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NCAA basketball fans travel from far, wide for title game in Indy

April 6, 2021 | Mickey Shuey

With no nearby direct flights to Indianapolis available, Baylor University and Gonzaga University fans had to go well out of their way to attend the culmination of the 2021 NCAA men’s basketball season Monday night.

Baylor’s first national title denies Zags perfection

April 5, 2021 | Associated Press

Indiana University is still the last undefeated national men’s Division I basketball champion, winning in 1976.

Tourney talk: Local sports execs heap praise on city leaders

April 5, 2021 | Associated Press and IBJ Staff

Check back here for the latest stories, plus tidbits about the NCAA tournament in Indianapolis.

Dr. Virginia Caine: Don’t let up on public health precautions

April 5, 2021

I can confidently say that bringing the buzz of college basketball back to our city was only possible through the everyone’s efforts to mask up, socially distance, and operate within the constructs of necessary public health orders. We must not let up now.

Gonzaga’s last hurdles: a quick turnaround—and Baylor

April 4, 2021 | Associated Press

The meeting Monday is one most hoops fans have waited for all year — two years, really — a matchup between two teams who have been on a collision course since the bracket came out.

Plump still big hit at NCAA Tourney time

April 4, 2021 | Associated Press

At age 84, the affable, silver-haired Bobby Plump remains one of the state’s top basketball ambassadors and nothing, not a pandemic or an unprecedented NCAA Tournament, can keep those yearning to meet him away.

Chris Gahl: Indy was made for this moment—and everything that will follow

April 4, 2021 | Chris Gahl

Many point to the 1987 Pan American Games, and more recently the 2012 Super Bowl, as pivotal moments in Indy’s now 200-yearlong history. Without question, March 2021 is forever cemented on the timeline.

Rafael Sanchez: Continuing the rebound the NCAA has started

April 4, 2021

We all know that adversity is part of the game. And unfortunately, that is where we find ourselves as a community today—dealing with some pandemic-related economic adversity, but also with a golden opportunity to rebound and showcase our teamwork, resiliency and dedication.

Frontline workers grateful for spotlight at Final Four concert

April 3, 2021 | Mickey Shuey

About 2,000 health care, public safety and hospitality workers were on the floor or seated nearby for Miley Cyrus’ musical tribute on Saturday night at Lucas Oil Stadium.

John Feinstein: Indianapolis has long history with Final Four, but this chapter is one to forget

April 3, 2021 | The Washington Post

This is the 41st time I have attended the Final Four. I have never seen anything like this version. And I hope never to see anything like it again.

NCAA fan’s death prompts contact-tracing investigation in Indiana

April 3, 2021 | Associated Press

Health officials said Saturday they are investigating whether anyone was exposed to COVID-19 by Alabama residents following Friday night’s death of a fan who had been in Indianapolis for March Madness.

Diaper dandy: After stay in NICU, infant will make debut among Final Four cutouts

April 3, 2021 | Mason King

After a surprise delivery five weeks early in December, feisty 3-month-old Molly Skolnick of Carmel will be represented at the Final Four by a seat-filling cutout as part of an April Fools ruse concocted by her parents.

Final Four ticket prices setting records due to limited capacity

April 3, 2021 | John Russell

Fortune magazine reported that ticket prices are 145% higher than any other Final Four in history. Brokers say the prices would be even higher if a Midwestern team was in the final rounds.

Volunteers key to city’s March Madness efforts

April 3, 2021 | Lindsey Erdody

Volunteers are coordinating bus transportation for teams, running to the store for toothpaste for players, sanitizing practice courts, doing laundry for the teams, beautifying the city with new trees, picking up trash, setting up seating pods in the venues and assisting out-of-town media and other guests with just about anything they may need.