The Final Four are the last standing teams of March Madness in either NBA or NCAA Basketball. There are two final games involving the Final Four, two games involving two of the Final Four teams. The two teams that win each of the Final Four games move on to the National Championship, the final game of the season (for NCAA).
Nashville
By making to the last four teams in the NCAA March Madness tournament
Its the Tar Heels
North Carolina, Michigan St, Villanova, Connecticut.
The sixteen teams left in the tournament. Followed by the elite eight, final four and championship.
Twice - in 1959 and 2010.
Vcu actually made the final four last year
The Final Four is present in college basketball. The March madness tournament consists of 65 teams then gets down to 64 teams, then to 32 then to 16 then to 8 then to 4. Those last four teams are considered the final four and are in the semi finals for the title of national champion of college basketball for that year. This year the final four is going to be played in Detroit, and while march madness is going on, soon enough there will be only four teams left, known as the final four.
The Final Four will be held April 3 and 5, 2010 in Indianapolis. See related links for a schedule of March Madness.
It usually ends at the end of March, this year the final game is Monday, April 7th.
the selection committee
As of March Madness 2008, Michigan has been to the Final Four 6 times: 1964, 1965, 1976, 1989, 1992, 1993 Michigan won the championship in 1989 and had the 1992 and 1993 Final Four appearances stripped from them due to using players that were ultimately found to be ineligible.