Though the First 4 marked the official begin of the NCAA Match, March Madness begins in earnest on Thursday with a first-round matchup between No. 8 seed Mississippi State and ninth-seeded Michigan State (12:15 p.m. on CBS).
The match – which has been performed virtually yearly since 1939, apart from 2020, when it was cancelled as a result of COVID-19 pandemic – will culminate with the Final Four at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, on April 6 and eight.
With that, we’ve determined to try each Closing 4 brand courting again to the 1978-79 season, when the NCAA ditched its own logo in favor of a brand new design annually – most of which pay homage to the placement of the occasion.
Apparently, Kansas Metropolis has hosted the Closing 4 extra instances than some other metropolis with 10, together with the 1940-42, 1953-55, 1957, 1961, 1964 and 1988 occasions.
That’s adopted by Indianapolis – the place the NCAA is headquartered – with eight, although the town will pull right into a tie atop the listing by internet hosting the Closing 4 in 2026 and 2029.
The one different places to host the Closing 4 at the very least 5 instances embody New York Metropolis (seven), New Orleans (six), Louisville (six) and Seattle (5). San Antonio will quickly be a part of that listing, as properly, when the Alamodome hosts the occasion for the fifth time in 2025.
