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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