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College Basketball: The NCAA Tournament

Posted in Careers on 12.10.09

People have enjoyed playing the game of basketball since it was first introduced in the early twentieth century.  Indeed, in the United States, college basketball has gained quite a following nationwide.  Now, with the immense popularity of the NBA and its superstars, many students are looking to get noticed in college basketball recruiting, to play in college teams and even perhaps in the NBA.

In college basketball, the NCAA Men's Division Basketball Championship is perhaps the most popular tournament of all.  A total of 65 teams qualify for the NCAA championship, which is held in March and early April. Of those teams, thirty-one earn automatic bids by winning in their respective conferences. The Ivy League, on the other hand, does not hold a post-season tournament, and so the regular-season conference winner becomes the representative in the NCAA championship.  The other thirty-four teams are granted determined by the NCAA Selection Committee, a board specifically appointed by the NCAA. This committee responsible for the seeding of all teams, and where they are to be placed in the bracket.

There are four regions in the tournament, and the teams in each region are seeded 1-16.  The committee is tasked to make every region as comparable to the others as possible.   The seeding results in the first team playing the last, the 2nd-ranked team playing the 15th, and so on. This arrangement ensures that the higher-seeded team faces their lower-ranked counterpart.

The Internet has proven to be a useful venue for both students in college basketball and coaches involved in the process of college basketball recruiting.  There are many websites and online forums wherein students and scouts can come together and interact.  D1Athletes is an online community wherein high school athletes and coaches alike can share and exchange information they need during college basketball recruiting.  D1Athletes offers them a place to build an online presence and gain important public exposure

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Author: Marian Aldana