Final Four Definition & Meaning

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Final Four American Trademark.

1. the four remaining play-off teams that compete for the U.S. men's or women's college basketball championship, awarded by the NCAA.

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Sports finals from the World Series to the Final Four to this weekend’s Super Bowl always feature high ticket prices, which makes seeing these games as more of a once-in-a-lifetime experience than a regular part of a fan’s life.

From Salon

Winners in 2025, Stuttgart join 2024 winners Bayer Leverkusen in the final four.

From Barron's

Kirsty Muir has had her struggles since reaching the Olympic final four years ago – including recovering from a torn ACL – but the 21-year-old Scot comes to Italy on the back of winning X Games gold in January and her first World Cup gold last year.

From BBC

The victory sends the two-time German Cup winners through to the final four of the competition for the third straight season.

From Barron's

Instead the final four candidates for the job were a range of eager submissives, each straining to appear enthusiastic to pick up the pruning shears and start cutting rates by the bunch:

From The Wall Street Journal

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