The maple hardwood that makes up the courts at the men's and women's Final Four is part of basketball's foundation.

There’s Bobby Plump’s famed shot in 1954 that gave Milan High School (coached by one Marvin Wood) the Indiana state ...

Down on hands and knees in the Alamodome, workers lurched forward to generate enough leverage to slide one large wood panel ...

That wood – hard maple – is ... it goes to finishing facilities in Texas and Ohio. Workers from partner companies spend another 3-4 weeks sanding and staining the wood, painting playing ...