FINAL FOUR

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner sharply responded to Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont after he called Houston “butt ugly” during 2023 Final Four.

Zach Edey of Purdue has won the John R.

Arcadia, California native Tracy Caldwell Dyson, Ph.D., began working as a NASA astronaut in 1998.

The UConn Huskies delivered one of the most impressive March Madness runs in history Monday night, bringing home its fifth national title with a 76-59 victory over San Diego State.

San Diego State was done in by a terrible shooting drought in the first half of Monday night's national title game against UConn.

With every sweet victory and sour defeat, the paths of each team have led to the Men’s Final Four Championship this Monday.

A man has been charged after allegedly impersonating a police officer to gain access to the Final Four music festival held in downtown Houston this weekend.

FAU’s debut at the Final Four ended in the most excruciating manner imaginable.

The 2023 Men’s Final Four was one of high energy, excitement, and history in the making.

Florida Atlantic and San Diego State are giving the Final Four a mid-major flavor.

In the first two months of 2023, Houston police made 298 arrests dealing with prostitution, purchasing prostitution, and human trafficking. With hundreds of thousands of fans expected in the Bayou City through Monday during the NCAA Final Four, advocates and law enforcement are gearing up for human trafficking cases.

The Men’s Final Four is bringing a weekend of jam-packed events around Houston for residents and visitors of all ages!

For UConn players Adama Sanogo, Samson Johnson and Hassan Diarra a traditional pregame meal before Saturday night’s national semifinal against Miami won’t be possible.

The advanced stats can tell us a lot about the teams in this year's Final Four.

Mayor Sylvester Turner will be leading the exciting charge of officially debuting the 24 players who will be a part of the 2023 HBCU All-Star Game.

METRO will kick off its Final Four Fever and recognize hundreds of volunteers who will serve as event ambassadors during the four-day weekend.

As the city of Houston prepares to host the 2023 NCAA Men’s Final Four from March 31 through April 3, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) is cautioning fans to be on the lookout for fake NCAA merchandise and tickets to Final Four games.

March 31 - April 3, 2023 to be commemorated as Men’s Final Four Week.

Elizabeth Kitley scored 25 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, Georgia Amoore added 24 points and top-seeded Virginia Tech advanced to the Final Four for the first time in school history with an 84-74 win over No. 3 seed Ohio State in the Seattle 3 Regional final.

Mayor Sylvester Turner, along with officials with the Mayor’s Office of Special Events, Houston Police Department and other organizations are teaming up to prepare the city for the upcoming 2023 NCAA Men’s Final Four tournament at NRG Stadium.

Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) teamed up with AAA Texas and the Houston Police Department Monday to remind drivers of the dangers of drunk and impaired driving.

Everyone’s heard of UConn.

The cougar roster is a tight-knit group and they also have another member of the University of Houston family they are close with.

Enter for your chance to win tickets to the NCAA Fan Fest in Houston on April 2!

You're invited to the 2023 NCAA Final Four Fan Events.

The NCAA Tournament has reached Sweet 16 weekend in the battle for the national championship in men’s basketball.

The UIL and TAPPS postseason is coming to a point. The TAPPS State Weekend starts Friday, while the Regional Finals for UIL will determine the State’s Final Four.

Portland will host a women’s Final Four for the first time after the NCAA women’s basketball committee chose the Oregon city for the 2030 national semifinals.

The NCAA women’s basketball title game will be broadcast on ABC this season for the first time.

Consensus women's college basketball player of the year Aliyah Boston says she turned down a late invite to the ESPYS awards show and was hurt she wasn't asked earlier to attend.

The NCAA Men’s Final Four will return to Houston in 2022 and the Houston Local Organizing Committee unveiled the Fan Jam Truck Friday afternoon.

North Carolina, Duke and Kansas are bona fide basketball bluebloods, the best of the best in the men's college game.

The NCAA men’s basketball tournament is down to its final four teams, if you can believe it.

NCAA President Mark Emmert says investigations into allegations of major violations against several high-profile men’s college basketball programs have taken “way too long.”.

Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski's final chapter will have a distinctly blue tint.

Villanova guard and second-leading scorer Justin Moore will undergo surgery this week for a torn Achilles tendon.

College basketball's elite programs have stepped into the spotlight for next weekend's Final Four in New Orleans.

Michigan and Kentucky stood out in a study examining the men’s and women’s NCAA Tournament brackets based on graduation rates, academic success and diversity in the head coaching ranks.

HOUSTON - The Woodlands Christian Academy is making it a yearly tradition at this point of punching their ticket to the TAPPS Final Four.

A law firm's look into the gender equity of the men's and women's NCAA Tournaments found the women's teams came up short in everything from COVID-19 testing to weight room facilities and areas to escape hotel bubble life, The NCAA released the 100-plus page review by a law firm.

After winning three state championships, with Final Four appearances in seven of eight seasons, as head boys soccer coach of St. Thomas Episcopal, Chris White was ready for something different.

