Regional television broadcasts began in 1952, and the championship game was televised nationally for the first time in 1954.
Wichita State is in the Missouri Valley Conference. They were listed as being in the South Regional in the 2012 NCAA tournament.
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During the 1966 NCAA tournament, which Texas Western won, seeding was not used. The process of seeding teams didn't begin until the 1978 NCAA tournament.
The "Final Four" are the four teams that win the regional championships in the NCAA basketball tournament, thus becoming the final four teams in the tournament.
There was no 1933 NCAA Tournament. The first NCAA Tournament was in 1939 with Oregon beating Ohio State in the Finals.
Marquette was the #16 seed in the NCAA Men's basketball tournament in 1977. They advanced and won the championship. They were also the only team to ever beat all 4 #1 seeds during the ncaa tournament.
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The first NCAA Basketball Tournament was held in 1939.
Michigan State did not make the NCAA tournament in 1980 after winning the championship in 1979. Florida did not make the NCAA tournament in 2008 after winning the 2007 championship. North Carolina won the NCAA tournament in 2009 and will not make the tournament in 2010.
There are no automatic bids to get to the College World Series in Omaha. But, if you win your division you are guaranteed to be placed in a regional. From there you have to win your regional and win the super regional to make it to Omaha.
University of Hawaii defeated UCLA and then LMU, which had eliminated UCLA, to win a berth in the NCAA womens softball super regional tournament. Therefore, the question as posed, is confusing, since it implies that by defeating UCLA, Hawaii advanced to the super regionals.
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