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Vanessa Williams, 5. Ben Stiller, of GWAR, heavy comedian author/essayist, "The of U.S. 5. Rick Santorum, O'Connor, first female Odierno, Chief of Monkey Trial' singer-songwriter 5. Elizabeth Dole, singer Stills & Nash singer/fashion model actor/director, "Meet metal band Monkey Wrench Gang" 5. Dalton Trumbo, former U.S. Senator, Supreme Court Staff of Army former U.S. Senator, the Parents" two-time Oscar Pennsylvania Justice North Carolina winning screenwriter 5. Larry Page/Sergey Manhattan (13) Brin, founders, Google 1. Rudy Giuliani, former Dayton (11) mayor of New York City 1. Joseph Desch, 2. Ray Kelly, former inventor; WWII NYC police codebreaker commissioner 2. Mike Turner, U.S. 3. James Patterson, best-selling author The Alumni Bracket congressman, Ohio 4. James Brady, columnist, Page Six 3. Erma Bombeck, humorist, syndicated 5. Bob Jeffrey, CEO, J. Walter Thompson There has always been one major drawback to the March ritual of filling out an NCAA even whether they graduated. The metric we consulted in our selection process was a Florida, the NCAA tournament’s No. 1 overall seed, may have the best basketball team in the “30-Rock” co-stars, as Tina Fey’s Virginia team lost to Alec Baldwin and the George columnist tournament bracket: The 68 schools invited to the tournament are only judged by their ability proprietary statistic called Gross Overall Fame (GOF), which was based on a complex country, but Senator Marco Rubio’s Gators were stunned in the first round by the No. 16 seed Washington Colonials. 4. Don Novello, comedian, 'Father Guido Sarducci' Mercer (14) to play basketball. That’s why The Wall Street Journal is introducing an entirely different basis algorithm that we’d prefer not to explain at this time. The only ineligible alumni were people Albany, led by the potent combination of Steve Guttenberg and Harvey Milk. Manhattan also But the team to beat in the Alumni Bracket is Harvard. Any school whose bench includes the 5. Charles Pederson, Nobel Prize-winning of comparison for colleges and universities. How fabulous are their alumni? who are primarily known as athletes, coaches, team owners or commentators. pulled off a major first-round upset when former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani and sitting Supreme Court chief justice, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg and several ex-presidents chemist 1. Nancy Grace, TV To mimic the NCAA tournament, the schools in our first-ever Alumni Bracket were assigned While we’ll leave the final decisions to you – go to wsj.com/sports next week to vote – we novelist James Patterson knocked off Louisville, the basketball tournament’s defending (sorry, Rutherford B. Hayes!) has to be a betting favorite. host,"Nancy Grace" a team of five. It didn’t matter if these alumni were living or dead, undergraduates or Ph.D.’s, or decided to play out the first two rounds themselves. national champion. The second round was highlighted by a high-powered matchup of Can they be beat? That, we’re happy to say, is up to you… —Geoff Foster Stephen F. Austin (12) 2. Griffin Bell, former 1. Don Henley, musician, U.S. Attorney General The Eagles 3. Walter George, (1) Florida (1) Arizona 2. Rodney Crowell, former senator, President pro tempore Albany Go to WSJ.com/Sports next week to vote on the Sweet Sixteen Arizona Grammy-winning 4. Carl Vinson, former congressman, "father (16) Albany (16) Weber State country music musician of the two-ocean navy" Colorado Arizona 3. Joseph W. Kennedy, discoverer of Plutonium Thomas Hardwick, former Georgia senator (8) Colorado (8) Gonzaga 4. Will Jennings, songwriter, "My Heart Will Go and governor Colorado Oklahoma State On" (9) Pittsburgh (9) Oklahoma State 5. Bill Owens, former Colorado governor Wofford (15) 1. Olin Johnston, (5) VCU (5) Oklahoma Tulsa (13) former South Carolina Stephen F. Austin Oklahoma 1. Phillip "Dr. Phil" senator and governor (12) Stephen F. Austin (12) N. Dakota State McGraw, TV 2. Craig Melvin, anchor, UCLA Oklahoma psychologist NBC News (4) UCLA (4) San Diego State 2. Rue McClanahan, 3. Donald Fowler, former chairman, Democratic UCLA San Diego State actress, "Golden Girls" National Committee (13) Tulsa (13) New Mexico State 3. Jim Inhofe, U.S. Senator, Oklahoma 4. Ellison Smith, former South Carolina senator 4. Mary Kay Place, actress, "The Big Chill" 5. Van Hipp, chairman, American Defense (6) Ohio State South West (6) Baylor 5. Chad "Corntassel" Smith, Principal Chief of International Ohio State Nebraska Cherokee Nation (11) Dayton (11) Nebraska Arizona (1) Syracuse Nebraska Western Michigan (14) 1. Barry Goldwater, (3) Syracuse (3) Creighton 1. Tim Allen, actor, 1964 U.S. presidential Syracuse Lafayette "Home Improvement" candidate (14) W. Michigan (14) Louisiana-Lafayette 2. Bruce Campbell, 2. Savannah Guthrie, actor, "Evil Dead" TV host, “The Today Show” (7) New Mexico (7) Oregon 3. Terry Crews, actor, "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" 3. Kristen Wiig, actress, “Bridesmaids” Stanford BYU 4. Luther Vandross, singer-songwriter, record 4. David Foster Wallace, author, “Infinite Jest” (10) Stanford (10) BYU Wisconsin producer 5. Geraldo Rivera, TV host, “Geraldo” Stanford (2) Kansas (2) Wisconsin 5. Homer Stryker, founder, Stryker Corporation Kansas Wisconsin Wisconsin (2) (15) E. Kentucky (15) American Eastern Kentucky (15) 1. Frank Lloyd Wright, 1. Lee Majors, actor, "Six Million Dollar Man" architect (1) Virginia (1) Wichita State 2. Charles Lindbergh, 2. Sam Champion, aviator Virginia Wichita State weatherman, "Good (16) Coastal Carolina (16) Cal.