With the field set for the National Collegiate Athletic Association men’s basketball tournament, let others agonize over their brackets. The Am Law Daily’s focus is on the lawyers and law firms with ties to the NCAA and the nation’s top college sports conferences.

This year, the money-minting event known as March Madness will culminate with the Final Four in Dallas on April 5 and 7. Among those scheduled to play prominent roles in the weekend festivities are Terdema Ussery, a former Morrison & Foerster associate who serves as president and CEO of the National Basketball Association’s Dallas Mavericks and sits on the host committee’s board of directors.