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| Season | 2015–16 | ||||
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| Teams | 68 | ||||
| Finals site | NRG Stadium Houston, Texas | ||||
| Champions | Villanova Wildcats (2nd title, 3rd title game, 5th Final Four) | ||||
| Runner-up | North Carolina Tar Heels (10th title game, 19th Final Four) | ||||
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| Winning coach | Jay Wright (1st title) | ||||
| MOP | Ryan Arcidiacono (Villanova) | ||||
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The 2016 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 68 teams playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the men's National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college basketball national champion for the 2015–16 season. The 78th edition of the Tournament began on March 15, 2016, and concluded with the championship game on April 4, at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas.[1] This was the first NCAA tournament to adopt the NCAA March Madness branding, including fully-branded courts at each of the tournament venues.
Upsets were the story of the first round of the Tournament;[2] No. 15 seed Middle Tennessee upset No. 2 seed Michigan State in the biggest upset, just the eighth ever win for a No. 15 seed over a No. 2.[3] At least one team seeded #9 through #15 won a first-round game for the third time ever and the first time since 2013.
The Final Four consisted of Villanova (first appearance since 2009), Oklahoma (first appearance since 2002), North Carolina (returning after their 2009 national championship), and Syracuse (the "Cinderella team" of the tournament, and also the first 10 seed to reach the Final Four). Villanova defeated North Carolina in the championship game 77–74, on a three-point buzzer beater by Kris Jenkins.[4] Pundits called the game one of the best in tournament history, going on to say this was one of the most competitive finals ever.[5][6]
- ^ "Division I Men's Basketball". NCAA. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
- ^ Mike Rutherford (March 19, 2016). "NCAA Tournament 2016: The best and worst from the wildest day in March Madness history". SB Nation. Vox Media. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
- ^ Mike Rutherford (March 18, 2016). "Middle Tennessee State's win over Michigan State is the biggest upset in NCAA Tournament history". SBNation. Vox Media. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
- ^ "Villanova's national championship, Kris Jenkins' heroics product of instant title classic". go.com. April 5, 2016.
- ^ "Villanova beating UNC was the greatest NCAA championship game ever, period". sportingnews.com. April 5, 2016.
- ^ "Villanova-UNC was the best NCAA championship game ever". usatoday.com. April 5, 2016.