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Final Four returns to Indianapolis next year

Scott Horner
@ScottEHorner
Final Four logo for 2015 in Indianapolis

The Final Four, the NCAA's highlight event of the year, returns to Indianapolis in 2015. It will be held April 4 and 6 in Lucas Oil Stadium. It was also held there in 2010, when Butler came within a halfcourt shot of beating Duke for the championship.

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Here is a look back at the previous Final Fours in Indianapolis.

1980

Louisville beat UCLA 59-54 at Market Square Arena behind Darrell Griffith's 23 points. Roger Burkman of Franklin Central High School played 11 minutes in the title game for Louisville. Purdue, led by Joe Barry Carroll, beat Iowa 75-58 in the last third-place game in tournament history.

1980 file photo of Louisville standout, Darrell Griffin shooting  over UCLA player Michael Holton in the NCAA finals at Market Square Arena, March 24th 1980

1991

UNLV arrived at the Hoosier Dome undefeated, but Duke took out the Runnin' Rebels in the semifinal game before beating Kansas 72-65 in the championship game. A Grant Hill dunk is the memorable moment from the title game, in which Christian Laettner had 18 points and 10 rebounds.

Duke's Brian Davis (23) leads the Blue Devils in celebration at the trophy presentation after winning their first-ever NCAA Final Four championship in Indianapolis Monday, April 2, 1991. Duke defeated Kansas 72-65. At far left is Grant Hill (33), Christian Laettner (32) is at far right. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

1997

Arizona, which finished fifth in the Pac-10, defeated top seeds North Carolina and Kentucky in the RCA Dome. Mike Bibby and Michael Dickerson came in as the Wildcats' stars, but Miles Simon earned Most Outstanding Player honors, scoring 30 points in the 84-79 overtime title-game victory.

Arizona's Miles Simon clutches the game ball as his teammates celebrate as Arizona beat Kentucky 84-79 in overtime to win the national championship Monday, March 31, 1997,  at the NCAA Final Four tournament in Indianapolis.(AP Photo/Eric Draper)

2000

Michigan State beat Wisconsin and Florida in the RCA Dome, led by Morris Peterson's 41 points in the Final Four. He had 21, A.J. Granger had 19 and Mateen Cleaves (pictured) 18 in an 89-76 title-game victory.

FILE - MSU's Mateen Cleaves celebrates winning the national championship over Florida.

2006

Florida secured the first of two consecutive championships in the RCA Dome behind a balanced lineup including Joakim Noah, Al Horford and Corey Brewer. Noah had 16 points and nine rebounds in the Gators' 73-57 victory over UCLA in the title game.

4/3/2006 --Florida's Joakim Noah hopped on a table and did the Gator chomp for the Florida fans after the Gators won the national championship over UCLA in the NCAA Final Championship Game in the RCA Dome in Indianapolis, IN Monday, April 3, 2006. (Matt Detrich/The Indianapolis Star)

2010

The Final Four moved into Lucas Oil Stadium, and there was a home team to root for. Butler made the first of its two consecutive Final Four trips, beating Michigan State before falling to Duke 61-59 in the title game. Leave it to the ESPN "Sports Science" crew to explain just how close Butler came to winning it all. (The video includes the greatest pick ever set, by Matt Howard on Duke's Kyle Singler.)

Butler forward Matt Howard (54) lies on the Final Four logo at mid court seconds after Butler guard/forward Gordon Hayward's last second shot bounced off the rim.  Butler University lost to the Duke University Blue Devils 61-59 in the championship game of the NCAA Final Four Division I Men's Championships at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis Monday, April 5, 2010. (Matt Detrich / The Indianapolis Star)