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.
Vcu actually made the final four last year
Twice - in 1959 and 2010.
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 first four in March Madness refers to the play-in games that determine the final four teams to enter the main tournament bracket. These games are held before the official start of the tournament and involve teams competing for a spot in the main field of 64 teams.
The Final Four will be held April 3 and 5, 2010 in Indianapolis. See related links for a schedule of March Madness.
The "First Four Out" of the March Madness tournament selection this year were Louisville, Colorado State, Saint Louis, and Mississippi.
It usually ends at the end of March, this year the final game is Monday, April 7th.