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NCAA Trivia Quiz: Upstarts and Upsets Edition

 Anybody have a clue what this guy is talking about? (Jonathan Newton -- Post File Photo)
By Christian Pelusi
washingtonpost.com Correspondent
Web Posted: Monday, March 22, 2004; 11:03 a.m. EST

The round of 16 is set. But what have you learned, other than your bracket belongs at the bottom of a bird cage? Prepare for the next wave of basketball with our quiz. And, for pete's sake, try to get more right than you did in the St. Louis (read: Midwest) region.

1. Which player scored the most points in the first round?
Chris Paul of Wake Forest
John Gilchrist of Maryland
Gerry McNamara of Syracuse
Jameer Nelson of Saint Joseph's

2) Who said: "I felt good. They just didn't go down. If I ever make it to the NBA, I hope I don't have to play in KeyArena."?
Blake Stepp of Gonzaga
Chris Hill of Michigan State
Josh Childress of Stanford
Darren Brooks of Southern Illinois

3) Which coach said: "We're not 13 points better than any team in the country. So, I knew the game would come back to us."?
Jerry Wainwright of Richmond
Bobby Knight of Texas Tech
Mike Montgomery of Stanford
Paul Hewitt of Georgia Tech

4) What was Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski talking about when he said: "It's kind of like when you have air conditioning and you start to take it for granted. We lost our air for a few days. All of the sudden, it came back on and we all felt a hell of a lot better."?
The return of his team's intensity
The return of J.J. Redick's shooting touch
The return of a more vocal student section
The return of the team masseuse

5) What round of 16 coach was an assistant to Gary Williams when Williams was head coach at Ohio State?
Rick Barnes of Texas
Skip Prosser of Wake Forest
Mark Gottfried of Alabama
Trent Johnson of Nevada

6) Which first-round victor is one of just three Division I colleges to have made a three-pointer in every game since the rule was implemented for the 1986-87 season?
Duke
Vanderbilt
Kansas
Alabama

7) Which losing coach said: "Games are decided by mistakes, they're not decided by great plays."?
Mark Few of Gonzaga
Roy Williams of North Carolina
Mike Montgomery of Stanford
Bobby Knight of Texas Tech

8) What is Pittsburgh guard Carl Krauser signaling when he crosses his arms above his head after he scores?
An homage to the 'X-Men'
A particular defensive alignment
An honor to his hometown of the Bronx
A "Family Feud" flashback

9) Who gave UAB's Carldell 'Squeaky' Johnson his nickname?
His mom
His coach
His dad
His sister

10) College basketball experts often talk about the importance of senior leadership at the point guard position in the NCAA tournament. How many round of 16 teams have senior point guards in their starting lineup?
Two
Four
Six
Eight

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Note: This is an unscientific survey of washingtonpost.com readers.

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