TOWSON, Md. – Four Towson men's basketball Hall of Famers will be Lucas Oil Stadium during the two Final Four games and the national championship. Cutouts of Pat McKinley, Kurk Lee, Chuck Lightening and Gary Neal are included in a promotion that will assist two charities.

With seating limited to 25 percent in Indianapolis, the NCAA established a program where fans could purchase cutouts to have displayed. Proceeds of the program will benefit both the United Way's Central Indiana COVID-19 Recovery and Rebound effort and Hilinski's Hope, a national nonprofit promoting awareness and education of student-athlete mental health and awareness.

Each of the 350 Division I schools had the opportunity to include four Final Four Heroes to be included in the crowd.

McKinley is Towson's all-time leader in rebounds (1,421) and ranks second in both points (1,832) and blocked shots (229). As a senior, he led the Tigers to a 27-3 mark, the best record in school history as the team finished the season as the number one-ranked team in NCAA Division II. McKinley was a three-time All-Mason-Dixon Conference selection and earned All-American honors from Basketball Weekly. He was drafted by the NBA's Washington Bullets (now Wizards) in 1977 and inducted into the Towson Hall of Fame in 1993.

Lee scored 1,541 points in two seasons as a Tiger and is the sixth-leading scorer in Towson men's basketball history. He earned East Coast Conference (ECC) Player of the Year honors, was named first team All-ECC and led the league in scoring and steals both seasons. He was a key member of Towson's 1990 ECC title team, the first Tiger men's basketball team to reach the NCAA Tournament. Towson drew No. 1 ranked Oklahoma in the opening round. Lee led all scorers with 30 points in the contest in a 77-68 loss. Lee played one season in the NBA with the New Jersey Nets and was inducted into the Towson Hall of Fame in 2000.

In three seasons at Towson, Lightening scored 1,305 points (14^th on the all-time list) and was a key member of Towson's three straight conference East Coast Conference (ECC) championship teams from 1990-92. In the 1991 NCAA Tournament against Ohio State, he scored a game-high 26 points, including a highlight reel dunk in the Tigers' 97-86 loss and was honored as the CBS-TV Player of the Game. A two-time first team All-ECC selection, Lightening was inducted into the Towson Hall of Fame in 2003.

In two seasons at Towson, Neal scored 1,254 points, including a school-record 810 as a senior, and is one of only three players in college basketball history to score 1,000 points at two different Division I schools (he scored 1,041 at La Salle). He was among the top five scorers in the nation in each his junior and senior years. In 2006-07, he was a first team All-Colonial Athletic Association selection and named a Mid-Major All-American. After three seasons oversees, Neal spent seven seasons in the NBA with six teams, averaging 9.9 points per game. In 2011, he was named to the NBA All-Rookie Team as a member of the San Antonio Spurs. Neal was inducted into the Towson Hall of Fame in 2019 and has a member of Pat Skerry's basketball operations staff, as a Graduate Manager, since 2019-20. 

Baylor and Houston will square off in the first semi-final Saturday, April 3 at 5 p.m., with Gonzaga and UCLA meeting at 8:30. The winners play Monday night, April 5, for the national title.