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Every year, as winter wanes, a curious ailment spreads across the country. The thump of basketballs, the squeak of sneakers, and the roar of the crowd are sure signals that basketball fever is with us. It's a condition called "March Madness" and it afflicts millions of people with no known cure. Where did this malady originate?

College Basketball Finals are the phenomenon that grips the national sports psyche from the first week of March through the first week of April and is HERE!

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For those who don't know, Kentucky and Duke played in the regional final of the tournament to determine who would go to the College Basketball Finals. Kentucky's program had been sanctioned because of some impropriety by the drunken Eddie Sutton and had fallen from its hitherto prominence. I don't remember what the sanctions were; he had been gambling or bribing potential players or something. He was loathed thoroughly.

The sanctions had just ended and Rick Pitino was the new face of a rejuvenated team that was making inroads in the sport once again. Duke, on the other hand, was the most powerful team in the country and led by that fascist pretty-boy Christian Laettner. Duke was expected to win the tournament; Kentucky not so much. Read More-->>

Many sports use a tournament format to decide their champion including professional sports. The "Final Four" of college basketball refers to the semifinal round of the Division I Men's or Women's Basketball Tournament. In this round, there are four teams left and two games are played to determine which two teams will head to the finals.

The words "Final Four" belong only to college basketball. In fact if you watch college basketball you will frequently hear the term, especially from CBS, which uses the phrase "Road to the Final Four" in its coverage.

Making it to the "Final Four" means that a team won its first four tournament games and it only has to win two more to be the national champions. A team that reaches this point in the tournament is already envisioning the hanging of a National Championship banner from the rafters of its home arena which is a common tradition. Read More-->>

Many sports use a tournament format to decide their champion, including professional sports. The "Final Four" of college basketball refers to the semifinal round of the Division I Men's or Women's Basketball Tournament. In this round, there are four teams left, and two games are played to determine which two teams will head to the finals.

The words "Final Four" belong only to college basketball. In fact, if you watch college basketball you will frequently hear the term, especially from CBS, which uses the phrase "Road to the Final Four" in its coverage.

Making it to the "Final Four" means that a team won its first four tournament games, and it only has to win two more to be the national champions. A team that reaches this point in the tournament is already envisioning the hanging of a National Championship banner from the rafters of its home arena, which is a common tradition. Read More-->>

The term "March-Madness" today is synonymous with the College Basketball Tournament, but the nickname was first used to describe another basketball tournament -- the annual Illinois High School Association Tournament. Henry V. Porter is credited with coining the phrase in his 1939 article for the Illinois Interscholastic magazine.

The term was not used to describe the College Basketball Tournament until 1982, when Brent Musburger a CBS reporter used the term during the telecast of a tournament game. College basketball fans and the media have been using the term ever since. Read More-->>

One national championship. A "Final Four" ticket is a memento in and of itself, and it should come as no surprise that the tickets for these games are extremely difficult to locate. In the world of college basketball tickets, nothing comes close to matching the demand of a "Final Four" ticket. They are unique in regards to both college basketball tickets and sports tickets in general, as no one knows who will be playing until the previous week.

So Get ready for this year Men's Finals on April 4-6 2009 Will your team cut down the nets inside the games at Ford Field, Detroit? Be there to experience the most exciting showdowns in college basketball. From miraculous buzzer-beaters to unforgettable upsets, nothing compares to the Madness of the "Final Four". Read More-->>

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