Alaska, Maine and South Dakota are the only states to not send a team to the big dance.
49 out of the 50 states are represented in NCAA Division I Men's Basketball (Alaska is not). Of those 49 states, 18 were not represented in the 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. They are listed below.ArizonaArkansasDelawareGeorgiaHawaiiIdahoIllinoisLouisianaMaineMinnesotaNew HampshireNew JerseyNorth DakotaOklahomaOregonRhode IslandSouth CarolinaWyoming
In 2013, assuming that's what you mean by "this year," the NCAA Men's basketball tournament included teams from 31 states and the District of Columbia.
All 50 ~unfortunatly, i highly doubt it~
The 2012 NCAA men's basketball tournament included teams from 31 states and the District of Columbia.
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32 States are represented
29 States are represented along with the District of Columbia
Five states are tied for that distinction. At the beginning of the tournament, the following states had four teams each in the tournament. Of those five states, two, Kentucky and Ohio, had teams make it to the Final Four.CaliforniaKentuckyNew YorkNorth CarolinaOhio
If "this year" is 2013, then the answer is that 62% of the 50 states were represented by teams in the NCAA men's basketball tournament. That also happens to be the samepercentage as 2012.
Of course they do. Basketball is played in all 50 states.
The 2013 NCAA men's basketball tournament had teams representing 31 states and the District of Columbia. These are the states which had teams in the tournament: Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin.