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46 Correct - Atkins
. .What is the key to your success?
Atkins - "Oh, this is one of those skills I learned as a student at Berea High
from Mrs. Reid, Mrs. Miller, Mrs. Fletcher, and Coach Batson."
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45 Correct - B.Daniel, Walker, Emerson
. .What is the key to your success?
Walker - "All those wonderful individuals that you send to my office have some remarkable 'inside information' that I use in my daily decissions."
Emerson - "See Mr. Atkins' answer, mine is about the same as his."
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44 Correct - Garrett, J.Smith, Painter, Rice, Jackson,
Ray, H.Bryant, Lamb
. .What is the key to your success?
Garrett - "Easy, I first pick out the Solid Green teams, then the light green teams,
then the blue & yellow teams (which of course makes green), etc."
J. Smith - "I choose my teams by uniform style & color coordination."
Rice - "Smart heads will always be able to circumvent big feet."
Ray - "I don't care who wins as long as I get more correct selections than
Mrs. Smith, either one of the Blackwells, Mr. Gaddis, etc."
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43 Correct - B.Blackwell, White, Lindsey, Reid
. .What is the key to your success?
White - "I choose the teams with the fewest blonde headed players."
. .. Lindsey - "As guidance counselor, I look for the schools with the highest
graduation rates of their players. Cornell with a 100% graduation rate gets my #1 vote, Kentucky with a 13% rate gets my lowest vote."
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42 Correct - Tarrant, B.Williams, Mitchell, Miller, Guth, Durham, J.Hammett, LeMargee
. .What is the key to your success?
Tarrant - "I pick 50% of my teams from the South and 50% from north
of the Mason Dixon line, - all the others I pick from out west."
Mitchell - "I choose the teams with the coldest winter college
campus temperatures."
Guth - "What's the point of this, my [orange] team lost in the first round?"
Durham - "I look at my boss' entry form, and then make appropriate corrections."
J.Hammett - "I select in order of teams 1-4 and flip a coin for the rest of 'em."
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41 Correct - Brown, Harrelson, Davis, C.Looper, Sturgis,
Thomason, Gaddis, Lauer, Cessarich
. .What is the key to your success?
Harrelson - "I always try to think what would Cosmo Kramer do?"
Davis - "Well, I do work with numbers, you know!"
Sturgis - " Teams with the most foreign nationals get my vote."
Thomason - "This is just another fine example of my random thinking skills."
Cessarich - "My husband, John at Channel 4, knows Jennifer Valdez who
who knows Geoff Hart who told me how to make my selections."
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40 Correct - A.Looper, Batson, Roach
. .What is the key to your success?
D. Batson - "I avoid any & all suggestions made by the Berea coaches."
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39 Correct - Dockery, K.Williams, Oslager, Rees, S.Hammett, K.Daniel, Benton, Lantz
What is the key to your success?
K. Williams - "I select my teams from the ESPN College Baseball Poll."
Benton - "As long as Wake Forest is playing, the games are legitimate.
. Lantz - "When given the opportunity, I choose teams from west of the Mississippi River."
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9th Place
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38 Correct - Alexander, Eoute
. .What is the key to your success?
Alexander - "This is fun, can we do this college basketball thing
again next month!#%?!?"
. Eoute - "Thank you Freshman Academy for filling out my form."
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10th Place
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37 Correct - Bauer. Shealey, Bishop
What is the key to your success?
. Bauer - "Being a librarian, I consult my 'bookie'."
Shealey - "After having played basketball for Furman University, I learned
the art of watching many hours of basketball on television and therefore making selections became easy."
Bishop - "Since I'm a 'Gamecock', I know how it feels to be a loser; therefore,
I selected only the lower seed teams."
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11th Place
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36 Correct - Whiteside, Murphy, Coggins
What is the key to your success?
Murphy - "Simple, I choose schools that do not have Title IX issues."
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12th Place
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35 Correct - K.Smith
. .What is the key to your success?
. K.Smith - "It's all about Pi. Take the number of teams, divide that by Pi, subtract the circumfrence of a basketball and this starts the selection seed process (and I'm not going to tell you the rest of the secret)."
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13th Place
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34 Correct - Sawicki
. .What is the key to your success?
.. . Sawicki - "I use the 'scientific method' for choosing my teams."
The scientific method is the process by which science teachers, collectively and over time,
endeavor to construct an accurate (that is, reliable, consistent and non-arbitrary)
representation of the final four.
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33 Correct - Herron
. .What is the key to your success?
.. . . Herron - "I choose teams that have livestock as their mascots."
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14th Place
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32 Correct - Wright
What is the key to your success?
Wright - "Why did everyone laugh at me when I said Davidson,
my alma mater, could go all the way?"
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31 Correct - Holder
. .What is the key to your success?
. Holder - "I choose the teams that have cheerleaders with
the biggest Pom Poms."
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16th Place
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30 Correct - Gordon, Teague, Chrusciel
. .What is the key to your success?
.. . . Teague - "Succès! Quel succès?"
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17th Place
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25 Correct - Crenshaw
. .What is the key to your success?
Crenshaw - "Many people don't know that dance is really my first love.
I started at Karen's School for Dance when I was 5 years old. Since
then I have selected my NCAA choices by the strength of the schools'
Fine Arts programs (Dance, Chamber Orchestra, Visual Arts, etc.)."
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Some Correct - Shook, Leckinger
. .What is the key to your success?
.. . Shook - "As in literature, I always pull for the underdogs."
Leckinger - "Hey, this is my 1st year doing this. Don't compare me with
those experienced old geezers like Bauer, Painter, and Walker."
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