strategy.

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What is NCAA Basketball League?

The NCAA College Basketball tournament is an elimination competition that is played each spring in the USA. Founded in 1939 by the National Association of Basketball Coaches, the college hoops tournament is now one of the biggest annual sporting events in the United States.

UConn are the reigning NCAA Basketball champion after they beat San Diego State in the 2023 final in, by the final score of 76-59.

NCAA Basketball Games

If you watch National Basketball Association (NBA) and National Collegiate Athletic Association Basketball (NCAAB), you will notice there are some clear differences in the rules and the style of play between the two leagues.

Here, we look at the biggest rule differences to aid you in your College Basketball betting.

Game time – in NCAA games, the regulation time is 40 minutes in total, split into two 20-minute halves. In the NBA, the regulation time is 48 minutes, which is split into four quarters of 12 minutes. Overtime periods for both leagues are 5 minutes.

Shot clock – in the NCAAB, teams have 30 seconds to take a shot, with the clock reset to 20 seconds if an attempted shot hits the rim. In the NBA, teams have just 24 seconds to get a shot away, with the clock resetting to 14 seconds if an attempt hits the rim.

Personal, Technical and Team fouls – there are some small but significant differences when it comes to fouls. From players being disqualified for personal fouls, to the number of free throws awarded for technical and team fouls, the rules in NCAAB and NBA are different.

NCAA College Basketball Season

Once the 68 teams are finalised, each are then ranked teams based on regular season and conference tournament performances. The four lowest ranked ‘at-large' teams then face the four lowest ranked automatic qualifiers to determine which four teams are first to be eliminated, also known as the First Four.

Here are the seven rounds that make up the NCAAB season:

  • The First Four
  • The First Round (64)
  • The Second Round (32)
  • The regional semi-finals/Sweet Sixteen
  • The regional finals/Elie Eight
  • The national semi-finals/Final Four
  • The National Championship

Understanding March Madness 2025

Before we delve into the odds and markets, it’s good to recap exactly what March Madness.

March Madness is the name given to the playoff-style tournament that features at the end of the NCAA Division I season to decide the national champion. There’s a men’s and a women’s March Madness bracket in play each year and it never fails to throw up more than its fair share of surprise results.

The Tournament Format and Key Dates

March Madness is a single-eliminate tournament comprised of 68 teams that were picked to compete on Selection Sunday. Falling into brackets of South, East, Midwest and West, the teams need to win enough games to top their region before the Final Four or Semifinals pits the regional champions against one another.

While the exact dates for the tournament will change each year, it usually begins in the middle of March and runs through to the first week or the opening of the second week of April. As for the key dates of 2025’s March Madness betting and bracket watchers, you’ve got the First Four on March 18-19, the First Round on March 20-21, and then the Second Round on 22-23.

The tournament really starts to heat up after that. The Sweet 16 compete on March 27-28 to leave the Elite Eight. What is essentially the Quarterfinals round will be played on March 29-30 in 2025. After that, it’s the Final Four on April 5 and then the final, the NCAA Championship Game on April 7, both of which will be staged in Texas this year.

The Selection Process: How Teams Qualify

There are two paths to qualification for teams hoping to play at March Madness. The clearest path is to win one of the 31 conferences across NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball. After that, the decisions go through a selection process.

On Selection Sunday, which took place on March 16 for the 2025 tournament, the NCAA Selection Committee will pick 37 “at-large” teams they deem to be the best of the rest. The committee isn’t limited to the number of teams they can pick from any one conference, but they are tasked with reasonably creating a competitive balance for each region.

Key Teams and Players to Watch in 2025

The team everyone’s watching is Duke. The Blue Devils obliterated the ACC to set a conference record for outscoring their 20 opponents by a total of 434 points. They’re a juggernaut led by 6’9’’ point guard Cooper Flagg, who’s tipped to be taken No. 1 overall and feature heavily in the NBA betting lines next season. Duke also runs out the likely top-ten pick Khaman Maluach, who stands 7’2’’ and 250 lbs.

