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Finally, B-Day has arrived.

The wait to tip off the first full day of the men’s NCAA basketball tournament commences at roughly high noon, Eastern Time, Thursday. By now, you’ve certainly filled in your brackets, stocked up on chips and soda, and positioned the March Madness TV schedule next to the remote.

Still, there is time for some last-minute cramming, exam-style.

Do you know how many schools have won both the men's and women's tournament? Did you know that Jimmer Fredette is not a typo? Do you know who he plays for?

Read on...

The best of March Madness present

Most peculiar season turned in by a tournament team

Arkansas-Pine Bluff, which won the Tuesday play-in game, began by losing its first 11 games, all except one by double digits. Their average margin of defeat was 15 points, and they didn’t play their first home game until mid-January. Once the Golden Lions got into their Southwestern Athletic Conference schedule, they were mostly, well, golden. From that point they’ve gone 18-4.

Teams with the best graduation success rates

According to the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport, which collects such data, these are the Top 10 schools in the tournament when it comes to graduating their players (with the graduation percentage in parentheses):

• Brigham Young (100 percent)
• Marquette (100)
• Notre Dame (100)
• Utah State (100)
• Wake Forest (100)
• Wofford (100)
• Duke (92)
• Lehigh (92)
• Vermont (92)
• Villanova (92)

Most mysterious team nicknames in this year’s tournament

• Jayhawks (Kansas)
• Hoyas (Georgetown)
• Gaels (St. Mary’s College of California)

Best team nickname

Zags, of Gonzaga, which is actually an optional nickname. Boring “Bulldogs” is the other. Some year let’s hope the Zags meet Akron’s Zips in tournament play.

Best player names

• Tweety Carter, Baylor
• Jimmer Fredette, Brighham Young

Coaches with the best nicknames

• Tubby Smith, Minnesota
• Buzz Williams, Marquette

Best celebrity fan

Actress Ashley Judd, an avid Kentucky fan.

A 1990 UK graduate, she sits among the Wildcat faithful and blends in as well as possible. In a Sports Illustrated guest column, she once wrote she loves attending Kentucky games partly because “I don’t feel like a movie star” and for “feeling as free as I do when I walk the woods surrounding our farm.”

Best pep band number

“Dr. Hoosier,” which is in virtually every pep band’s repertoire and surely will be played countless times during the tournament. If you don’t think you know this tune, click here, and you may change your tune.

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