An Illinois company, Connor Sports, has supplied the hardwood for both the men’s and women’s basketball tournaments since 2006. The company annually provides five new floors for the men’s tournament: four for the regional rounds and a championship court for the Final Fours. stipulates that not only does the winner get the exclusive window to buy the championship court, but that Connor can’t break it up and sell it in pieces as memorabilia. The floors from the regional rounds often have a post-tournament destination arranged before they ever get used. Before the courts are used, and then sold and repurposed, they first must be built.

Source: New York Times April 05, 2021 17:37 UTC