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How Well Do You Know: 2/10/14-2/16/14
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1. College basketball keeps a-rollin' along. This school was ranked this week for the first time since the 1984-85 season:
SMU
Pepperdine
St. John's
University of the Pacific
 
2. Monday night saw your Kansas Jayhawks give up an overtime loss to this Big 12 opponent:
Texas
Texas Tech
Kansas State
Oklahoma
 
3. The boys from this institution of higher learning handed San Diego State its first Mountain West Conference loss of the year:
Wyoming
UNLV
Colorado State
Boise State
 
4. Syracuse escapes the weekend, though juuuuuuust barely. The Orange hit a last-second three Wednesday night, then eked out another win Saturday in the closing seconds. These victories came against these two teams, respectively:
Maryland and Virginia
NC State and Clemson
Florida State and Boston College
Pitt and NC State
 
5. And Arizona lost for just the second time this season Friday night, as ASU beat the Wildcats:
In regulation
In overtime
In double overtime
In triple overtime
 
6. If your Olympics viewing was made all the poorer by Bob Costas' disappearance from the air for several days, then blame this ailment, which forced the NBC broadcaster to be sidelined:
Strep
Mono
Pinkeye
Amoria phebitis
 
7. Sandwiching a terrific shootout win over Russia, the US men's hockey team enjoyed 7-1 and 5-1 cakewalks over these Group A opponents:
Norway and Slovenia
Japan and Slovokia
Slovakia and Slovenia
Czech Republic and Austria
 
8. Faulty suits were blamed for the US's surprisingly poor showing in this event:
Curling
Speed skating
Downhill skiing
Ski jumping
 
9. And while this Olympian did not medal during the games, s/he did win wide acclaim in jumping a fence to meet up with a recovering leukemia patient after a qualification round:
Shani Davis
Lindsey Jacobellis
Gretchen Bleiler
Shaun White
 
10. As the NBA All-Star break approached, this team's mascot required reconstructive surgery to replace a broken nose suffered during a bizarre running-into-the-basket-stanchion injury:
Rockets
Nuggets
Suns
Pelicans
 
11. And verily, the All-Star Game came and went, with the result being a:
14 point win for the East
8 point win for the East
8 point win for the West
14 point win for the West
 
12. This upcoming MLB season will be the Hooray for Jeter tour. Entering what will be his final season, the Yankees captain has achieved each of the following, except for:
Rookie of the Year
AL MVP
Gold Glove winner
World Series MVP
 




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