SAN ANTONIO — Take the aura of Allen Fieldhouse, throw in a hint of the history of UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion, add a dash of North Carolina’s Dean Dome legacy, and top it off with a bit of Beale Street flair, compliments of Memphis.

Those four ingredients came together this weekend to create every college basketball enthusiast’s dream — the Final Four in San Antonio.

Fans of Memphis, UCLA, Kansas and North Carolina flocked to San Antonio for the final three games of the college basketball season and a weekend of warm weather and extra-curricular activities.

“San Antonio is a great city for the Final Four,” Overland Park freshman Jeff Brown said. “There are lots of activities, and it’s just fun to have all of the fans here enjoying the game.”

Hoops enthusiasts had more than basketball to keep them entertained along the tree-lined avenues of downtown San Antonio on Final Four weekend. Supporters of all four squads hit the River Walk entertainment district hard on Friday and Saturday night, carousing and chanting past midnight.

“I went down to Rita’s on the River Walk,” Ryan Robertson, former Kansas guard, said. “It’s the official KU bar, and just looking at the crowd, it looks like Jayhawk fans are out in full force.”

Friday afternoon each team held open practices at the Alamodome. Friday evening, Fall Out Boy and The Roots played at the AT&T block party in downtown San Antonio.

Saturday morning, ESPN brought its live College GameDay preview show to the RiverCenter Mall along the River Walk. The Kansas and UCLA cheer squads took turns performing behind the stage as analysts Dick Vitale, Digger Phelps and Bob Knight filmed the show.

By the time the show wrapped up midday, it was 80 degrees outside, about 25 degrees warmer than it was in Lawrence at the time.

“The city of San Antonio has been nice — I’m definitely impressed,” Eric Rizzuti, a Kansas fan from Kansas City, Mo., said. “But the weather has definitely been the best part of the trip so far.”

Because the Alamodome sits less than a mile from downtown San Antonio, fans streamed from their hotels near the River Walk to the venue early Saturday afternoon. Kansas fans belted “Rock Chalk Jayhawk” and UCLA fans answered with “U-C-L-A!”

Fans of all four teams turned the plaza outside the Alamodome into a sprawling tailgate party, imbibing beverages and trading friendly taunts as they waited in line at the venue’s security checkpoint.

In addition to playing host to the Final Four, San Antonio held the National Association of Basketball Coaches Convention and the DiGiorno College All-Star Game during the weekend. Fans posed for pictures with Michigan State coach Tom Izzo and Boston College coach Al Skinner as they strolled the River Walk.

There are plenty of distractions in bustling San Antonio, but basketball remains the main attraction. With their victory Saturday night against North Carolina, the Jayhawks earned a berth in Monday’s national title game and earned some fans a few extra days in Texas.

—Edited by Sasha Roe