After a gradual build up and eventual breakthrough in January, Florida has nestled itself in as a top pick for March Madness 2025. Coached by Todd Golden, once they climbed past Tennessee to sit atop the SEC, there was no looking back. Alex Condon, Walter Clayton Jr., and Jamir Watkins have proven to be quite the dynamic duo for the Gators and look primed for picks within the first two rounds this summer.

Along with Duke and Florida, given the nature of how March Madness usually pans out, fans are also looking to Auburn with their No. 1 overall seed in the tournament. Then there’s a Houston team looking to avenge their injury-laden loss in the Sweet 16 last year, Alabama if they get Grant Nelson fully fit for the tournament, and a team without a single Final Four triumph, Tennessee.

Common Types of March Madness Bets

Moneyline Bets

Before any game of the March Madness tournament, you can bet on the moneyline to back one team or the other to just win the game at hand.

Point Spread Bets

Point spread bets in March Madness look to create a betting line closer to evens by giving an imaginary handicap to the final scores put up by either team. As an example, for the game between Georgia and Gonzaga, Gonzaga were heavily favoured on the moneyline at -270.

On the point spread, they got a -6 handicap to their final score for odds of -110. Likewise, you could also place a point spread bet on Georgia at +6 for -115 odds. The outcome of the bet is decided on the final score and your handicap combined. Here, Georgia could lose by five points and win the bet.

Over/Under (Totals) Bets

The over/under totals bets concern the total amount of points scored in the game. You bet on if you think there’ll be over or under a set count of points scored in that game.

Futures Bets

March Madness futures bets look beyond the games to the final outcomes of the tournament. Popular ones include regional winners, such as with Midwest Region bracket odds, winning state betting, and the outright winner of the NCAA Championship.

Prop Bets (Player and Team) Props

Player and team prop bets centre on the individual performances of players or teams in each game and even in the tournament overall. In a game, you could bet on a certain player to score over a set number of points or a team to win and score so many points. In futures betting there are head-to-head team markets, seeding betting specials, and team specials like ‘A team with a tiger as their mascot to reach the Final 4’ at -118.

Parlay Bets and Teasers

Parlay bets are the wagers that see you combine multiple outcomes, like a moneyline, totals, and prop bet, into one wager for enhanced odds. Teasers are a form of parlay bet, but here, you can move the point spread for a game to be more in your favour.

Betting on the Sweet 16 and Elite 8

Identifying Championship Contenders vs. Pretenders

It’s notoriously hard to predict the exact teams that will reach the Sweet 16 as there’s a good chance that a couple of lower-seeded teams will bust some brackets to get there. It’s good to review the manner of their victories en route to this deep stage, is any injuries have occurred across any teams, and historical data. For example, nearly half of all No. 6 seed teams that make it to the Sweet 16 win, but only a quarter of No. 5 seeds progress.

How Adjustments and Coaching Play a Role

In such a condensed, high-stakes tournament, making adjustments to personnel and strategies on the fly will make a huge difference. More often than not, it’s the more experienced college coaches who can make these calls and have their players implement the changes most effectively.

Managing Your Bankroll Through the Middle Rounds

There are so many upsets seen as teams try to reach the Elite 8 stage of the tournament that March Madness bankroll management becomes critical. It’s important to work out your bankroll per stage and stick to it, putting aside any winnings as you go along to ensure that you’ll have something to wager for the all-important NCAA Championship Game.

Betting on the Final Four and National Championship

Among some of the hottest stats, facts, and trends to keep in mind for your March Madness betting is that three of the six times a No. 11 seed has gone to the Final Four – the lowest recorded seed to make it this far – have been since 2018, but none have gone further. Much more likely is that a No. 1 seed will make it to the Final Four as they have done in 11 of the last 12. To advance, the lowest seed has been a No. 8 team four times.

How to Bet on Championship Game Props

To bet on Championship Game props, you just need to go to the basketball betting page once the finalists have been decided, click on the game, and then select the prop odds that you want to back.

