| 100% | LSU | 3 | School where Shaq played college basketball (Abbr.) |
| 72% | LSU | 3 | Where Shaq played college hoops: Abbr. |
| 62% | LSU | 3 | Baton Rouge school where Shaquille O'Neal played basketball: Abbr. |
| 61% | UMASS | 5 | New England school where Dr. J played college basketball (Abbr.) |
| 60% | LSU | 3 | Where Shaq played college ball |
| 58% | UMASS | 5 | Where Dr. J played college basketball (Abbr.) |
| 58% | UCLA | 4 | College where Kareem Abdul-Jabbar played basketball: Abbr. |
| 53% | FSU | 3 | Tallahassee school where the Seminoles play: Abbr. |
| 49% | UNC | 3 | Where Michael Jordan played college ball: Abbr. |
| 48% | COLORADOSTATE | 13 | Fort Collins school where 18-Across played college hoops: 2 wds. |
| 45% | UCLA | 4 | West Coast school where John Wooden coached basketball: Abbr. |
| 45% | LSU | 3 | Where Shaquille O'Neal played college ball: Abbr. |
| 42% | NIT | 3 | College basketball tourney: Abbr. |
| 42% | NIT | 3 | College basketball event: Abbr. |
| 42% | NIT | 3 | College basketball competition: Abbr. |
| 41% | ETON | 4 | School where Prince Harry played rugby |
| 40% | NIT | 3 | Biannual college basketball event: Abbr. |
| 40% | IOWA | 4 | State school where the Hawkeyes play |
| 39% | ETON | 4 | Prep school where Prince Harry played polo |
| 39% | MSG | 3 | Where the New York Knicks play: Abbr. |
| 39% | OKC | 3 | Where the NBA's Thunder play: Abbr. |
| 39% | ATL | 3 | Where the Falcons and Hawks play: Abbr. |
| 39% | MSG | 3 | Where the Knicks play: Abbr. |
| 39% | OTB | 3 | Where to play favorites?: Abbr. |
| 39% | STL | 3 | Where the Blues play: Abbr. |
| 38% | NIT | 3 | College basketball event that takes place during March Madness: Abbr. |
| 38% | CINCINNATI | 10 | City where 46-Across played college basketball and the first 11 years of his pro basketball career |
| 38% | UCLA | 4 | School where actress Mayim Bialik earned a neuroscience PhD: Abbr. |
| 37% | BOSTONCOLLEGE | 13 | Massachusetts school where 15-Across played rugby: 2 wds. |
| 37% | NYU | 3 | Manhattan school where Ross Geller was a professor: Abbr. |