Across
- 2. Interior player
- 5. Metal Ring above the court
- 6. Primary ball handler
- 9. Pass leading directly to a score
- 11. Season ender
- 14. Shot taken just before the game ends
- 15. High percentage shot near the rim
- 16. Event where reporters meet the coach after the game
- 17. Off the backboard
- 19. Timer restricting possession length
- 23. To bounce the ball while running
- 24. Printable grid that never survives long
- 26. A number that matters until it suddenly doesn't
- 27. 2-pointer delivered with flair
- 29. Day of the week the march madness bracket is selected
- 31. Non starters
- 33. Round of 8 teams
- 36. Win by the team no one picked
- 37. Game stoppage requested by a team
- 38. Screen-and-____ action
Down
- 1. Defense that covers the entire court
- 3. Shot made from beyond the arc
- 4. Tournament darling with unlikely momentum
- 7. Illegal contact
- 8. Stage where only two more wins remain
- 10. Small bits of paper tossed in celebration
- 12. Round featuring 16 teams
- 13. Game with double digits in two stat categories
- 14. Defensive rejection
- 18. When fouls start giving away points
- 20. Team Leader
- 21. Defensive scheme
- 22. Shot that misses everything
- 25. Miscue that fuels a fast break the other way
- 28. Uncontested shot from the line
- 30. Nothing but ______
- 32. Advance in the bracket
- 34. Pre-game buzz
- 35. Stripes-wearer in March