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Houston in line to get more Final Fours after 2016: NCAA officials expect it to become a regular

By Chris Baldwin

When even NCAA officials are making jokes about the lowest-scoring NCAA Championship Game since 1949, you know they had a good time in Houston. That's what happens in the Final Four&nb ...


Beyond the Boxscore

It's the Final Four of Jim Nantz's life: Puts Butler's story above 1985 Villanova; feels Houston's done itself proud

By Chris Baldwin

CBS puts its employees up at a plush hotel during Final Four week where everything is taken care of for them. Free meals are offered in a ballroom, around the clock. Courtesy cars stand at the read ...


Beyond the Boxscore

Why losing Ashley Judd could kill Houston's Final Four: Pitiful UConn fans create title game worry

By Chris Baldwin

With Houston's Final Four at its absolute loudest — with a crowd of 75,421 finally flexing its full power, with the scene playing out like the H-Town power brokers who fought for this eve ...


Flipping the script

Butler emerges as national championship favorite after VCU beating: Unfamiliar position for Dogs

By Chris Baldwin

Think Butler is still an underdog? Think again. The lovable team from the little school in America's heartland, March's longest-recurring "Cinderella" is suddenly being cast a ...


Tougher Team Triumphs

Big Mack Tonight: Butler guts out Bush-endorsed win at Final Four behind guard

By Chris Baldwin

Shelvin Mack is Butler's most talented player, but for much of this NCAA Tournament he's almost been a side note. Matt Howard made the game-winning plays, got the presidential recognition & ...


No ticket? No problem!

It's pure fandemonium during free Final Four practices: 16,000 show at Reliant

By Caroline Gallay

As Reliant Stadium geared up Friday for its much-anticipated weekend games, fans watching practice got a taste of what it's like to have a ticket. Many of those who came out to take in the ...


Bush & Butler

Former President kick starts the Final Four, gives Butler's Matt Howard a handshake at star-studded Salute

By Chris Baldwin

For an event to truly reach mega status in Houston, it needs to get George and Barbara Bush involved. Well, consider the Final Four Bush blessed. Former President George Bush sat in the fro ...


Prepare for the Commonwealth

Jay-Z's team: Kentucky coach John Calipari reassures Houston that it will be overrun with crazy Wildcat fans

By Chris Baldwin

Every since VCU and Butler crashed the Final Four, insuring that it would be the first Final Four ever without a single No. 1 or No. 2 seed in it, there have been understandable concerns that the f ...


Beyond the Boxscore

VCU coach Shaka Smart's rap & video games way: Forget Lombardi, young Final Four coaches embrace players

By Chris Baldwin

On the eve of the biggest game in the history of Virginia Commonwealth University, point guard Joey Rodriguez settled in for a video game against a familiar foe. His coach Shaka Smith. "We ...


First Piece of Four

Brad Stevens schools Billy Donovan: Butler absolutely steals a Final Four berth to Houston

By Chris Baldwin

Butler has about as much business being in another Final Four as Bradley Cooper does of winning an Oscar. Yet, the Bulldogs are the first team to punch a ticket to Houston, thanks to the best c ...


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