2007 NCAA® Basketball Championships
Learn Geography, Math, and History by following the NCAA Division I, II, and III Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships! The 2007 NCAA Basketball Championships Sporting Geography program is now available for download from the NCAA web site. To download your FREE copy of this 20-page packet, visit : http://www.ncaa.org/bbp/basketball_marketing/kids_club/htdocs/sporting_geography/

The NCAA Basketball Championships SPORTING GEOGRAPHY program is a free packet that contains reproducible lesson plans, desk maps, and background information about the NCAA Division I, II, and III Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships. The packet includes ten (10) reproducible lesson plans plus background information for teachers and students to use over a multiple week period. The lesson plans feature various cities and states, basketball, mascots, the geography of sport, and a math exercise. A great spring semester activity to keep students interested and focused!

This program is ideal for grades four through eight. Materials address National Social Studies Standards, with emphasis on History and Geography.

Please note that the lesson plans will also be available to download in Spanish by March 2007.

The NCAA® Division II Basketball Men’s Elite Eight® will be held March 21, 22 and 24, 2007 at the MassMutual Center in Springfield, Massachusetts. It will be hosted by the American International College and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. For ticket information, call (413) 781-6500.

The NCAA® Division III Basketball Championship will be held March 16-17, 2007 at Blake Arena in Springfield, Massachusetts. It will be hosted by Springfield College. For ticket information, call (413) 748-3568.