NCAA Final Four in Atlanta

This year, as every Gator is well aware, the NCAA 2007 Final Four will be hosted in Atlanta, GA. After getting a chance to speak with the president of Indiana Sports Corporation this weekend, I learned that about 20 staff members of ISC will head to Atlanta for the games. ISC hosted the Final Four last year in Indianapolis when the Florida Gators won the National Championship. This year, ISC's representatives will interact with current and potential corporate sponsors at the Final Four tournament to get money to host Big Ten Men's Championships next year. The 2008 Big Ten Men's Championships will be held in Indianapolis from March 13-16. More information about Final Four news, tickets, the Georgia Dome and the NCAA can be found at the Final Four 2007 Web site.

The bracket is officially set for the 2007 Big Ten Basketball Tournament in Indianapolis March 1-5. The tournament will be presented by XBOX 300 at Conseco Fieldhouse. This year, Ohio State will enter the tournament as the number one seed for the record-breaking third straight year in a row. The number two seed will be Purdue, number three will be Michigan State and the fourth seed will be Illinois. The rest of line up is as follows:

5th seed: Penn State, 6th seed: Minnesota, 7th seed: Wisconsin, 8th seed: Iowa, 9th seed: Indiana, 10th seed: Michigan and 11th seed: Northwestern

The 2006 tournament's attendance of more than 38,000 was record-breaking last year. Tickets for the tournament can be found at http://www.ticketmaster.com/, and a complete line up of the bracket includeing a list of teams, times, dates and television stations can be found at the ISC Web site, http://www.indianasportscorp.com/.