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2024 March Madness - with vocab pizz

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  • Based on the 2023 Final Championship results, the team that will need to be usurped in the 2024 NCAA tournament this year is
    UConn
  • Based on number of Final Four appearances from 1939 -2023, which of the following is the most formidable NCAA college basketball team opponent?
    Kentucky
    UConn
    North Carolina
    Michigan State
  • The color pattern on these Nike basketball shoes could be described as _____________________
    variegated
  • SportsLine's computer model has correctly hypothesized [how many?] double-digit seed upsets since 2016
    20
    10
    30
    5
  • Is the 3 point line the same distance to the basket for women as it is for men?
    Yes - 20.75 feet
  • The NCAA tournament is a one-game _______________________ tournament.
    elimination
  • Which former Waterford graduate played basketball for Italy in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics?
    Rae Lin D'Alie
  • If Mrs. Pomeroy were speaking honestly about her belief in the success of the Michigan State Spartans, she would be speaking with ________________
    candor
    deference
  • On the bracket, the team adjacent to Marquette (ie, their opponent) is what university?
    Western Kentucky
  • The UW-Wisconsin's men's basketball team has one of the more efficient offenses in men's college basketball, but players and coaches know the defense has _________________
    flaws.
  • The 2021 NCAA Names, Image, Likeness Ruling makes being a college athlete much more ____________________ than in the past.
    lucrative
  • On the bracket, the team adjacent to Wisconsin (ie, their opponent) is what university?
    James Madison - Virginia
  • Coach Shaka Smart has been the _______________ for the Marquette Golden Eagles' success, winning Big East Tournament and regular-season titles, and its highest March Madness seeding in school history.
    flaw
    deference
    catalyst
    candor
  • According to Big 10 Network analysts, the Big10's most hostile environment for opponents to play a men's college basketball game is
    Mackey Arena (Purdue)
    State Farm Center (Illinois)
    Kohl Center (Wisconsin)
    Carver-Hawkeye Arena (Iowa)
  • Of the following, the team with the most dubious chance of making it to the final four based on their season record is
    Duke
    Wisconsin
    Northwestern
    Michigan State University
  • More media outlets are showing ________________to women's basketball by providing more coverage of women's college games.
    candor
    deference