Balancing Emotional vs. Logical Betting

Given that March Madness involves a lot of bracket challenges and local allegiances to college programs, it can be easy to let emotions get in the way of logical betting. As with any kind of gambling, try to be as cold as possible, following stats, facts, good research, and experience to find the right odds and place your best bets.

NCAA Basketball Teams

Currently, the NCAAB features 68 College Basketball teams at the Division I level of the NCAA. These include the champions from 32 Division 1 conferences, two teams who are automatic qualifiers, and 36 teams who are awarded At-Large places.

The At-Large teams are chosen by an NCAA selection committee and announced on Selection Sunday. These 68 teams compete over seven elimination rounds with the aim of one team winning the National Championship.

Since the competition started in 1939, 37 different teams have won a National Championship, but UCLA can boast the most national champion wins with 11 titles to their name, with 10 coming between 1964 and 1975.

The best young athletes from the best NCAAB teams are gearing up for a fiesta of hoop-hittin’, slam-dunkin’, ball-blockin’ action.

But what are the top ten NCAAB teams that traditionally go all the way every year? We break down the top ten runners and riders for the best NCAAB tournaments ever.

Top teams list:

UConn

College Name: University of Connecticut

Hometown: Mansfield

Notable former players: Rip Hamilton, Kemba Walker, Emeka Okafor

Notable achievements: Five-time National Champions (1999, 2004, 2011, 2014, 2023)

It only took the better part of a century for UConn to win their first NCAA championship - but once they got the first, they didn’t stop flowing. The five-time champions are now tied fourth for the most all-time National titles.

Fun fact: The UConn Huskies are the only school to have won both the men's and women's NCAA Division I basketball championships in the same year.

Purdue

College Name: University of Connecticut

Hometown: Mansfield

Notable former players: Rip Hamilton, Kemba Walker, Emeka Okafor

Notable achievements: With 25 titles in the bank, they have the most Big Ten regular season championships.

Neil Armstrong is an alumnus of the Boilermakers - the first man on the moon has sprinkled plenty of stardust on his college, but the basketball team has done its fair share of defying gravity with hoop-hitting hangtime. Winning 25 regular season championships takes some doing and they’ve left their mark on the competition.

Fun Fact: The university is referred to as the "Boilermakers" because of its engineering roots.

North Carolina

College Name: University of North Carolina

Hometown: Chapel Hill

Notable former players: Michael Jordan, Justin Jackson, Vince Carter

Notable achievements: Six Time National Champions (1957, 1982, 1993, 2005, 2009, and 2017)

A genuine hall-of-famer in college basketball, the Tar Heels have long been synonymous with success. Not only have they been crowned national champions six times, but they hold several impressive records, including being the only team to have won a national championship in four straight decades from the 1980s through to the 2010s.

Fun Fact: Michael Jordan, the sport's most decorated player, played for the Tar Heels, averaging 17.7 points per game on 54.0% shooting and adding 5.0 rebounds per game and 1.8 assists per game

Houston

College Name: University of Houston

Hometown: Houston

Notable former players: Hakeem Olajuwon, Elvin Hayes, Jonathon Simmons

Notable achievements: The 10th most appearances by any team in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Final Four, which is the most for any team who has not won a national championship.

The city of Houston is known for its love of sports, and the college basketball team is an integral part of the city’s sports-mad culture. While they have yet to taste glory on the national stage, it is surely only a matter of time.

Fun Fact: They are often referred to as Phi Slama Jama - a nickname coined by Thomas Bonk of the Houston Post about the team’s knack for slam dunking.

Tennessee

College Name: University of Tennessee–Knoxville

Hometown: Knoxville

Notable former players: Bernard King, Dale Ellis, Allan Houston

Notable achievements: 11-time Conference Regular Season champions (1936, 1941, 1943, 1967, 1972, 1977, 1982, 2000, 2008, 2009, 2018)

Can Tennessee ever get over the line on the national stage? Despite edging closer in recent times - they have reached the Sweet Sixteen three times in the previous ten years - they have only ever reached the Elite Eight once.

