Recent FF History
This school won the 2025 NCAA Division 1 men's basketball championship.
Florida
2013
Atlanta
Georgia Dome
1980
Indianapolis
Market Square Arena
This state has hosted the most Final Fours -- 13 times.
Missouri
This 7'6" Chinese basketball Hall of Famer played for the Houston Rockets from 2002-2011.
Yao Ming
This Blue Blood made the Final Four in both 2022 and 2025.
Duke
2000
Indianapolis
RCA Dome
1956
Evanston, Illinois
McGaw Hall
This state has hosted more regional finals (30) than any other state.
California
Standing 7'4" tall, he was a three-time National College Player of the Year.
Ralph Sampson
This team made the Final Four in both 2019 and 2025.
Auburn
1978
St. Louis
Checkerdome
1939
Evanston, Illinois
Patten Gym
This state has hosted the most NCAA tournament games (275) including two Final Fours.
North Carolina
He played more NBA games (875) than any player standing 7'4" or taller -- all of them with the Utah Jazz from 1982-1993.
Mark Eaton
This team made the Final Four twice since 2018. They won the title in 2022.
Kansas
2005
St. Louis
Edward Jones Dome
1960
San Francisco
Cow Palace
This state hosted only one first weekend (6 games in 2008) in the Alltel Arena.
Arkansas
This 7'7" South Sudanese-American is the only NBA player to retire with more career blocked shots than points scored.
Manute Bol
He was the Most Outstanding Player of the 2026 Final Four.
Elliot Cadeau
2001
Minneapolis
Humphrey Metrodome
1952
Seattle
Edmundson Pavilion
This state hosted tournament games in 1971, 1972 and 1974 and not another since -- all of them in their Coliseum.
West Virginia
This 7'7" Romanian center was a perfect 51-for-51 on dunk shots in the NBA and was the league's Most Improved Player in 1996 for the Washington Bullets.
Gheorghe Muresan