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2021 NCAA FINAL FOUR @ Indianapolis, Indiana 8th Final Four (’80 (Market Square Arena); ’91, ’97, ’00, ’06 (RCA Dome); ’10, ’15 (Lucas Oil Stadium)) Hosted by Indiana U.-Purdue U. Indianapolis (IUPUI) (Horizon League) Lucas Oil Stadium – Unity & Equality Floor
First Semifinal	Second Semifinal
#1-South Hinkle Fieldhouse Bankers Fieldhouse Lucas Oil Sta (South)	#2-Midwest Bankers Fieldhouse Hinkle Fieldhouse Lucas Oil Sta (North)	#1-West Hinkle Fieldhouse Bankers Fieldhouse Lucas Oil Sta (North)	#11-East Bankers Fieldhouse Hinkle Fieldhouse Lucas Oil Sta (South)
Baylor University Bears (26-2)	University of Houston Cougars (28-3)	Gonzaga University Bulldogs (30-0)	University of California, Los Angeles Bruins (22-9)
Big 12 Conference – Regular Season Champs Waco, Texas 3rd Final Four (’48, ’50) def #16 Hartford 79-55 #9 Wisconsin 76-63 #5 Villanova 62-51 #3 Arkansas 81-72	American Athletic Conference (2nd Place) – Tourney Champs Houston, Texas 6th Final Four (’67, ’68, ’82, ’83, ’84) def #15 Cleveland St 87-56 #10 Rutgers 63-60 #11 Syracuse 62-46 #12 Oregon St 67-61	West Coast Conference – Regular Season and Tourney Champs Spokane, Washington 2nd Final Four (’17) def #16a Norfolk St 98-55 #8 Oklahoma 87-71 #5 Creighton 83-65 #6 USC 85-66	Pac 12 (4th Place) Los Angeles, California 19th Final Four (’62, ’64, ’65, ’67, ’68, ’69, ’70, ’71, ’72, ’73, ’74, ’75, ’76, ’80, ’95, ’06, ’07, ’08) def #11a Michigan St 86-80 (OT) #6 BYU 73-62 #14 Abilene Christian 67-47 #2 Alabama 88-78 (OT) #1 Michigan 51-49

11-TIME CHAMP WITH 3 SEEKING THEIR FIRST TITLE
At least $248 will be donated to CDP; over $1,731 donated over 11 years

DIGNITY HEALTH SPORTS PARK, CARSON, CA (smt) – If you saw the largest bracket on the JW Marriott in downtown Indy, you would not see a lot of familiar names.  The tournament didn’t feature Blue Bloods such as Duke, Kentucky, and Indiana with UNC making it as an #8 seed and Kansas joining after having to quit their Big 12 tournament due to COVID-19 after struggling the first half of the year.  UNC lost in the first round and Kansas in the second.  That left UCLA.  The 11-time national champions lost their last four games and squeaked into the First Four game against a wanna-be Blue Blood, Michigan St.  The Bruins rallied from five down with 90 seconds left to force overtime to beat the Spartans, allowed a 3-pointer with less than a second left to Alabama and then routing them in overtime 23-13, and then survived three open three attempts by another Michigan team to hold on to defeat the Wolverines in the Elite 8.