Fun Fact: During the 2018/19 season, the Vols registered a perfect 18-0 record at the Thompson-Boling Arena.

Kentucky

College Name: University of Kentucky

Hometown: Lexington

Notable former players: Anthony Davis, Oscar Tshiebwe, and John Wall

Notable achievements: Eight-time national champion (1948, 1949, 1951, 1958, 1978, 1996, 1998, 2012)

With eight national titles in the bank, the Wildcats are the second-most successful college team in the country. Much of their success was built by their championship-winning teams in the middle of the 20th century, which is one of only seven teams to have won championships back-to-back.

Fun Fact: No team has produced more NBA players than Kentucky - the Wild Cats have sent more than 100 players to the world’s premier basketball competition.

Kansas

College Name: University of Kansas

Hometown: Lawrence

Notable former players: Mario Chalmers, Andrew Wiggins, and Joel Embiid

Notable achievements: Four-time national champion (1952, 1988, 2008, 2022)

The Kansas City Jayhawks are an institution in college basketball, with some of the sport’s most significant individuals having come through the programme. No alumni was more influential than Phog Allen, often referred to as the Father of Basketball Coaching. Under the stewardship of Allen, the Jayhawks won 24 conference championships and three national titles.

Fun Fact: One of the most famous basketball players to emerge from the University of Kansas is Wilt Chamberlain - he holds the record as the only player to score 100 points in a single game.

Auburn

College Name: Auburn University

Hometown: Auburn

Notable former players: Charles Barkley, Chris Porter, and Walker Kessler

Notable achievements: Five-time regular season champion (1928, 1960, 1999, 2018, 2022)

Since starting in the competition back in 1906, the Tigers didn’t make to NCAAB Tournaments until 1984. Their most successful season saw them make the final four in 2019 - an agonising and dramatic last-second defeat to the Virginia Cavaliers saw them fall close to the final hurdle.

Fun Fact: The team battle cry “War Eagle” is used by all Auburn University college students - its origin is completely unknown, but is thought to stretch back as far as the 19th century.

Arizona

College Name: University of Arizona

Hometown: Tuscon

Notable former players: Steve Kerr, Jason Terry, and Jerryd Bayless

Notable achievements: National champion (1997)

The Arizona Wildcats are steeped in NCAAB Tournament history, despite only registering one national title since their formation in 1904. Their golden period remains between 1994 and 2003 when they reached the Elite Eight five times and the Final Four three times.

Fun Fact: Their mascot, Wilbur T. Wildcat, is one of the most famous in college basketball - but before him, there was Rufus Arizona, named after the popular UA president Rufus B. von KleinSmid.

Illinois

College Name: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Hometown: Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area

Notable former players: Dee Brown, Kofi Cockburn, Bruce Douglas

Notable achievements: NCAA tournament runner-up (2005)

Being an Illini fan is a rollercoaster - before the year 2000, the team had only made the NCAAB tournament a total of 21 times. However, since the turn of the millennium, they have been much more of a presence, appearing in it 14 times in 23 years. Their most successful run is without a doubt the 2005 campaign that led them to the National Runner-Up in the NCAA tournament.

Fun Fact: In that 2005 run, they kicked off their campaign with 29 straight wins - the third-best start in Big Ten history.

NCAAB Recent Winners

Recent National Championship winners to look out for when betting on college basketball and looking over the NCAAB betting markets include:

  • 2024: UConn

  • 2023: UConn

  • 2022: Kansas

  • 2021: Baylor

  • 2019: Virginia

  • 2018: Villanova

  • 2017: North Carolina

  • 2016: Villanova

  • 2015: Duke

NCAAB Betting Lines

If you're looking to get involved with some NCAAB betting and want to learn how to bet on many College Basketball games, knowing the betting lines will help. The most popular College Basketball betting line is the outright Championship winner.

