A little more than a month ago in early November, Michigan State athletic director Mark Hollis and Oklahoma’s Joe Castiglione were together in Phoenix, the host city of the Jan. 11 College Football Playoff championship game.
Hollis and Castiglione were there strictly on hoops duty. Castiglione is the chair of the Division I men’s basketball committee, and Hollis, his close friend, takes over the post next season, which culminates in Phoenix’s first time hosting the Final Four. The two flew to Arizona to conduct their first committee meeting of the season and to celebrate the beginning of the city’s Final Four preparations.