The Quiz: How many teams participate in the March Madness tournament?
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22
68
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Both the men’s and women’s tournaments currently feature a field of 68 teams. The men’s tournament began in 1939 with only 8 teams, expanded to 16 in 1951, and reached 64 in 1985. In 2011, the men’s tournament added 4 more teams and introduced the First Four, a round that kicks off the tournament and features the four lowest-seeded automatic qualifiers taking on the four lowest-seeded at-large teams. The women’s tournament has featured a 64-team field since 1994, but is expanding to 68 in time for the 2022 tournament.
The correct answer to this quiz is 68.