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1.	Avenging their worst loss of the season, which team did Miami drub 110-80 this week after a 125-95 defeat to the same team less than a month ago?
		Hornets
		Magic
		Spurs
		Lakers

2.	"That's NBA officiating folks." NBA referee William Spooner has sued AP sports writer Jon Krawczynski over a tweet the writer made suggesting the official would make up for a bad call in a game between these teams several weeks ago:
		Rockets-Timberwolves
		Celtics-Knicks
		Bulls-Lakers
		Mavericks-Nuggets

3.	Luis Salazar, a base coach for this team, had his eye removed in the aftermath of being hit by a batted ball during spring training:
		Rockies
		Cards
		A's
		Braves

4.	Look, the New York Mets said to this player during the week, we're sure that you're a perfectly swell dude and might catch on somewhere else, but we'd rather eat the remaining $6 million on your contract than have you play another day for us:
		Manny Acosta
		Jose Reyes
		Scott Hairston
		Luis Castillo

5.	Your defending World Champion San Francisco Giants could be without this key piece in their opening day lineup:
		Buster Posey
		Brian Wilson
		Tim Lincecum
		Freddy Sanchez

6.	A lot of bad feelings followed the ESPN 30 for 30 on Michigan's Fab Five, during which this contemporary was labeled an "Uncle Tom" by former Wolverine Jalen Rose:
		Othella Harrington
		Shawn Respert
		Grant Hill
		Joe Smith

7.	Ugh. This NFL headliner made the sports page in a controversial manner, likening the status of pro-slavery to "modern-day slavery."
		Joseph Addai
		Adrian Peterson
		Devon Hester
		Randy Moss

8.	"I didn't say that the NFL was slavery, I said that they parallel each other. Look up the word parallel...This means that they're not the same thing, but they run the same course. These paths will never cross, but they mirror each other." Which Pittsburgh Steeler defended Peterson in bewildering fashion?
		Flozell Adams
		Dennis Dixon
		James Harrison
		Rashard Mendenhall

9.	A man with a rather common name, John Baker, recorded an uncommon achievement this week. What was it?
		He became the youngest ever UFC champion
		He won the Iditarod
		He stopped all 50 shots he faced in an NHL game
		He won the Dakar rally

10.	Hi, I'm totally stand-up dude Jim Tressel, and to prove it, I voluntarily increased my proposed 2 game suspension for whatever the hell it was that I did wrong to:
		8 games
		6 games
		5 games
		3 games

11.	Joining UConn, Baylor and Tennessee, which was the other #1 in the women's tournament?
		Notre Dame
		Stanford
		Duke
		Little Sisters of the Poor

12.	One was a coach who's now a former coach, and the other was a former coach who is now a coach, as a result of college basketball hirings/firings this week?
		John Thompson III / Billy Tubbs
		Jeff Capel / Billy Gillispie
		Rick Majerus / Larry Brown
		Mike Jarvis / Mike Fratello

13.	Now, for the men's tournament lightning round of questions: This tournament team set some kind of record by winning their first round game without making a free throw:
		VCU
		Michigan
		Marquette
		Florida State

14.	The big bad Big East came into the tournament with a record 11 teams in the field. By the end of the weekend, the conference had this many participants in the Sweet Sixteen:
		11
		5
		2
		1
		*By way of explanation.....* Tim points out that the Big East has as many teams left in the tournament as do schools located in the city of Richmond, VA

15.	Between game segments, TV viewers of the NCAA games were treated to highlights backed by the sounds of this band, the "official" rock band of the men's basketball tournament:
		Black Eyed Peas
		Kings of Leon
		Owl City
		Paramore

16.	Which of the following was not a victor of the "First Four" round?
		USC
		Clemson
		UNC-Ashville
		Texas-San Antonio

17.	Bully to this college basketball coach, who racked up victory #900 during the tournament:
		Roy Williams
		Jim Larranaga
		Mike Krzyzewski
		Jim Boeheim

18.	If you were in an arena in three of the following cities, you were on-hand for one of the games through the tournament's first weekend. If you were in an arena in this city, we're not sure what you were doing:
		Cleveland
		Denver
		Washington, DC
		Wichita

19.	The Sweet Sixteen features four teams with a double digit seed, and three of 'em are from this region:
		East
		West
		Southeast
		Southwest

20.	The outcome of which of the following games hinged on a controversial, widely-debated five second call near the end of regulation?
		Arizona-Texas
		Syracuse-Marquette
		UNC-Washington
		West Virginia-Kentucky

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