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Illinois 63, Purdue 37 POSTGAME
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<blockquote data-quote="RML" data-source="post: 1512476" data-attributes="member: 23028"><p>Illini didn't go anywhere post-season 78-79. Was that the year after which NCAA went to 64 teams? I guess so.</p></blockquote><p></p><p>Per <a href="https://www.streetdirectory.com/travel_guide/41416/recreation_and_sports/a_history_of_the_ncaa_mens_basketball_tournament.html" target="_blank">https://www.streetdirectory.com/travel_guide/41416/recreation_and_sports/a_history_of_the_ncaa_mens_basketball_tournament.html</a>: </p><p></p><p>"the NCAA tournament expanded to 32 teams (in 1975), and then allowed more than one school from each conference to participate. … The tournament expanded to 40 teams in 1979, and teams were seeded for the first time. … </p><p>Expansion followed in 1980 to 48 teams, and then in 1983, to 53 teams.</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="RML, post: 1512476, member: 23028"] Illini didn't go anywhere post-season 78-79. Was that the year after which NCAA went to 64 teams? I guess so. [/QUOTE] Per [URL]https://www.streetdirectory.com/travel_guide/41416/recreation_and_sports/a_history_of_the_ncaa_mens_basketball_tournament.html[/URL]: "the NCAA tournament expanded to 32 teams (in 1975), and then allowed more than one school from each conference to participate. … The tournament expanded to 40 teams in 1979, and teams were seeded for the first time. … Expansion followed in 1980 to 48 teams, and then in 1983, to 53 teams. [/QUOTE]
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