| 100% | ADOLPH | 6 | Coach Rupp of college basketball |
| 60% | BOBBYKNIGHT | 11 | College basketball coach who was the subject of "A Season on the Brink" |
| 56% | RUPP | 4 | The Baron, of college basketball |
| 55% | JIMBOEHEIM | 10 | College basketball coach who has won 946 games with the Syracuse Orange as of 3/20/19: 2 wds. |
| 52% | PAT | 3 | College basketball coaching great Summitt |
| 50% | PAT | 3 | Former college basketball coach Summitt |
| 50% | LON | 3 | Longtime college basketball coach Kruger |
| 50% | ADOLPH | 6 | Basketball coach Rupp |
| 49% | KNIGHTANDDEY | 12 | College basketball coach + "L.A. Law" co-star |
| 49% | MIKEKRZYZEWSKI | 14 | College basketball coach who has won 1,129 games with the Army Black Knights and the Duke Blue Devils as of 3/20/19: 2 wds. |
| 47% | IBA | 3 | Basketball Hall of Fame coach Hank |
| 47% | SLOAN | 5 | Basketball Hall of Fame coach Jerry |
| 47% | DEAN | 4 | Basketball Hall of Fame coach Smith |
| 47% | TENNESSEE | 9 | College basketball team coached by Pat Summitt from 1974 to 2012 |
| 46% | ARA | 3 | College Football Hall of Fame coach Parseghian |
| 44% | IBA | 3 | Hall of Fame inductee and basketball coach Henry ___ |
| 43% | PATSUMMITT | 10 | College basketball coach who won 1,098 games with the Tennessee Lady Vols: 2 wds. |
| 43% | PAT | 3 | Woman college basketball coach Summitt with an NCAA record 1,098 career wins |
| 43% | SABAN | 5 | Nick of college football who was twice A.P. Coach of the Year |
| 42% | RUPP | 4 | Coach Adolph in the Basketball Hall of Fame |
| 40% | CINCINNATI | 10 | City where 46-Across played college basketball and the first 11 years of his pro basketball career |
| 40% | GLORYROAD | 9 | 2006 basketball movie starring Jon Voight as Kentucky coach Adolph Rupp: 2 wds. |
| 38% | PAT | 3 | Former basketball coach Summitt who was awarded a Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012 |
| 38% | ATLANTICIO | 10 | College basketball conference |
| 38% | ACADEMIC | 8 | Of college life |
| 38% | DAWNSTALEY | 10 | Basketball Hall of Fame inductee who won four Coach of the Year awards in 2020: 2 wds. |
| 38% | TARA | 4 | VanDerveer who has been head coach of the Stanford women's basketball team since 1985 |
| 37% | LEN | 3 | College basketball star Bias |
| 37% | NIT | 3 | College basketball tourney: Abbr. |
| 37% | NIT | 3 | College basketball event: Abbr. |