Template:Infobox NCAA Division I men's basketball season
Parameter Explanation Example
year* The year at the start of the season ; if blank , defaults to current year 2004
image An image for the season . Follow Wikipedia guidelines [ [ Image : Example.png|200px ] ]
caption A caption for the image , if provided 2007 NCAA season
preseason_ap The preseason AP Poll number 1 team [ [ North Carolina Tar Heels men 's basketball|North Carolina ] ]
regular_season* The dates of the first and last games of the regular season November 2 , 2003 - March 10 , 2004
tourney_start* The date of the first game of the NCAA tournament March 20
nc_date* The date of the National Championship game April 8 , 2005
champ_stad* The name of the stadium hosting the Final Four [ [ Georgia Dome ] ]
champ_city* The name of the city hosting the Final Four [ [ Atlanta , Georgia ] ]
champ The name of the team that won the National Championship [ [ 2006-07 Florida Gators men 's basketball team|Florida Gators ] ]
nit_champ The name of the team that won the National Invitational Tournament [ [ West Virginia Mountaineers men 's basketball team|West Virginia Mountaineers ] ]
cbi_champ The name of the team that won the College Basketball Invitational [ [ DePaul Blue Demons men 's basketball|DePaul Blue Demons ] ]
helmschamp The Helms Athletic Foundation 's declared national champion ( list of champions found here ) [ [ Penn Quakers men 's basketball|Penn Quakers ] ]
playeroftheyear The winner of the player of the year awards for the Naismith Award and the Wooden Award . ( there are several other player of the year awards , but these are the 2 major ones ) [ [ Austin Carr ] ] , [ [ Notre Dame Fighting Irish men 's basketball|Notre Dame ] ]
helmspoy The winner of the Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year award ( the national player of the year award pre-Wooden and Naismith awards ) [ [ Howard Cann ] ] , [ [ NYU Violets men 's basketball|NYU ] ]
Usage -- Parameters
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