| 100% | IONA | 4 | College whose men's basketball team is coached by Rick Pitino |
| 37% | TENNESSEE | 9 | College basketball team coached by Pat Summitt from 1974 to 2012 |
| 37% | PURDUE | 6 | School whose basketball team (No. 1 seed) was upset by Fairleigh Dickinson's team (No. 16 seed) |
| 36% | KIMMULKEY | 9 | Coach of 41-Across who is the only coach in women's college basketball to win national championships with two teams (2 wds.) |
| 35% | KIMMULKEY | 9 | Coach of the 40-Across who is the only coach in women's college basketball to win national championships with two teams (2 wds.) |
| 35% | UCLA | 4 | West Coast school whose men's basketball team has won a record 11 NCAA titles: Abbr. |
| 33% | ORU | 3 | Sch. in Tulsa, Okla. whose men's basketball team made the Sweet 16 in 2021 |
| 33% | KANSAS | 6 | ___ Jayhawks men's basketball team which is a part of the NCAA Division I |
| 33% | UTAH | 4 | ___ Utes men's basketball team which is a part of the NCAA Division I |
| 32% | NELL | 4 | Fortner who is the women's college basketball coach at Georgia Tech |
| 31% | UCLA | 4 | West Coast college whose teams are the Bruins: Abbr. |
| 31% | IONA | 4 | Rick Pitino's team |
| 30% | NETS | 4 | Team whose logo is a basketball with a B |
| 30% | KERR | 4 | Steve who coached the US men's basketball team at the Paris Olympics |
| 30% | GATORS | 6 | College team whose fight song is "The Orange and Blue" |
| 29% | UTES | 4 | College team whose mascot is a red-tailed hawk named Swoop |
| 29% | ILLINI | 6 | College team whose name is its home state minus two letters |
| 29% | DISTRICTOF | 10 | & 13D Novel trilogy by John Dos Passos whose first part was 1939's Adventures of a Young Man |
| 29% | BOBBYKNIGHT | 11 | College basketball coach who was the subject of "A Season on the Brink" |
| 28% | BENGALS | 7 | Cincinnati ___, NFL team from Ohio whose name is heavily inspired by tigers |
| 28% | PLATO | 5 | Philospher whose name might have been given to him by his wrestling coach |
| 27% | MAVERICKS | 9 | Dallas basketball team that's owned by 48-Across |
| 27% | SDSU | 4 | 2023 NCAA men's basketball finals team |
| 27% | FEW | 3 | Gonzaga University men's basketball coach Mark ___ |
| 27% | ELI | 3 | Manning whose #10 was retired by the New York Giants |
| 27% | ONEANDONE | 9 | Free throw designation in men's college basketball |
| 27% | STEVE | 5 | ___ Mariucci, former NFL head coach who was once roommates with college basketball coach Tom Izzo |
| 26% | SIENA | 5 | College near Albany whose sports teams are the Saints |
| 26% | METS | 4 | Team whose mascot's head is a baseball |
| 26% | METS | 4 | Team whose mascot's head is a ball |