June 22, 2021 marks the 59th birthday for Houston basketball legend Clyde Drexler. Number 22 first made a name for himself as part of the iconic Phi Slama Jama team at the University Houston. He eventually dominated in the NBA as well and has had his number retired at both the college and the professional level.

Six Division I conferences are urging the NCAA to implement a stopgap measure that would allow college athletes to earn money off their fame before a federal law is passed.

What a year it was at Fort Bend Christian Academy!

Baylor won its first national championship Monday night, denying perfection for Gonzaga.

Baylor knew it would need to play to near-perfection to end Gonzaga’s flawless season.

The University of Houston Athletics Department is inviting all fans to celebrate the Cougar’s run to the 2021 Final Four on Wednesday.

The NCAA Tournament has been dominated by the East, mixed with the occasional championship foray by a school from the Midwest.

Now comes the hard part for Gonzaga.

Baylor made a mockery of the first Final Four game, stifling Houston for a chance at the program’s first national title. Then Gonzaga made miracles happen, winning on one of the greatest shots in NCAA Tournament history.

UCLA challenged top-seeded Gonzaga for 45 minutes and came up just short.

Gonzaga has given fans the NCAA championship game they wanted with a shot for the ages.

Jared Butler scored 17 points to lead five Baylor players in double figures, and the Bears roared to a 78-59 victory over Houston in the Final Four.

Gonzaga has given fans the NCAA championship game they wanted with a shot for the ages.

Who is America rooting for in the Final Four?

As the University of Houston men’s basketball team prepares to take on the Baylor Bears this weekend in the Final Four, KPRC 2′s Kris Gutierrez sat down with a couple of former UH basketball players from the epic Phi Slama Jama era.

The “Whose House? Coog’s House!” chant can be heard at every University of Houston sporting event, but most don’t know that it dates back to 1988.

Both the University of Houston and Baylor University men’s basketball teams have made it to the Final Four at the NCAA tournament this year.

Mattress Mack gives out nearly 20,000 face masks FridayHOUSTON – In true “Mattress Mack” fashion, the business owner will send several University of Houston students to the Final Four game against Baylor this Saturday. Jim McIngvale and Gallery Furniture will also host a Coogs Pep Rally at the Gallery Furniture on North Freeway on Thursday at 11 a.m.During the pep rally, several UH students will win a round-trip charter flight to Indianapolis, tickets to the game and hotel accommodations. The public is welcome to show their Cougar pride in the parking lot of the pep rally. The lucky Final Four trip winners will board a private jet on Friday with the families of the UH coaches to attend the game.

Two Texas teams have reached the NCAA Final Four tournament in Indianapolis, and social media is buzzing with excitement.

Lexie Hull had 21 points, Ashten Prechtel scored each of her 16 in the second half and Stanford reached the Final Four by rallying for a 78-63 victory over Louisville on Tuesday night. “To play a second half and beat them by 27 really says a lot about how hard people were playing,” VanDerveer said. Stanford dropped that one 62-53, ending its previous appearance in the Final Four. Stanford (29-2) trailed by 12 midway through the third quarter before scoring 13 consecutive points to take its first lead since early in the game. We weren’t aggressive enough.”AdThe Cardinal got going in the second half and made six of their final eight 3-point attempts.

Gonzaga (30-0) has been an offensive juggernaut rarely seen in college basketball. Ad“Everyone wants us to keep moving forward, but that’s not how we roll,” Gonzaga coach Mark Few said. That doesn’t lessen our desire to win this game, the next game or win two more games.”The next one won't be easy. The Bears were embroiled in one of the darkest scandals in college basketball history, when Patrick Dennehy was murdered by teammate Carlton Dotson in 2003. They played in the Final Four.”___More AP college basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/College-basketball and http://www.twitter.com/AP_Top25

On Saturday in the national semifinals, the Zags will face 11th-seeded UCLA, which beat Michigan 51-49 in a later Elite Eight game. All-American Corey Kispert had 18 points and eight boards on an “off” night — only 6 for 19 from the floor. “We just tried to stay moving,” Suggs said about attacking the USC zone, which had been shutting down teams all month in Indy. “It was a little surprising," USC coach Andy Enfield said, “because we'd been playing great basketball.”The Zags have a way about doing that to people. ALL-WEST TEAMThe All-region team included both Mobley brothers, Suggs, Kispert and Timme, who was named the West's most outstanding player.

It’s been nothing but buzz and excitement for the University of Houston men’s basketball team who is headed to the Final Four to take on the Baylor Bears on Saturday. On the NCAA website, coordinators say each team will be provided a very limited number of tickets to sell. The University of Houston tells KPRC 2 that students had one last chance to sign up for those limited tickets on Monday. AdKPRC 2 checked StubHub for tickets to Saturday’s game and they start at $1,100 and go all the way up to $25,000 with only 60 tickets left on the website. If it was a full stadium, prices would be very different,” said Calhoun.

