1. | The post-season college basketball merry-go-round began this week when Furious Frank Martin left his job at Kansas State for this SEC school: | ||
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South Carolina | ||
Auburn | |||
Georgia Tech | |||
Maryland | |||
2. | ....and Kansas State scooped up the coach most recently of: | ||
Colorado State | |||
Providence | |||
New Mexico | |||
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Illinois | ||
3. | If you want to send congratulations to the man named the AP men's basketball coach of the year, then address your correspondence to the campus of: | ||
Indiana | |||
Kentucky | |||
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Missouri | ||
Syracuse | |||
4. | A three-car crash with two laps to go opened the door for Ryan "Hello" Newman to claim victory at the weekend's Sprint Cup race held at: | ||
Phoenix | |||
Bristol | |||
Charlotte | |||
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Martinsville | ||
5. | If you've been paying attention to your NFL news, you'll know this famous ex-coach is the name most frequently bandied about to head up the Saints while Sean Payton is in his room thinking about what he's done: | ||
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Bill Parcells | ||
Mike Ditka | |||
Tony Dungy | |||
Jon Gruden | |||
6. | Are you ready for some football? If so, you gotta wait until Wednesday, September 5, when the NFL season will begin with this divisional matchup that features a participant of February's Super Bowl: | ||
Patriots and Jets | |||
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Giants and Cowboys | ||
Giants and Eagles | |||
Patriots and Dolphins | |||
7. | If you're like us, you filled out an NIT bracket so you definitely know that the champion was: | ||
Washington | |||
Minnesota | |||
UMass | |||
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Stanford | ||
8. | You may also have followed the College Basketball Invitational, where this team triumphed in a best-of-three final: | ||
Butler | |||
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Pittsburgh | ||
Washington State | |||
Oregon | |||
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But only the hardest of the hardcore can correctly |
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Utah State | |||
Fairfield | |||
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Mercer | ||
Oakland | |||
10. | A group featuring this L.A. sports hero ponied up some major semolians to buy the Dodgers: | ||
Tommy Lasorda | |||
Marcus Allen | |||
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Magic Johnson | ||
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | |||
11. | These two MLB teams racked up some major airmiles as they jetted to and from Japan to start the baseball season, splitting a two-game set in the process: | ||
Dodgers and Giants | |||
Cubs and Cardinals | |||
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Oakland and Seattle | ||
Texas and Royals | |||
12. | Rajon Rondo tallied a triple double as the Celtics woodshedded this title contender Sunday: | ||
Chicago | |||
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Miami | ||
Oklahoma City | |||
L.A. Lakers | |||
13. | The OPJ staff was only partly appeased when the NFL decided thusly regarding its weird over overtime rules: | ||
College-style overtime rules will be adopted for both regular season and playoffs | |||
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The rules in place for the playoffs will also be in place for the regular season | ||
The playoffs will be played with the old, regular season overtime rules | |||
College-style overtime rules will be adopted for the playoffs only | |||
14. | At the age of 49, Jamie Moyer will be in the starting rotation for this team: | ||
Phillies | |||
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Rockies | ||
Diamondbacks | |||
Blue Jays | |||
15. | Former Rockie Ubaldo Jimenez is now off of many Christmas card lists in Colorado after beaning this former teammate in a spring training game: | ||
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Troy Tulowitzki | ||
Todd Helton | |||
Carlos Gonzalez | |||
Jason Giambi | |||
16. | The Knicks will be without this key player for the remainder of the season: | ||
Carmelo Anthony | |||
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Jeremy Lin | ||
Amare Stoudamire | |||
Baron Davis | |||
By way of explanation.....
Yes, that's right...it's a Linjury. |
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17. | Add up the seeds of the women's Final Four, and you'll get this number: | ||
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4 | ||
5 | |||
8 | |||
10 | |||
18. | If you watched the women's Final Four live in person, then you found yourself in this western city: | ||
Portland | |||
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Denver | ||
Salt Lake City | |||
San Diego | |||
19. | Conversely, the men's Final Four was contested in: | ||
Washington, DC | |||
Dallas | |||
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New Orleans | ||
Miami | |||
20. | The two teams that fell just short of the championship game in the men's Final Four represented these two conference: | ||
The ACC and the Pac 10 | |||
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The Big East and the Big 10 | ||
The Big 12 and the SEC | |||
The SEC and the Big East | |||