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This day in sports history August 27

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Aug. 27, 2007: The NCAA Executive Committee approves a new seating configuration that will increase capacity to about 70,000 at the Men’s Final Four beginning in 2009, creating sections that will put thousands of students courtside for the national championship. The Executive Committee authorized the purchase of temporary seating to be transported and installed at all Final Four sites. 

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Aug. 27, 1959: Ownership of the National Collegiate Athletic Bureau is authorized.

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