Dayton Maintains NCAA First Four Games Through 2015

According to a report this morning from WHIO-TV in Dayton, Ohio, the University of Dayton has been awarded a contract extension by the NCAA to keep the "First Four" games through the 2015 edition of the NCAA tournament. The school has been making a push to keep the 8-team/4 game series for the last four seeds in the standard 64-team NCAA college basketball tourney long-term, with hopes to secure the games for the next 10 years, so this will most likely be seen as a vote of confidence in the city and university as the parties continue to negotiate.