1. | This conference can claim hegemony over all others, as it sends seven teams to the NCAA tournament: | ||
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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? | ||
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2 | ||
0 | |||
3 | |||
1 | |||
By way of explanation.....
Big East newcomers Creighton and Xavier join conference mainstays Villanova and Providence in the tournament |
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3. | They're the Jaspers: | ||
Louisiana-Lafayette | |||
Dayton | |||
Milwaukee | |||
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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? | ||
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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 |
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5. |
If you're this team, well, then, you're not involved in one of the |
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Albany | |||
Tennessee | |||
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Louisiana-Lafayette | ||
Cal Poly | |||
6. | This year's Final Four will be held in a city in this state: | ||
Washington | |||
Illinois | |||
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Texas | ||
Florida | |||
7. | Step forward if you are a city which will hold a regional final. Not so fast there..... | ||
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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?) |
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St. Louis | |||
UMass | |||
Eastern Kentucky | |||
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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 | |||
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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 | |||
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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 | |||
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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 | |||
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No, it was Boston College | ||
No, it was Maryland | |||
13. | This school doesn't feature "Blue" as part of its nickname: | ||
Duke | |||
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Tulsa | ||
Creighton | |||
Delaware | |||
By way of explanation.....
Tulsa are the Golden Hurricane |
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14. |
This conference championship featured |
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Pac-12 | |||
Big 12 | |||
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Big 10 | ||
SEC | |||
15. | Chauncey could tell you that this school's mascot is a big ol' rooster: | ||
Mercer | |||
Gonzaga | |||
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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 | |||
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New York | ||
Texas | |||
By way of explanation.....
The Empire State only send three teams to the dance |
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17. | Meanwhile, for the first time since 1973, there will be no tournament teams from this basketball-mad state: | ||
Ohio | |||
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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 | |||
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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 | |||
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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: | ||
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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 |
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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 | |||
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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 | |||
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5th | ||
8th | |||
9th | |||
By way of explanation.....
Only Pete Maravich, Freeman Williams, Lionel Simmons and Alphonso Ford have more career points than Dougie Buckets |
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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 | |||
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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 | |||
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San Diego State | ||
By way of explanation.....
Steve Fisher's group are the Aztecs; Kansas State and Kentucky are also Wildcats |
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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 | |||
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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 | |||
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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 | |||
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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 | |||
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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 | |||
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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? |
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George Washington | |||
New Mexico State | |||
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VCU | ||
Memphis | |||