When the individual games take place, many College Basketball betting options and lines will be available. These include moneyline college basketball bets, where you are simply betting on the winner of a game. You can also wager on how many total points will be scored in a college basketball game or point spread.

Totals betting: This market is also known as point spread or the over/under, and it involves betting on the total number of points that will be scored in a game.

Prop betting: This type of bet involves wagering on specific events or outcomes within a game. For example, you can bet on which player will score the most points or make prop bets on which team will score first.

Live betting: This is a popular way to bet on college basketball games as it allows bettors to place wagers during the game.

Conference betting: There are 32 conferences that hold tournaments to crown a champion, and each winner automatically qualifies for the NCAA tournament. Bettors can wager on which team will win their conference tournament and earn a spot in the NCAA tournament.

You can explore parlays, which is a bet that combines multiple wagers into one that many bettors make by rolling over the winnings from each individual bet into the next leg of the bettors wager together. Or why not try a teaser bet, which is a type of parlay?

What is NCAAB Tournament?

NCAAB Tournament is the branding used for the coverage of the NCAA Basketball competition, which is held each March in the USA. However, it didn't find its way to the NCAA tournament until Brent Musburger, a broadcaster for CBS, used it during coverage of the competition in 1982. The term has stuck ever since and is now synonymous with the branding of the tournament.

Tournament Format - Bracketology Explained

In simple terms, bracketology is the study and prediction of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament brackets. It involves analysing data, statistics, and team performances to try and predict which teams will make it to the tournament and how they will perform.

It can help give a clearer picture of how the tournament will unfold, charting possible routes for teams as they battle through the field.

Impact on NBA Draft

There is nothing like NCAAB in college sports. It’s a chaotic showcase of the most talented youngsters to play the game and give players a national stage to wow the world with their skills. This exposure can significantly impact how scouts and team executives view these players, potentially affecting their draft position. For example, if a player makes a game-winning three-pointer in the final moments of an Elite Eight showdown, that memory tends to imprint itself on NBA executives.

Suddenly, the mid-to-late draft pick is looking at a first-round pick-up.

The impact NCAAB can have on the NBA draft is immense.

NCAAB Betting Tips

It’s hard to look past one of the four number-one seeds - and with the form of the impossibly tall Zach Edey (7′ 4) to rely on, it would be no surprise to see Purdue come out on top.

But what else do they have apart from one of the best centres to play college basketball? To put it bluntly, there isn’t another team out there that can compare with their record against the big hitters. They have registered at least nine Quadrant 1 wins and a minimum of seven victories over schools ranked in the top 25 of the NET.

While there is an understandable fancy for the Huskies and a fascination with the surging Cougars, the sensible money is on the Boilermakers.

You can get them at odds of 8.50 here.

College basketball bettors also need to consider home court advantage. Home court advantage is a crucial factor in college basketball, and it can provide a significant boost in performance and motivation for the home team.

There are several factors that contribute to home court advantage, including crowd noise, familiarity with the playing surface, and travel fatigue for the visiting team

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Memorable Moments in NCAAB History

Here are some of the biggest moments to shock the world in college basketball history:

Villanova's Upset Victory in 1985

In the 1985 NCAA tournament, the eighth-seeded Villanova Wildcats faced off against the heavily favoured Georgetown Hoyas, who had the number one ranking in the entire nation.

It was a see-saw affair, with both teams trading leads throughout before a last-second Harold Jensen clutch jump shot put the eighth-ranked team on the path to immortality. They weren’t even ranked in the AP Poll.

The Shot

In the 1992 Elite Eight game between Duke and Kentucky, the score was tied with only 2.1 seconds left on the clock. Duke's Christian Laettner received an inbound pass and made a miraculous turnaround jump shot at the buzzer to secure a 104-103 victory for the Blue Devils. The shot has become one of the most iconic moments in history, known simply as "The Shot."

UMBC Shocks Number One Seed - 2018

In the first round of the 2018 NCAA tournament, the 16th-seeded University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) Retrievers faced off against the number one overall seed, the Virginia Cavaliers. No 16-seed had ever beaten a one-seed in the history but an incredible 74-54 mauling made history in the most remarkable of fashions.