Baylor reached the Final Four for the first time in 71 years, getting 22 points from MaCio Teague and a dominating defensive performance from Davion Mitchell to beat Arkansas 81-72 on Monday night.

Yes, Houston is going back to the Final Four for the first time since the famed “Phi Slama Jama” era after Monday night's 67-61 win against Oregon State. And Houston knocked down enough free throws late while holding Oregon State without a basket during a critical 3 1/2 minutes. Fittingly, it was DeJon Jarreau — the American Athletic Conference's defensive player of the year who led the effort that stymied Oregon State star Ethan Thompson — who was named the most outstanding player of the Midwest Region. “It was right there within our grasp with the effort we showed in the second half,” Oregon State coach Wayne Tinkle said. They held the Beavers to 35% shooting in the first half before Oregon State found some openings.

INDIANAPOLIS – Houston overcame a blown 17-point lead to hold off Oregon State 67-61 on Monday night in the NCAA Tournament, reaching the Final Four for the first time in 37 years. Grimes’ 3 from near the top of the arc finally steadied the Cougars, and Houston knocked down enough free throws down the stretch while holding Oregon State without a basket during a critical 3 1/2 minutes. AdMarcus Sasser scored 20 points to lead Houston while Grimes added 18. Fittingly, it was DeJon Jarreau -- the American Athletic Conference’s defensive player of the year who led the effort that stymied Oregon State star Ethan Thompson -- who was named the most outstanding player of the Midwest Region. They held the Beavers to 35% shooting in the first half before Oregon State found some openings.

… Gonzaga is seeking to become the first team to make it to the Final Four unbeaten since Kentucky in 2015. 11 seed UCLA (21-9), East Region final, Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis. … UCLA is back in a regional final for the first time since earning three straight Final Four berths from 2006-08. 6 seed Texas (21-9), Hemisfair Region final, Alamodome, San Antonio. … Texas is in a regional final for the first time since 2016 and seeking its first Final Four appearance since 2003.

For area TAPPS teams they are now just two wins away from hoisting that coveted wooden TAPPS State Championship trophy and claiming the spot as the best in Texas. The Woodlands Christian Academy vs St. Michael's Catholic Academy (BB)- Tuesday, March 9, at 6 p.m. at Bryan High SchoolWATCH LIVE: https://www.vype.com/vype-live-tapps-state-semifinal-boys-basketball-woodland-christian-vs-st-michaelsAdThe Woodlands Christian Academy is back in the TAPPS Final Four. The Warriors are seeking their 7th TAPPS State Championship (2020, 2018, 2012, 2011, 2009, 2008) and are the defending state champions. TAPPS 1ACovenant Academy vs Heritage School-FredericksburgIn TAPPS 1A, Convenant Academy out of Cypress will take on Heritage School out of Fredericksburg. It has taken three wins for each of these teams to get to the TAPPS Final Four.

Just two more tip-offs remain in the UIL girls basketball season. The Final Four is here and the DFW is primed to take home another healthy helping of state championships after capturing the top two in the state a season ago. In the State Semifinals, we get a mid-season rematch between two teams; the defending 5A state champion just keeps finding a way to win; a surprise remains in 4A; and a team is in the state semis in 23 years. 6AW8 South Grand Prairie (25-2) vs. W11 DeSoto (26-2) - 4 p.m. Saturday @ Prosper HS (Prosper)- winner will meet winner of Cypress Creek/Converse Judson in 6A State Finals 7 p.m. Thursday, March 11 @ Alamodome (San Antonio)5AW4 Lubbock Cooper (28-3) vs. T9 Frisco Liberty (21-8) - TBD- winner will meet winner of Beaumont United/Cedar Park in 5A State Finals 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 10 @ Alamodome (San Antonio)4AW4 Canyon (28-1) vs. R12 Dallas Pinkston (27-5) - 2:30 p.m. Saturday @ Junell Center (San Angelo)- winner will meet winner of Hardin-Jefferson/Boerne in 4A State Finals 2 p.m. Thursday, March 11 @ Alamodome (San Antonio)Ad3AW3 Brownfield (28-1) vs. W10 Ponder (29-3) - 10 a.m. Saturday @ Junell Center (San Angelo)- winner will meet winner of Fairfield/Bishop in 3A State Finals 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 10 @ Alamodome (San Antonio)

FILE - In this March 12, 2020, file photo, the seating area at Bankers Life Fieldhouse is viewed in Indianapolis after the Big Ten Conference announced that remainder of the men's NCAA college basketball games tournament was canceled. Indianapolis city leaders want the college basketball world to know it is open for business. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)INDIANAPOLIS – With the coronavirus pandemic already forcing changes for college basketball, a bubble may be brewing in Indianapolis. Indiana Sports Corp. released a 16-page proposal Friday that calls for turning the city convention center's exhibition halls and meeting rooms into basketball courts and locker rooms. ___For more AP college basketball coverage: https://apnews.com/Collegebasketball and http://twitter.com/AP_Top25