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  1. 2. The last player to win Final Four MOP in consecutive seasons, and current ESPN analyst who once bit into a cupcake with a lit candle on air
  2. 3. Along with Pete Maravich, this former Notre Dame star is 1 of 2 players in Division I history with multiple 1,000-point seasons
  3. 6. Division I's only Vaqueros, for short
  4. 9. On Feb. 23, 2011, this Providence star scored 15 points in the final 3 minutes against Notre Dame to bring him to 52 points for the game -- the most points in a losing effort in Big East history
  5. 14. Greek letter that preceded "Slama Jama" in 1980s Houston Cougars nickname
  6. 15. Fletcher Magee, Division I's all-time 3-point leader, played at Wofford College in this state
  7. 16. D-I team with the most 3-pointers over the last 10 seasons
  8. 17. Under Duggar Baucom, this school led D-I in points per game 5 seasons in a row, from 2006-07 to 2010-11
  9. 19. Last number 1 overall NBA Draft pick from Big Ten
  10. 20. Network that aired the 2022 National Championship Game in the United States
  11. 22. State that is home to the Jacksonville State University Gamecocks
  12. 25. Marquette's nickname when it won the 1977 National Championship
  13. 29. He scored 46 points in a legendary 3-OT game at Allen Fieldhouse in 2016, though his team lost
  14. 30. The school that won the 1966 National Championship, as it is known now
  15. 31. The name of this 8,000-seater before it became "A Sub Above"
  16. 32. Before Jalen Suggs, this Gators star was the last Top-5 NBA Draft pick with an NCAA Tournament buzzer-beater
  17. 33. School with the most NCAA Tournament wins without a national championship (44)
  18. 34. The most recent Division I player to block 100 shots 3 seasons in a row, he was infamously picked ahead of James Harden and Stephen Curry in the 2009 NBA Draft
  19. 35. A big-time freshman, according to Dickie V
  20. 37. U.S. President the last time a Big Ten or Pac-12 team won a National Title
  21. 40. The top recruit in the Class of 2007, and an NBA Champion with the Cleveland Cavaliers
  22. 43. Round before the Final Four
  23. 46. Currently the head man at Tarleton State, he's been a head coach of 4 Division I teams in the state of Texas alone (plus Kentucky)
  24. 47. Danny Granger started his college career at this MVC school before transferring to New Mexico and becoming a 1st round pick
  25. 49. The all-time leading scorer in a single NCAA Tournament with 184 points, or a popular side dish
  26. 50. He scored 47 points in a win over (7) North Carolina in 2016, the most points ever scored by a freshman in a win over an AP Top-10 opponent
  27. 52. Nickname of the ACC star who was the last Wooden Award winner to return to school before Tshiebwe
  28. 56. Division I's 21st century leading scorer with 3,225 points, he played for the Fighting Camels
  29. 57. MOP of the 2002 Final Four and current Division I head coach
  30. 58. Iconic MTE that relocated to Las Vegas, for 2021 only
  31. 60. Pascal Siakam's college team
  32. 61. Big 5 school guard who won the Wooden Award
  33. 62. The Big Ten's all-time leader in steals, and now a medical student
  34. 63. School with each of the top-10 highest attendance figures on record for an on-campus regular season game
  35. 64. He had Division I's last 1,000-point season
  36. 65. School with the most national championships since 1995
  37. 66. He averaged over 20 points per game in 2002-03 at Kent State, but will be a Hall of Famer in a different pro sport
  38. 68. Last name of well-known referee "TV Teddy"
  39. 69. BYU star who is Division I's triple-doubles leader since assists became official in 1983-84
  40. 70. Syracuse sharpshooter with the highest-scoring game in the NCAA Tournament since 2000 (43 pts)
  41. 71. Former Colorado State star who is the Mountain West Conference's all-time leading rebounder
  42. 72. Former Mississippi State star who is Division I's all-time leader in blocked shots, with 564; he blocked 31 shots in his brief NBA career
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  1. 1. Current head coach of the only Big Ten school that has never won an NCAA Tournament game
  2. 3. Division I's single-season 3-pt FG record holder with 162, he set the mark in 2008, while leading his team to the Elite 8
  3. 4. The starting shooting guard on Florida's back-to-back national championship winning teams, and the only 1 of the 10 starters in the '06 National Final that never played in the NBA
  4. 5. Former ACC reserve who led Division I in blocked shots in 2021-22
  5. 7. Racers star who is the last to record a triple-double in the NCAA Tournament
  6. 8. Former UVA and Northern Iowa guard who made a halfcourt buzzer-beater to win an NCAA Tournament game against Texas in 2016
  7. 10. 2-time Big Sky Player of the Year who has earned well over $100 million in the NBA
  8. 11. All-time assists leader in D-I history, and current Arizona State head coach (first and last name)
  9. 12. He beat the buzzer to hand Duke its first non-conference home loss since 2000
  10. 13. The school at which Rick Pitino earned his first career Division I head coaching win
  11. 18. The first coach to win 2 NCAA Tournaments; a Big 12 arena is named partially in his honor
  12. 21. Home to the Arizona Wildcats since 1973
  13. 23. This Jayhawks star did not win a national title, but he did set the Division I career record for field goal pct at 74.6%
  14. 24. Leading scorer in D-I history, despite only playing 3 seasons of varsity
  15. 26. Recently deceased legend who is the only player in D-I history to average 20 PPG & 20 RPG for a career and be a national champion
  16. 27. Former Marquette star who is the only Big East player with consecutive 40-point outings
  17. 28. Among the most prolific 3-point shooting centers in Division I history, he made 91 3s in the 2005-06 season for coach John Beilein
  18. 36. Only freshman to win Wooden Award and a National Championship in the same season
  19. 38. Winner of the first-ever NCAA Tournament, held in 1939; at the time, they were known as the Webfoots
  20. 39. Nickname of the head coach with the most National Titles (10) in Division I history
  21. 41. The conference with the most post-midnight ET tips, mostly due to Hawaii's 2012-13 arrival
  22. 42. Auburn student section
  23. 44. Danny Manning and the Miracles won it all in 1988 with this number of losses, the most ever by a National Champion
  24. 45. Dwyane Wade's coach at Marquette
  25. 46. Preseason AP No. 1 team in each of the last 2 seasons
  26. 48. Current head coach of the most recent Division I program to win consecutive National Championships
  27. 51. 1 of 2 father-son pairings to each coach in the Final Four (last name only)
  28. 53. Only coach to bring 2 different programs to the Elite 8 as double-digit seeds
  29. 54. He suffered an open leg fracture during the 2013 Elite Eight while playing for Louisville, before finishing his collegiate career at Georgia State
  30. 55. This Tennessee school's mascot is the Bisons, an incorrect "double plural"
  31. 59. The Division I coach with the most career wins without a national title, he most recently reached the Final Four in 2010
  32. 67. Number of coaches that have reached the National Final in their first season as a D-I head coach, as UNC's Hubert Davis did in 2022