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Final Four
- the four remaining play-off teams that compete for the U.S. men's or women's college basketball championship, awarded by the NCAA.
Example Sentences
Now the final four has been decided, it's time to have a look at who could lift the trophy in Munich next month.
However, the complexion of the final day changed when Bryson DeChambeau narrowed the gap with three birdies in his final four holes - including a 50-foot putt from the fringe of the 18th green.
The men’s team gathered in a ballroom, watching the women play in the Final Four and the national championship game a state away.
He averaged 16.7 points per game over the final four months of the season and shot 43% from 3-point range, one of the best rates in the nation.
Every day for more than a year, Rice wrote in her notebook that the Bruins would go to the Final Four.
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More About Final Four
What is the Final Four?
The Final Four is the nickname of the final round of both the men’s and women’s NCAA Division I basketball tournaments, which are single-elimination tournaments to determine the U.S. national champion. It’s named for the fact that there are four teams left at that point in the tournament.
The men’s tournament (nicknamed March Madness) features 67 games between 68 teams. The main tournament bracket includes 64 teams. Four teams must earn a spot on the main bracket by winning one of four games, which are called play-in games and known as the First Four. The women’s tournament features 64 teams.
Because the tournaments are single-elimination (meaning a team is eliminated upon losing a game), the field of teams is reduced by half each round, from 64 in the first round to 32 in the second round, which is followed by rounds named after the number of teams left: the Sweet Sixteen, the Elite Eight, and the Final Four. The final two teams play in the National Championship game.
The tournament bracket is divided into four quadrants, with the winner of each section going on to compete in the Final Four.
The term Final Four is sometimes used casually in other contexts, such as high school basketball tournaments. However, it is trademarked by the NCAA.
When is the Final Four?
The NCAA tournament begins around mid-March and takes place over a course of about two and a half weeks. The Final Four and the National Championship game are usually held during the first week of April.
For the men’s tournament, the first two games of the 2024 Final Four will be held on Saturday, April 6, with the National Championship game being held on Monday, April 8. The first two games of the 2025 Final Four will be played on April 5, with the National Championship game on April 7.
The first two games of the 2024 Women’s Final Four will be held on Friday, April 5, with the National Championship game being held on Sunday, April 7. The first two games of the 2025 Women’s Final Four will be played on April 4, with the National Championship game on April 6.
More information and context on the Final Four
The first NCAA men’s college basketball tournament was held in 1939, with eight teams competing. But it wasn’t until 1978 that the NCAA started using the term Final Four to refer to the final round and the final four teams competing in the tournament.
What are some terms that often get used in discussing the Final Four?
- NCAA
- college
- basketball
- tournament
- championship
- bracket
- March Madness
How is Final Four discussed in real life?
The phrase Final Four is a reference to the four remaining teams in the tournament, but it’s typically used as the name of the final round of the tournament, as in Villanova is going to the Final Four!
Two of the teams Oregon defeated on its way to the 2017 Final Four – Kansas and Michigan – are in the 2018 Final Four.
— Oregon Men's Basketball (@OregonMBB) March 25, 2018
✨ Minneapolis ✨ returns as a Women’s Final Four host city in 2022!
➡️ https://t.co/ogHezfydla#WFinalFour pic.twitter.com/JeEOnrmkk7
— NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessWBB) March 1, 2021
Your Final Four will be:
Gonzaga, Baylor, Michigan, Florida State
— Seth Davis (@SethDavisHoops) March 3, 2021
Try using Final Four!
True or False?
The term Final Four refers to the final four games of the NCAA tournament.
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