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1.	This conference can claim hegemony over all others, as it sends seven teams to the NCAA tournament:
		Big 12
		Big East
		ACC
		AAC

2.	Now, close your eyes and put on your thinkin' caps. Four teams will represent the Big East in the tournament. How many were new to the conference this year?
		2
		0
		3
		1
		*By way of explanation.....* Big East newcomers Creighton and Xavier join conference mainstays Villanova and Providence in the tournament

3.	They're the Jaspers:
		Louisiana-Lafayette
		Dayton
		Milwaukee
		Manhattan

4.	Of the four #1 seeds in this year's field - Florida, Virginia, Wichita State and Arizona - which entered last year's field with the best seeding?
		Florida
		Virginia
		Wichita State
		Arizona
		*By way of explanation.....* In last year's tournament, Florida was a #3 seed, Arizona a #6 and Wichita State a #9 seed; Virignia did not make the field last year

5.	If you're this team, well, then, you're not involved in one of the ~~first round~~ play-in games:
		Albany
		Tennessee
		Louisiana-Lafayette
		Cal Poly

6.	This year's Final Four will be held in a city in this state:
		Washington
		Illinois
		Texas
		Florida

7.	Step forward if you are a city which will hold a regional final. Not so fast there.....
		Denver
		Memphis
		New York
		Anaheim

8.	Stop: mascot time. This is the mascot for which tournament team? (Need a hint? Does it help at all if we tell you this particular dog is a terrier?)
		St. Louis
		UMass
		Eastern Kentucky
		Wofford

9.	Wichita State enter the tournament on the heels of an undefeated season...which means they haven't lost since last year's tournament. Can you remember the team that last beat the Shockers?
		Syracuse
		Michigan
		Ohio State
		Louisville

10.	Falling just short of Wichita State's 34 consecutive victories this season is largely unheralded Stephen F. Austin, which has won _______ straight:
		31
		26
		28
		32

11.	This years Ivy League's champions wear:
		The Yale Blue of the Bulldogs
		The black and orange of the Tigers
		The red and blue of the Quakers
		The crimson of....the Crimson

12.	Syracuse was well on its way to an undefeated season, winning its first 25 games of the year. Is the team that handed the Orange its first loss of the season in the tournament field?
		Yes, it was Virginia
		Yes, it was Duke
		No, it was Boston College
		No, it was Maryland

13.	This school doesn't feature "Blue" as part of its nickname:
		Duke
		Tulsa
		Creighton
		Delaware
		*By way of explanation.....* Tulsa are the Golden Hurricane

14.	This conference championship featured ~~inter-~~ ~~intra-~~ same-state rivals in its title game:
		Pac-12
		Big 12
		Big 10
		SEC

15.	Chauncey could tell you that this school's mascot is a big ol' rooster:
		Mercer
		Gonzaga
		Coastal Carolina
		Easter Kentucky

16.	Getting geographic, we find that each of these states send 4 teams to the field of sixty-something, except for:
		California
		North Carolina
		New York
		Texas
		*By way of explanation.....* The Empire State only send three teams to the dance

17.	Meanwhile, for the first time since 1973, there will be no tournament teams from this basketball-mad state:
		Ohio
		Indiana
		Louisiana
		Oklahoma

18.	Speaking of the wayback machine, this tournament team won its conference outright for the first time in 33 years this season:
		Providence
		Iowa State
		Virginia
		New Mexico State

19.	Storming out of the Big West conference, Cal Poly will play in their very first tournament ever. So, get ready to root for the:
		Anteaters
		Gauchos
		Gorillas
		Mustangs

20.	Two teams in the field this year secured spots without having a winning record. One is Cal Poly, who we were just talking about, at 13-19. The other is:
		Mount St. Mary's
		Albany
		North Dakota State
		Wofford
		*By way of explanation.....* The Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers enter with a .500 record of 16-16

21.	Father of our country, inventor of the finger roll....George Washington later lent his name to a university, which you'll find in:
		Illinois
		Washington, DC
		South Carolina
		Pennsylvania

22.	Here's hoping that the NCAA tournament will provide a fitting swan song for Creighton's Doug McDermott, who enters in this position on the all-time scoring list:
		7th
		5th
		8th
		9th
		*By way of explanation.....* Only Pete Maravich, Freeman Williams, Lionel Simmons and Alphonso Ford have more career points than Dougie Buckets

23.	Put together a perfect bracket and you can win $1 billion - which many consider to be a lot of money - courtesy of this very, very rich man:
		Rupert Murdoch
		Bill Gates
		Warren Buffett
		Mark Cuban

24.	Good grief, there are a lot of Wildcats in this year's field. Each of the following call themselves the Wildcats, except for:
		Arizona
		Weber State
		Villanova
		San Diego State
		*By way of explanation.....* Steve Fisher's group are the Aztecs; Kansas State and Kentucky are also Wildcats

25.	Meanwhile, if you cheer for the Eagles, you'll have to specify whether you're rooting for North Carolina Central or:
		Wofford
		Mercer
		St. Louis
		American

26.	They finished with a 21-13 record, and a 7-9 conference record. They are Milwaukee, and play on in March after winning the __________ conference tournament title:
		C-USA
		Horizon
		American East
		Missouri Valley

27.	The fellas coached by this man come into the tournament with the season's hardest strength of schedule:
		Mike Krzyzewski
		Bill Self
		Shaka Smart
		Tom Izzo

28.	The list of teams having held the #1 spot in the AP Poll this season include #1 seeds Arizona and Florida. Of the following, which team was not at the top of the polls at some point during the season?
		Kentucky
		Michigan State
		Syracuse
		Louisville

29.	And now for something completely different, three different networks will air the national semifinals this year....which means, if you tune into the following on April 5, you won't be seeing any live college basketball:
		TBS
		TNT
		TruTV
		CBS

30.	Can you infer from the the mascot, the cheerleaders and the colors in this photo which tournament team's supporters are shown here?
		George Washington
		New Mexico State
		VCU
		Memphis