The NCAA Board of Directors approved a proposal changing the seating configuration for the Final Four. Beginning in 2009, the floor will move from the football field’s end zone to the 50-yard line with new temporary seats filling in the vacancy around the court.

It also will raise seating capacity to about 70,000 at each Final Four site and allow the NCAA to do something it has long desired - put students near courtside for the games at a minimal cost. Student vouchers are expected to cost about $15 to $20 for each of the two days, and about 1,000 students from each school will be placed in the four corners of the arenas.

The first test will come at regional sites in Detroit and Houston next spring. Detroit will host the 2009 Final Four.

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