Talk:Final Four

I'm thinking we should merge Final Four, March Madness, and NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship.

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JnB987 20:25, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Knock-out tournaments

"In other countries, where knock-out tournaments are more common than in the U.S., the last four stage of a knock-out competition is called the semi-finals." I don't understand this addition. A knock-out tournament is a single elimination tournament, right? Who says they are more common outside the U.S.? And even if this is true, what difference does it make to this topic? The lead paragraph should indicate how the term is used, not how it's NOT used! And of course, "semifinals" is the generic term in the U.S., too. ... I see that the person who made this change has quit, anwyay. I'm going to remove it. BlongerBros 21:57, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

"Final Four" is very largely a U.S. term - as far as I know it's only really used in sports that are of American origin - and so "commonly used" needs qualification. I'm going to restore a modified version of the "semi-finals" comment, because I think it's useful. Loganberry (Talk) 13:47, 1 September 2006 (UTC)