NCAA Final Four Courts Manufactured by Utah Company



The countdown to the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Final Four puts the Utah manufacturer of these courts in the national spotlight.

The courts being used for the men's basketball championships in San Antonio on April 5 and 7, and the women's basketball championships in Tampa on April 6 and 8, are made by Connor Sport Court International, Inc. (CSCI).

CSCI (www.connorsportcourt.com) is headquartered at 939 S. 700 West in Salt Lake City, Utah. The courts were constructed at CSCI's hardwood plant in Amasa, Michigan, and trucked to Texas and Florida.

Past winners of the NCAA's Final Four that were located along the routes taken by the trucks were saluted in daily progress reports issued to newspapers and TV stations. To further commemorate the 2008 Final Four, the honored institutions will receive specially-trimmed piece of this year's Final Four courts, each appropriately dedicated.

The history of the NCAA basketball championship is entwined with the court on which the game is played. Connor has been in business since 1872, and basketball was first played in 1892.

The courts, each one a QuickLock portable court system, were constructed by Connor especially for the NCAA Final Four. They are built from maple in strict accordance with NCAA specifications. Connor Sport Court is a member of the Maple Flooring Manufacturing Association and adheres to the stringent environmental guidelines of that organization. Hardwood used in the courts is from a renewable resource, with the U.S. growing six times more hardwood than is harvested each year.

Connor merged with Sport Court to become Connor Sport Court International in 2004.

In addition to courts for professional teams, universities, colleges and high schools, the company also is the originator and world's largest provider of backyard game courts under the Sport Court brand name.

More athletic events are played on Connor Sport Court surfaces than on any other sports flooring in the world. Sport Court is a registered trade mark of Connor Sport Court International. It is used to identify the original and authentic modular sport surfaces developed and introduced in 1974

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For More Information: Jeff Morton, 801-414-6159

jmorton @ sportcourt.com.





NCAA Final Four Courts Manufactured by Utah Company