College Basketball (NCAA) FAQ

Who is Favoured to Win March Madness 2025?

The favourites to win March Madness 2025 were Duke at +290 in the futures odds entering the First Round, followed by Florida at +330 and Auburn at +520.

How Many Teams Play in NCAA?

The NCAA basketball tournament has 357 Division I men's basketball teams.

Who is favoured to win NCAA 2024?

Houston, Alabama and Kansas are the favourites based on the odds.

Who has the most college wins in basketball?

Kansas has the most wins in NCAAB - 2,357.

Which is the best college basketball team?

Kansas is one of the best college basketball teams playing.

Does NCAA use Spalding?

Unlike NBA, there is no unified brand for college games or NCAAB regular games.

Who are college basketball blue bloods?

Duke, North Carolina, Kansas, Kentucky, Indiana, and UCLA are often considered to be "blue blood", meaning the elite class of players.

Who is the college basketball player of the year?

Naismith College Player of the Year is an annual award named after Dr James Naismith, the inventor of basketball. Oscar Tshiebwe was the player of the year in 2022.

Can college basketball coaches call timeout?

Coaches are permitted to request timeouts during live play, but they are only able to do so while their team has possession of the ball and when there are two minutes or fewer left in regular time or overtime.

How long is NCAA basketball game?

NCAA basketball games have a playing time of 40 minutes, split into two 20-minute halves.

Are NCAA basketballs the same size as NBA ones?

No, NCAA basketballs are not the same size as NBA basketballs, but they are very similar. Both leagues use a basketball with a circumference of 29.5 inches. The official size of the basketball used by the NBA is 29.5 inches in circumference, and that's the same size used throughout men's college basketball leagues.

How many timeouts are in college basketball?

In NCAA basketball, each team has a total of four timeouts per regulation game. Three of these timeouts last for 30 seconds each, and one lasts for 60 seconds

What does Cinderella mean in NCAAB Tournament?

Cinderella is a term used in NCAAB to refer to an underdog team that unexpectedly outperforms and advances further into the tournament than expected.

What does last four mean?

The four teams that are selected for the NCAA tournament as at-large bids, meaning they were not automatically qualified by winning their conference championship.

Is NCAAB bigger than the NBA?

College sports are a massive deal in America. In terms of viewership and excitement, it is typically considered bigger than the NBA playoffs.

Is there a female NCAAB?

Yes, there is a female NCAAB known as the NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship.

What does onions mean in NCAAB?

Onions is a term used in NCAAB to describe a player who makes clutch and difficult shots, similar to peeling layers of an onion.

What is the meaning of Sweet 16 in NCAAB?

Sweet 16 refers to the round in NCAAB where there are 16 remaining teams in the tournament, after four rounds of elimination games.

Who was the lowest seed to win NCAA Tournament?

The lowest seed to ever win the NCAA Tournament was Villanova as an 8 seed in 1985.

Has UConn ever won NCAAB?

Yes - they won it in 1999, 2004, 2011, 2014 and 2023 - making them one of the most successful college basketball teams in history.

Has a 2 seed ever won the NCAA tournament?

Five 2-seed teams have won - Louisville in 1986, Duke in 1991, Kentucky in 1998, Connecticut in 2004, and Villanova in 2016

Who is the only 8 seed to win the NCAA tournament?

The only team to have won NCAAB Tournament as an 8 seed is Villanova in 1985.

Has a 6 seed ever won the NCAA tournament?

A 6 seed has won the NCAA tournament once - Kansas in 1988.

How many Big 10 teams are in the NCAA Tournament?

There are eight Big 10 teams in the NCCA Tournament.

How many colleges are eligible for the NCAA Tournament?

There are 68 colleges eligible for the NCAA Tournament.

Can NBA players play in NCAA?

No - once a player enters the NBA draft, they lose the right to play in the NCAA.

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