1. | If you want to catch the Final Four games this year, make sure your peepers are set to this network: | ||
CBS | |||
TNT | |||
TBS | |||
truTV | |||
2. | All teams in the tournament are looking to this city as their ultimate destination, as it will host the Final Four this year: | ||
San Antonio | |||
Tallahassee | |||
Detroit | |||
Seattle | |||
3. | Eight teams will start their journey with an initial stop in this city, which you might have heard of, host of the First Four games: | ||
Sacramento | |||
Baton Rouge | |||
Dayton | |||
Cheyenne | |||
4. | And the list of cities that host regional finals is as follows: Los Angeles, Kansas City, Atlanta and Boston. Wait. That isn't right. Kansas City isn't right. What city will host the Midwest final? | ||
Omaha | |||
St. Louis | |||
Indianapolis | |||
Oklahoma City | |||
5. | The list of conferences which boast a #1 seed in this year's tourney includes all of the following, except: | ||
Big East | |||
Big 12 | |||
Big 10 | |||
ACC | |||
6. | And speaking of top regional seeds, it's the number that won their conference tournament: | ||
1 | |||
2 | |||
3 | |||
4 | |||
7. | Let's look at some of the waves that various teams rode into the tournament. These guys recorded the rare feat of playing three overtime games in their conference tournament: | ||
Texas A&M | |||
Providence | |||
Tennessee | |||
West Virginia | |||
8. | Meanwhile, they punched their ticket by hitting a three-pointer with a second left. On the road. Against a team that had beaten them *23* straight times. Who are these crazy kids? | ||
UMBC | |||
Georgia State | |||
Stephen F. Austin | |||
Davidson | |||
9. | They enter March Madness with the most wins (31) of any team in the field: | ||
Villanova | |||
Virginia | |||
Gonzaga | |||
Michigan | |||
10. | On the total opposite side of the coin, break out your countin' fingers and count all the way up to 19. That's how many losses these fellas have to their names this year: | ||
UNC-Greensboro | |||
Arizona State | |||
Texas Southern | |||
Marshall | |||
11. | The campus of this school must have gone bonkers over the weekend, as it earned its first ever admission into the NCAA tournament: | ||
Wright State | |||
Lipscomb | |||
South Dakota State | |||
Charleston | |||
12. | Meanwhile, this is team with the longest drought before dancing again this year, earning its first bid since 1985 (which, we realize, predates the birth of a good segment of our audience): | ||
Radford | |||
Loyola-Chicago | |||
North Carolina Central | |||
Duke | |||
13. | You can't spell Cal State without "cattle." This observation has nothing to do with the fact that this year's field includes which of the following Cal State schools? | ||
Northridge | |||
Fullerton | |||
Long Beach | |||
San Bernadino | |||
14. | No tournament would be complete without a team from the Ivy League. This year, say hey to the: | ||
Big Green | |||
Quakers | |||
Crimson | |||
Tigers | |||
15. | Think back. No, farther. Now that's too far. Of last year's Final Four participants, it's the number that made the tournament this year: | ||
1 | |||
2 | |||
3 | |||
4 | |||
By way of explanation.....
In this year: UNC and Gonzaga. Didn't make it this year: Oregon and South Carolina |
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16. | This conference wants you to acknowledge its hegemony, as it sent the greatest number of teams to the tournament this year. | ||
SEC | |||
Big 12 | |||
Big East | |||
ACC | |||
By way of explanation.....
ACC - 9; SEC - 8; Big 12 - 7; Big East - 6 |
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17. | If you believe the whole ranking-the-field-top-to-bottom thing, this school was one of the Last Four to make the field: | ||
Arizona | |||
Notre Dame | |||
Syracuse | |||
Butler | |||
18. | Finally, let's see how well you know the nicknames of some of the schools in the tournament. For example, which of the following are the Highlanders? | ||
San Diego State | |||
Radford | |||
Lipscomb | |||
Iona | |||
19. | They're the Raiders: | ||
St. Bonaventure | |||
New Mexico State | |||
South Dakota State | |||
Wright State | |||
20. | They're the Bison. And They're the Bulls: | ||
Bucknell and LIU-Brooklyn | |||
Bucknell and Buffalo | |||
Buffalo and Bucknell | |||
Buffalo and LIU-Brooklyn | |||