The event expanded to 32 teams in 1975, to 40 in 1979, and to 48 in 1980. The NCAA was slow to realize its event was growing in popularity, but it did appreciate the need to sell tickets.

Here's where the members of the 1980 Miracle on Ice Olympic hockey team played college hockey. ... helping North Dakota reach the 1979 NCAA championship game after registering 46 points as a ...

NCAA senior vice president of basketball Dan Gavitt said on July 10 that no decision has been made on NCAA basketball ...