Trivial Matters

?TOURNAMENT TESTED
March madness tips off with the start of championship week on Feb. 27, when 30 of the 31 Division I conferences begin postseason tournaments. (The Ivy League doesn't hold one.) What school has won its current conference's tournament most often?

a. Ball State , MAC
b. Kentucky , SEC
c. North Carolina , ACC
d. North Carolina A&T, MEAC

?ON A ROLL
As of Monday, Duke's hold on the ACC regular-season crown was in jeopardy. The Blue Devils, who trailed Maryland by one game, had won the conference's regular-season and tournament tides for the past three seasons. Which ACC school was the last before Duke to win both tides in consecutive seasons?

?THIS WEEK'S MATCHUP
Pair the onetime or current NBA player with the conference tournament in which he was named most valuable player.

1. Doug Christie
a. Midwestern City

2. Tyrone Hill
b. Sun Belt

3. Cedric Maxwell
c. Trans America Athletic

4. Calvin Natt
d. West Coast

?CALL TO ORDER

The following players hold conference tournament single-game scoring records. Place them in order of record-setting totals, from highest to lowest.