# New Name for Round of 32?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-name-for-round-of-32/715787>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [March 23, 2015, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-name-for-round-of-32/715787 "2015-03-23T16:29:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![russian\_heel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-name-for-round-of-32/715787/21 "2015-03-25T02:15:40Z")

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Treinta y dos Coast to Coast  
32 on the 32"  
32-bit ( Best In Tournament)  
The Cold 32 (I’m ref to the freezing temperature of water—see what I did there?)

Eeeeeeh that’s all I got, hey I tried!😃

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**Author:** ![dba\_Fred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c37758/32.png) [@dba\_Fred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dba_Fred)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-name-for-round-of-32/715787/22 "2015-03-25T12:00:04Z")

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The _ **32-Skidooers** _ since they made their opponents skidoo/leave quickly.

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**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-name-for-round-of-32/715787/23 "2015-03-25T12:52:50Z")

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The fifth power.

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**Author:** ![markdash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@markdash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markdash)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-name-for-round-of-32/715787/24 "2015-03-25T17:28:02Z")

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I still find the rhyming of “Great 8” more aesthetically pleasing than the alliteration of “Elite 8.” ☹

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**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-name-for-round-of-32/715787/25 "2015-03-25T19:05:25Z")

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> [@markdash](#):
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> I still find the rhyming of “Great 8” more aesthetically pleasing than the alliteration of “Elite 8.” ☹

Elite 8 isn’t trademarked for the Division I tournament so much as it is the Division II equivalent of the Final Four - eight teams advance to the final site.

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