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- Most Final four appearance: UCLA
- Most tournament appearances without a Final Four appearance: BYU
- CBS has exclusive rights to the tournament
- Division I Men's 2009 tournament begins on March 17
- 2008 champions: Kansas Jayhawks
- 2008 runner-up Memphis
- 2009 Final Four was played at Ford Field in Detroit
- 2009 tournament lasted 19 days
- 13 cities participated in the tournament
- 2009 Selection Sunday was held on March 15
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This page contains information on the final four teams in the 2009 Division I NCAA basketball tournament. Also known as March Madness, the NCAA college basketball tournament began on March 17 with 65 teams vying the national championship.
In the first game, at 6:07 p.m. EST, the Connecticut Huskies fell to the Michigan State Spartans 82-73. Later that evening, at 9:18 p.m. EST, the Villanova Wildcats will take on the North Carolina Tar Heels.
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Recent Final Four Teams
- 2008:
- Kansas - champion
- Memphis - runner-up
- UCLA
- North Carolina
- 2007:
- Florida - champion
- Ohio State - runner-up
- UCLA
- Georgetown
- 2006:
- Florida - champion
- UCLA - runner-up
- LSU
- Georgetown
- 2005:
- North Carolina - champion
- Illinois - runner-up
- Louisville
- Michigan State
- 2004:
- Connecticut - champion
- Georgia Tech - runner-up
- Duke
- Oklahoma State
- 2008:
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Final Four 2009 Questions
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