NewsTracker Answers for week of Mar. 21, 2011

Q: In the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship, everyone knows where to find the home court of Kansas State's team. But, where is the home state of Gonzaga University?

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Q: Washington state's Gonzaga was named for a saint, while Duke University was named after a tobacco family. Where is Duke located?

A. Kentucky

B. North Carolina

C. Virginia

D. South Carolina

B. The Durham school was called Normal College and Trinity College before it was renamed to honor its chief benefactors.

Q: Butler University players went to the 'dance' along with three other teams from their home state of . . .

A. Ohio

B. Michigan

C. California

D. Indiana

D. Notre Dame, Purdue and Indiana State also sent teams to the championship.

Q: In the first round of the playoffs, Temple University defeated another team from its home state of . . .

A. Pennsylvania

B. Virginia

C. Massachusetts

D. Utah

A. Temple defeated Penn State 66-64.

Q: In a first-round match-up, a southern team defeated a northern opponent 61-57. What states do George Mason and Villanova call home?

A. Michigan and Tennessee

B. New York and Texas

C. Pennsylvania and Virginia

D. Connecticut and South Carolina

C. The winning team was from George Mason in Fairfax, Virginia. Villanova can be found in Villanova, Pennsylvania.