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In her weekly radio address, Governor Jennifer M. Granholm today said that Connor Sport Court International, the Michigan manufacturer of the floors for both the men's and women's NCAA Final Four basketball championships, is an excellent example of the kinds of great businesses we have in our state.

Employees of Connor Sports Flooring of Amasa, Mich., install the new NCAA Men's Final Four basketball court at Ford Field in Detroit.

A flat bed semi carrying a load destined for Ford Field parked briefly in front of Crisler Arena early this afternoon.

The basketball court to be installed at Ford Field for the NCAA's storied Final Four made a stop at the State Capitol today on its way to Detroit.

Detroit has won the honor of hosting this year's NCAA men's basketball Final Four championship.

Kurt Kosmowski, a spokesman for the Detroit Final Four Local Organizing Committee, said the truck hauling the floor for the Final Four games will stop in Saginaw at 6 p.m. Sunday in front of the Temple Theatre.