Final Four court assembled in Arizona’s NFL stadium

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Eight days before the competition begins, a shiny new basketball court has been laid in place for the Final Four. Made of sturdy maple harvested in November in northern Michigan, the court was shipped to Idaho Falls, Idaho, for painting and staining. From there it was trucked to Arizona and unloaded Friday. It took just a few hours for the University of Phoenix Stadium operations crew to assemble the court at what normally would be midfield for the stadium’s chief tenant, the NFL’s Arizona Cardinals.