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NCAA March Madness series

NCAA March Madness 98
Developer(s) Electronic Arts
Publisher(s) EA Sports
Platform(s) PlayStation
Release
  • NA: February 28, 1998
Genre(s) Sports, Basketball
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer
NCAA March Madness 99
Developer(s) Electronic Arts
Publisher(s) Electronic Arts
Platform(s) PlayStation
Release
  • NA: November 30, 1998
Genre(s) Sports basketball
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer
NCAA March Madness 2000
Developer(s) Black Ops Entertainment
Publisher(s) Electronic Arts
Platform(s) PlayStation
Release
  • NA: November 30, 1999
Genre(s) Sports
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer
NCAA March Madness 2001
Developer(s) Black Ops Entertainment
Publisher(s) Electronic Arts
Platform(s) PlayStation
Release
  • NA: December 6, 2000
Genre(s) Sports
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer
NCAA March Madness 2002
Developer(s) EA Canada
Publisher(s) Electronic Arts
Platform(s) PlayStation 2
Release
  • NA: January 7, 2002
Genre(s) Sports
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer
NCAA March Madness 2003
Developer(s) Electronic Arts
Publisher(s) Electronic Arts
Platform(s) PlayStation 2
Release
  • NA: November 21, 2002
Genre(s) Sports
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer
NCAA March Madness 2004
Developer(s) Electronic Arts
Publisher(s) Electronic Arts
Platform(s) PlayStation 2, Xbox
Release
  • NA: November 17, 2003
Genre(s) Sports
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer
NCAA March Madness 2005
Developer(s) EA Canada
Publisher(s) EA Sports
Platform(s) PlayStation 2, Xbox
Release
  • NA: November 17, 2004
Genre(s) Sports
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer
NCAA March Madness 06
Developer(s) EA Canada
Publisher(s) EA Sports
Platform(s) PlayStation 2, Xbox
Release
  • NA: October 11, 2005
Genre(s) Sports
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer
NCAA March Madness 07
Developer(s) EA Canada
Publisher(s) EA Sports
Platform(s) PlayStation 2, Xbox 360
Release
  • NA: January 17, 2007
Genre(s) Sports
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer, multiplayer online

The NCAA Basketball (formerly NCAA March Madness) series was a College basketball game which was published by EA Sports from 1998 until 2009. After EA Sports' rival publisher 2K Sports cancelled its own college basketball game, College Hoops, in 2008, EA changed the name of the series from NCAA March Madness to NCAA College Basketball. The series was discontinued on February 10, 2010.

Like other games based on NCAA sports, it could not feature the players' names (as that is against NCAA policy/rules), so only the players' numbers were used in the rosters. Users were able to edit the rosters, putting in the correct names for each team if they wished to do so. Many player last names were built into the in-game commentary, like in the NBA Live series.

Verne Lundquist, Brad Nessler, and Gus Johnson lent their voices for play-by-play in the games at various times. Lundquist was the original announcer, with Nessler taking over in the mid-2000s and Johnson joining him for the most recent game in the series. Bill Raftery and Dick Vitale were analysts. Raftery originally worked with Lundquist on their games and returned to work alongside Johnson for CBS-branded games in NCAA Basketball 10, while Vitale and Nessler joined the series at the same time.

NCAA March Madness 98 was the 1998 installment in the NCAA March Madness series. It was released on February 28, 1998 for the PlayStation. Former Wake Forest player and retired San Antonio Spurs player Tim Duncan is featured on the cover.

NCAA March Madness 99 was the 1999 installment in the NCAA March Madness series. It was released on November 30, 1998 for the PlayStation. Former North Carolina player Antawn Jamison is featured on the cover.


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