[ealgeone]

espn had already been broadcasting the Dance prior to 1989. This wasn't the beginning.

ESPN's next big break came when the channel acquired the rights to broadcast coverage of the early rounds of the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. It first aired the NCAA tournament in March 1980, creating the modern day television event known as "March Madness."

For almost a decade they had been covering the tournament.

[cherry]

I watched that Princton game....Georgtown was hated by me back then....

the BEST of March madness is the early rounds with the smaller colleges and universities....they play with so much passion and play the original style of basketball....not the dunk and jive going on today..