March Madness - nicknames

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Across
  1. 2. a swamp creature with a powerful bite
  2. 4. rams from richmond
  3. 7. cavaliers from north of North Carolina
  4. 9. cardinals north of Tennessee
  5. 12. horned frogs from the lone star state
  6. 13. the spartans from the Great lakes
  7. 16. boilermaker from Indiana
  8. 18. bulldogs from the south
  9. 20. knights from the sunshine state
  10. 22. wolverines from the Great Lakes
  11. 23. the Jayhawks from middle of the country
  12. 24. our neighbors the buckeyes
  13. 25. the saints from New York
  14. 28. cougars from a border state
  15. 29. the zips next to us
  16. 30. crimson tide from the Gulf
  17. 31. badgers from the cheese state
  18. 33. broncos from Calofornia
  19. 35. wildcats south of Indiana
  20. 36. another name for a tornado
  21. 37. a blackspot on a heel
  22. 38. gaels from the Golden State
Down
  1. 1. rainbow warriors from the aloha state
  2. 3. vandals next to Wyoming
  3. 5. a Husky dog from a New England state
  4. 6. wildcats from PA
  5. 8. panthers from carolina
  6. 10. cowboys from the Gulf
  7. 11. sharks from the Big Apple
  8. 14. the paladins from Carolina
  9. 15. volunteers from south of Kentucky
  10. 17. the Blue devils
  11. 19. commodores north of Mississippi
  12. 21. bulldogs from Washington
  13. 25. red storm to our north
  14. 26. a bird's eye from a corn state
  15. 27. razorbacks from a gulf state
  16. 32. Quakers from the keystone state
  17. 34. wildcats from a dry state