Quinn Buckner Basketball Legend

YOU WERE ALREADY A CO-CHAIR OF THE INDY FINAL FOUR COMMITTEE BEFORE THE PANDEMIC HIT. AT WHAT POINT DID YOU REALIZE THAT THE NCAA MIGHT WANT TO DO THE ENTIRE TOURNAMENT HERE, AND WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION?

After the tournament went away last year, I was talking to a friend who works for the NCAA. She said they were already thinking about, These student athletes are only in college for four years. When you lose that experience, it’s gone forever. So the thought was to try to make this happen. In the course of that, we had to figure out what the options were. What’s optimal? I’ve done tournaments all over the nation for CBS. Indianapolis is the best city for it. I don’t say that because I’m here. It’s the best city because we have