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NEW ORLEANS -- New Orleans has been selected as the host city for the 2022 mens college basketball Final Four, the NCAA announced on Thursday.The decision means New Orleans is set to host college basketballs mens semifinals and championship game for the sixth time -- each time in the Superdome.New Orleans has an incredibly rich history of hosting the Final Four, and for a variety of reasons it was determined that 2022 was the perfect year to bring the event back to the Crescent City, said Dan Gavitt, vice president for mens basketball championships. New Orleans is a festive place that embraces this event and makes it special for participating student-athletes and fans. With a little luck, well get some of the same Final Four magic weve been treated to in the past.Gavitt said the NCAA also was eager to grant the 2022 event to New Orleans because it comes on the 40th anniversary of the 1982 Final Four, which also was held in New Orleans and was highlighted by Michael Jordans game-winning jump shot that lifted North Carolina to the national title over a Georgetown squad let by Patrick Ewing.New Orleans last hosted the Final Four in 2012, when Kentucky, led by current New Orleans Pelicans All-Star forward Anthony Davis, defeated Kansas for the national championship.The NCAA stated that its mens basketball committee decided to forego the traditional site selection process for the 2022 Final Four and move decisively to secure the event in New Orleans, which narrowly missed being picked during the last bid cycle that concluded with Phoenix, San Antonio, Minneapolis, Atlanta and Indianapolis awarded the 2017 through 2021 Final Fours.A Final Four site selection process slated to begin next year remains on schedule, but now will focus on the 2023, 2024 and 2025 locations, which are expected to be announced by the summer of 2018, the NCAA said.With the Final Four competing for many of the same venues that host major events such as the Super Bowl and College Football Playoff, we did not want to wait until 2018 to make the announcement for the 2022 Final Four, Gavitt said. 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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Tennessee coach Butch Jones will thoroughly, thoroughly examine every aspect of his program as the Volunteers prepare for the Music City Bowl and attempt to reverse a late-season slide.After getting off to a 5-0 start and being ranked as high as ninth, Tennessee (8-4) dropped four of its final seven regular-season games, including surprising losses at South Carolina and Vanderbilt . The Vols face No. 24 Nebraska (9-3) in the Music City Bowl on Dec. 30 at Nashville, Tennessee.Obviously we did not finish (the regular season) the way we wanted to finish, Jones said. Thats unacceptable in our program. I take responsibility for that as the leader of this program. We have to do a better job of finishing.Tennessees slump makes this a different type of bowl season for the Vols.Each of the last two years, Tennessee posted one-sided bowl victories that capped late-season surges. Tennessees 45-6 Outback Bowl blowout of Northwestern last year highlighted a six-game winning streak to close the season. Two years ago, the Vols won four of their last five games, including a 45-28 TaxSlayer Bowl triumph over Iowa .Tennessees players say they remain as motivated as ever for the bowl game. Theyre eager to stay in their home state and correct the mistakes theyve made in their last few games.Well be excited to actually play another game and redeem ourselves from our last performance, quarterback Joshua Dobbs said.This isnt the way Tennessee anticipated ending its season. The Vols were picked to win the SEC Eastern Division title but finished behind Florida, a team they had beaten early in the season. They still had a legitimate shot at earning a Sugar Bowl bid until their loss to Vanderbilt.The recent struggles have Tennessee eager to address the long-term health of its program while also preparing for the bowl game.I will thoroughly, thoroughly examine everything in our football program in moving forward, Jones said. Every amount of time where Imm not recruiting or not in a home or not in a high school, Im examining that and will continue to do that.dddddddddddd Thats a process. You have to take the emotion out. You have to look at where youre at, you have to look at how far youve come and then you have to look at your deficiencies as a football team and a football program.Jones said one of Tennessees major offseason priorities is adding depth. A multitude of injuries and a porous defense prevented Tennessee from maintaining the form it showed early in the season.We have to continue to recruit that depth, Jones said. Our starting 22 could play with anybody in the country. I think we saw that starting out 5-0.Dobbs, defensive end Derek Barnett, offensive tackle Brett Kendrick, wide receiver Josh Malone and defensive tackle Kendal Vickers are the only Vols who started all 12 regular-season games. Injuries have caused Tennessee to start seven different offensive line combinations and 10 different secondary combinations. The defense lost tackles Kahlil McKenzie and Shy Tuttle, linebackers Jalen Reeves-Maybin and Quarte Sapp plus safety Evan Berry to season-ending injuries.The bad news on the injury front continued Monday when Jones announced offensive tackle Chance Hall has undergone surgery and will miss the Music City Bowl. Hall missed Tennessees last three regular-season games with a knee injury.All those injuries may help explain why defensive end LaTroy Lewis says this year is definitely not a disappointment, even though the Vols didnt live up to their preseason billing.I probably can sit here and talk to numerous friends playing around the country, and they would trade (for) our eight wins in a heartbeat, Lewis said.---More AP college football: www.collegefootball.ap.org and https://twitter.com/AP-Top25---Follow Steve Megargee at www.twitter.com/stevemegargee ' ' '