| 100% | UCONN | 5 | 2023 NCAA men's basketball champ |
| 96% | UCONN | 5 | 2023 NCAA men's basketball champs |
| 76% | SDSU | 4 | 2023 NCAA men's basketball finals team |
| 62% | CONNECTICUT | 11 | Team known as the Huskies who won the 2023 NCAA men's basketball championship |
| 60% | UCONN | 5 | 2023 N.C.A.A. men's basketball champs |
| 56% | UVA | 3 | 2019 NCAA men's basketball champions |
| 55% | ADAMASANOGO | 11 | 38-Across power forward who was named the 2023 NCAA men's basketball Final Four Most Outstanding Player (2 wds.) |
| 54% | LOUISIANASTATE | 14 | Winner of the 2023 NCAA Men's College World Series (2 wds.) |
| 52% | VILLANOVA | 9 | 2018 men's NCAA basketball champion |
| 51% | LSU | 3 | N.C.A.A. women's basketball champs of 2023, for short |
| 50% | BAYLOR | 6 | Team that won the 2021 NCAA men's basketball tournament |
| 49% | UCLA | 4 | West Coast school with 11 NCAA men's basketball championships: Abbr. |
| 48% | UCONN | 5 | 2013-16 NCAA women's basketball champs |
| 48% | WEST | 4 | One of four regions in the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament |
| 46% | SANDIEGOSTATE | 13 | Team known as the Aztecs who were runners-up to 38-Across in the 2023 NCAA men's basketball championship (3 wds.) |
| 46% | LSU | 3 | Winners of the 2023 NCAA women's basketball championship (Abbr.) |
| 46% | LSUTIGERS | 9 | 2023 NCAA women's basketball champions led by 30-Across/32-Across and coached by 17-Across (2 wds.) |
| 44% | KANSAS | 6 | ___ Jayhawks men's basketball team which is a part of the NCAA Division I |
| 44% | UTAH | 4 | ___ Utes men's basketball team which is a part of the NCAA Division I |
| 43% | NET | 3 | Basketball champ's souvenir |
| 42% | UCLA | 4 | West Coast school whose men's basketball team has won a record 11 NCAA titles: Abbr. |
| 39% | NIT | 3 | Event won by the Univ. of North Texas men's basketball team in 2023 |
| 38% | CONNECTICUT | 11 | Big East team known as the Huskies who won the 2023 and 2024 NCAA men's basketball championship |
| 37% | DJOKOVIC | 8 | Men's French Open tennis champion in 2023 |
| 37% | ODOM | 4 | Basketball's Lamar ___, nicknamed "Candy Man" |
| 37% | FEW | 3 | Gonzaga University men's basketball coach Mark ___ |
| 36% | DJOKOVIC | 8 | Australian Tennis Men's Singles winner 2023 |
| 36% | ONEANDONE | 9 | Free throw designation in men's college basketball |
| 35% | CYCLONES | 8 | Nickname of the Iowa State University men's basketball team who defeated Houston in the 2023-'24 Big 12 Conference championship game |
| 35% | NBA | 3 | Premier men's professional basketball league in the world |