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The Weekend Sports Quiz
Monday Morning Challenge, Tournament Edition

By Dan Hargett
washingtonpost.com Staff Writer
Web Posted: Monday, March 17, 2003; 12:41 p.m. EST

1.) Name the last team to win the ACC tournament other than Duke, which has won five in a row, including Sunday’s victory over N.C. State.
North Carolina State
Georgia Tech
North Carolina
Florida State

2.) Which of the following NCAA tournament teams did not finish the season undefeated in conference play?
Weber State
Wagner
Pennsylvania
Kentucky

3.) Which of the following players or coaches in the NCAA tournament can not trace their career back to area prep powerhouse DeMatha?
Wagner's Dereck Whittenburg
Kentucky's Keith Bogans
Duke's J.J. Redick
Maryland's Travis Garrison

4.) Name the last year that an ACC team failed to make the Final Four?
1996
2001
1994
1986

5.) Which of the following teams boasts the worst road record of any team that qualified for the NCAA tournament?
UNC Wilmington
UNC Asheville
Texas Southern
Sam Houston State

6.) When was the last time that Maryland was seeded lower than the No. 6 it received this year, and what was their seeding?
1987, 8th seed
1994, 10th seed
1996, 7th seed
1995, 8th seed

7.) UNC Wilmington guard Brett Blizzard will pose a major threat to Maryland in their first-round game. Which of the following is not true of the Seahawks’ guard?
Four-time first-team all conference
NCAA top-ten in three-pointers made
School’s all-time leading scorer
Four-time conference tournament MVP

8.) Which of the following women's players participating in this year's NCAA tournament was an All-Met player in the D.C. area?
Connecticut's Diana Taurasi
Duke's Alana Beard
Tennessee's Kara Lawson
LSU's Aiysha Smith

9.) How many times has Maryland been ousted from the first round of the tournament, and which was the last team to do so?
Three times, Santa Clara
Once, Massachusetts
Four times, Santa Clara
Twice, College of Charleston

10.) In nine appearances, what is Gary Williams’ NCAA tournament record as head coach at Maryland?
19-8
22-7
13-8
16-8

11.) What do you most look forward to most about March Madness?
Guilt free dismissal of job/wife/significant other
Expensing of office pool entry fee
Curse-laden rants at co-workers widely accepted
Excuse to return from lunch inebriated

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

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