NCAA: By the Numbers

Fun facts celebrating the NCAA's past and present.

$285 - Fun facts from the NCAA men's basketball tournament 75-year history. — Britt Middleton  The average price of a ticket in the lower section of the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, where the NCAA Championship game will be played on April 8. (Photo: Michael Heiman/Getty Images)
1939 - The year the NCAA tournament debuted in Evanston, Illinois. (Photo: San Fransisco/Collegiate Images/ Getty Images)
1 - Florida Gulf Coast was the only team this year making its first appearance in the NCAA tournament. (Photo: Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)4 - There were four teams in the tournament this year with the "Wildcats" nickname: Arizona, Davidson, Kansas State and Villanova. (Photo: Jeff Gross/Getty Images)

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$285 - Fun facts from the NCAA men's basketball tournament 75-year history. — Britt Middleton The average price of a ticket in the lower section of the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, where the NCAA Championship game will be played on April 8. (Photo: Michael Heiman/Getty Images)

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