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Dalton Trumbo, former U.S. Senator, Supreme Court Staff of Army former U.S. Senator, the Parents" two-time Oscar Justice winning screenwriter 5. Larry Page/Sergey (13) Brin, founders, 1. , former Dayton (11) mayor of 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 ’s Virginia team lost to 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 Colonials. 4. , comedian, '' 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 mayor Rudy Giuliani and sitting Supreme Court chief justice, ’s Mark Zuckerberg and several ex-presidents chemist 1. Nancy , 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. , 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 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) State 2. 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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. Wright, 1. , 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. Poly/Texas Southern Morning America" 3. Dick Cheney, former Geo. Washington Kansas State Vice President of the U.S. (8) ? (8) Kentucky 3. Dustan McCoy, CEO, Brunswick Corporation 4. Saul Bellow, writer, "Herzog" Kansas State 4. Thaksin Shinawatra, former prime minister, Geo. Washington Thailand 5. John Muir, naturalist/author (9) Geo. Washington (9) Kansas State 5. Tom Colbert, first African-American on Oklahoma Supreme Court Creighton (3) (5) Cincinnati (5) Saint Louis 1. Mike Johanns, U.S. Harvard N.C. State Albany (16) Senator, Nebraska (12) Harvard (12) N.C. State 1. Steve Guttenberg, 2. Michael Anderson, Harvard Manhattan actor, "Police Academy" astronaut (4) Michigan State Manhattan (4) Louisville 2. , 3. Cathy Hughes, Delaware actor/writer, "The radio/TV personality, Radio One (13) Delaware (13) Manhattan Brothers McMullen" 4. James Keogh, speechwriter for Richard East Midwest 3. Harvey Milk, gay rights leader Nixon (6) North Carolina (6) Massachusetts 4. Frank Whaley, actor, "Pulp Fiction" 5. , novelist, "The Assassination of North Carolina Massachusetts 5. John Ortiz, actor, "Silver Linings Playbook" by the Coward Robert Ford" Play-In (16) Play-In (11) (11) Providence North Carolina Duke (11) Iowa/Tennessee Cal Poly: ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic, Iowa: Ashton Kutcher, actor, Virginia (1) San Diego St. (4) (3) Iowa State comedian “” (3) Duke 1. , Iowa State Duke author/poet, “The Raven” 1. , actor, vs vs (14) Mercer "" (14) N.C. Central Texas Southern: Yolanda Adams, Tennessee: Cormac McCarthy, 2. Tina Fey, 2. 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