MEET THE HOOP HISTORIANS
 
KEVIN McCANN
  
Residence:  Chicago, Illinois
Birthday:  February 6
Final Fours Attended: (16) -- 1979, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997,
1998, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010
 Other Notable Sporting Events Attended:  Super Bowl 2006; Womens' Final Four 2007; Special Olympics 1970 (chaperone); U.S. Lifesaving Association Championship 1971-1992 (participant)
 

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Kevin has been involved in basketball for his entire life.  Kevin’s dad, John, was Sports Information Director at DePaul University during the fifties, sixties and seventies. Kevin started selling programs there at age eight and attended Ray Meyer’s Basketball Camp in the sixties.  While in high school, Kevin worked on the Stat Crew at DePaul and learned much about the importance of statistics in basketball.  While attending the university as a student basketball manager, McCann became the school’s official timer – a position he has remained in for the last 38 years.  Kevin was also a basketball official for many years before becoming principal at Jamieson School in 1991.  Kevin has attended 16 Men’s’ Final Fours and took in his first ever Women’s’ Final Four in 2007 with his three daughters. For his accomplishments to the game, McCann was inducted into the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2007 as a Friend of Basketball. 
 

Kevin McCann NCAA Tournament Game Log      
               
Year  Round Games  Location   Year  Round Games  Location
1979  Final Four 4  Salt Lake City, UT        1984  Final Four 3  Seattle, WA
1987  First / Second Round 6  Rosemont, IL   1987  Final Four 3  New Orleans, LA
1988  Final Four 3  Kansas City, MO   1989  Final Four 3  Seattle, WA
1991  Final Four 3  Indianapolis, IN   1992  Final Four 3  Minneapolis, MN
1993  First / Second Round 6  Rosemont, IL   1994  Final Four 3  Charlotte, NC
1996  Final Four 3  East Rutherford, NJ   1997  Final Four 3  Indianapolis, IN
1998  Final Four 3  San Antonio, TX   1999  Final Four 3  St. Petersburg, FL
2005  Regional 3  Rosemont, IL   2005  Final Four 3  St. Louis, MO
2006  Final Four 3  Indianapolis, IN   2009  Final Four 3  Detroit, MI
2010  Final Four 3  Indianapolis, IN        

Total NCAA Tournament Games:  64



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