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Answers:

1. Let's start easy. Who was named the tournament Most Outstanding Player?
Brian Zoubek
Jon Scheyer
Kyle Singler
Lance Thomas
 
2. The final game featured teams from which two states?
North Carolina and Indiana
North Carolina and Ohio
South Carolina and Kentucky
Ohio and Tennessee
 
3. Butler's narrow loss in the fantastic final game ended the Bulldogs' streak at _______ straight wins:
19
25
21
28
 
4. The Big East entered the tournament with a nation-best 8 teams in the field, yet generally disappointed. Which of the Big East teams did not win a single game in the tournament?
Georgetown
Syracuse
Villanova
Pittsburgh
 
5. Chicago teenager Alex Herrmann made news during the tournament by supposedly having a perfect bracket through the first two rounds. What made this item more news-worthy is that Herrmann:
Is the son of the NCAA tournament selection chairman
Is autistic
Had a perfect bracket in last year's tournament
Claims to have never watched a single college basketball game
 
6. Which of these regional finals represented a #1 seed vs a #2 seed?
Michigan State/Tennessee
Duke/Baylor
Kentucky/West Virginia
Butler/Kansas State
 
7. Jimmer Fredette's 37 points was the best single-game scoring effort in the tournament. For which team does Jimmer play?
Xavier
Kansas State
BYU
Washington
 
8. Jimmer Fredette's scoring mark came in a first-round, double-overtime game in which BYU beat Florida. Which of the following contests also took 50 minutes of game time to decide?
Maryland/Houston
Cornell/Wisconsin
Kansas State/Xavier
Old Dominion/Baylor
 
9. Old Dominion was the first victor in the tournament. A team from which conference was on the losing end?
SEC
Mountain West
ACC
Big East
 
10. Duke's win in the final gave the ACC a .643 winning percentage. This record was matched by which other conference (among those conferences with at least four teams in the field)?



 
11. The roster of this team featured five Australians, including three starters:
Washington
Murray State
Montana
St. Mary's
 
12. Which of the following did not beat a #1 seed?
Butler
Northern Iowa
West Virginia
Duke
 
13. Which team competed during the tournament with the motto "Fear the beard"?
Kansas State
Ohio
Syracuse
Gonzaga
 
14. Since the field was expanded to 64 teams in 1985, no team has ever won its first four games by a smaller amount than Michigan State. The Spartans got to the Final Four by outscoring their opponents by a total of:
32 points
6 points
18 points
13 points
 
15. West Virginia lost its point guard when Darryl Bryant broke his foot during practice in the week leading up to the Sweet 16. What is Bryant's nickname?
Horse
Truck
Heavy
Mittens
 
16. Which teams wore the dark jerseys for the Final Four games?
Butler and Duke
Michigan State and West Virginia
Michigan State and Duke
Butler and West Virginia
 
17. Did the school whose logo is seen here:

win at least one game during the tournament?
No, they weren't in the tournament.
No, they lost in the first round
Yes, they reached the Field of 32
Yes, they reached the Sweet 16
 
18. Who beat the Gauchos, Yellow Jackets and Buckeyes?
Kentucky
Kansas State
Tennessee
Michigan State
 
19. Duke saw both its men's and women's teams reach the Elite 8 of their respective NCAA tournaments. Which of the other schools recorded this same achievement?
Baylor
Tennessee
Butler
Kentucky
 
20. Cornell was one of the darlings of the tournament. Before bowing out against Kentucky, the Big Red won games against teams from which conferences?
Big 12 and Pac 10
Atlantic 10 and Big 10
Missouri Valley and Big East
Pac 10 and Southland
 
21. Which two conferences had multiple teams in the Elite 8?
ACC and Big East
SEC and ACC
Big East and Big 10
Big 12 and SEC
 
22. Quick. Add up the seeds of the teams in the Final Four, and you'll get this number:
8
6
13
18
 
23. The play-in game saw:
Arkansas-Pine Bluff beat Winthrop
Lehigh beat Winthrop
Vermont beat Arkansas-Pine Bluff
Winthrop beat East Tennessee State
 
24. After #12 Cornell, which was the highest seeded team in the Sweet 16?
Washington
Baylor
Northern Iowa
Purdue
 
25. So, what's the correct spelling of the last name of Northern Iowa breakout star Ali?
Faorkhmanehs
Farokhmanesh
Forakmanesh
Faroukamensh
 




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