Houston appears to have adopted its logo first. According to the website sportslogos.net, the University of Houston started using its current logo in 2012.

The newly-unveiled logo for the NCAA Men's Final Four, an event to be played in Houston in 2023, features several nods to Space City.

Executives from the NCAA and the Houston Local Organizing Committee, along with Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner and the head men’s basketball coaches from four local Division I host institutions ...