Who is the most famous alum from every 2016 NCAA Tournament South Region school?

Who are the most famous alumni to come out of each South Region school?

Some fans use their gut in filling out a bracket. Others use analytics, a blindfold, their dog or absolutely no method at all. For those who have never emerged victorious in the office pool, maybe it's time for a new approach, one that involves no basketball or numbers.

This year, pick winners based upon your favorite politicians, movie stars, musicians, athletes, businessmen, inventors and historical figures. Complete your bracket according to famous alumni of every 2016 NCAA Tournament team. Instead of picking Baylor to reach Houston, you are actually picking former Baylor undergrad Willie Nelson. Or if you like the ocean, maybe select Hawaii alum and Titanic discoverer Bob Ballard.

Not every individual listed below graduated from the school.

Here are the most famous alum from the South region schools:

Kansas: Paul Rudd

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Location: Lawrence, Kan.

Enrollment: 27,983

Paul Rudd attended KU for two years before accepting a performing arts scholarship at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Los Angeles.

Villanova: Bradley Cooper

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Location: Villanova

Enrollment: 10,728

Cooper planned to attend Georgetown but was rejected, forcing him to start at Villanova in his hometown of Philadelphia. He was later accepted into Georgetown and graduated with an English degree in 1997.

Miami: Sylvester Stallone

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Location: Coral Gables, Fla.

Enrollment: 16,774

Stallone attended the the University of Miami after stops at Miami Dade College and the American College in Switzerland. He did not graduate from Miami.

California: Steve Wozniak

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Location: Berkeley, Calif.

Enrollment: 37,565

Steve Wozniak, a San Jose native, landed at Cal after being asked to leave the University of Colorado for misuse of university technology.

Maryland: Larry David

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Location: College Park, Md.

Enrollment: 37,610

Larry David, a history major at Maryland, said he liked the school because of its proximity to New York and Washington, D.C., and the cool Terrapins nickname.

Arizona: Jerry Bruckheimer

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Location: Tucson, Ariz.

Enrollment: 42,236

Jerry Bruckheimer graduated from the University of Arizona in 1967 with a bachelor's degree in Psychology before starting a career in advertising.

Iowa: Tom Brokaw

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Location: Iowa City, Iowa

Enrollment: 32,150

Brokaw graduated from the University of South Dakota in 1964 but not before briefly attending the University of Iowa, where he dropped out after one year.

Colorado: Robert Redford

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Location: Boulder, Colo.

Enrollment: 32,755

Robert Redford was offered a baseball scholarship at CU but instead "became the campus drunk and blew out before I could ever get going," he told People Magazine in 1998.

Connecticut: Meg Ryan

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Location: Storrs, Conn.

Enrollment: 31,624

Meg Ryan acted in TV commercials as a student at the University of Connecticut to help pay for tuition. She later transferred to New York University.

Temple: Bob Saget

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Location: Philadelphia

Enrollment: 37,485

Bob Saget initially planned to pursue a career in medicine but his grades were poor. Instead, he graduated from Temple in 1978 and departed for Los Angeles, where he began taking graduate courses at USC. He dropped out after a few days.

Wichita State: Bill Parcells

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Location: Wichita, Kan.

Enrollment: 14,495

Bill Parcells played linebacker at Wichita State before becoming the Detroit Lions' seventh-round pick in the 1964 NFL Draft. He never played professionally and immediately began coaching. After coaching high school football in Nebraska in 1964, Parcells was the Shockers' linebackers coach for one season.

Vanderbilt: Al Gore

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Location: Nashville, Tenn.

Enrollment: 12,605

Gore spent half his childhood in Washington, D.C., where his father served on the U.S. Senate (1953-71), and the other half in Carthage, Tenn., a small town one hour east of Nashville. He enrolled in law school at Vanderbilt in 1974 but quit in 1976 to run for a U.S. House seat, which he won.

South Dakota State: Adam Vinatieri

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Location: Brookings, S.D.

Enrollment: 12,589

Following high school in Rapid City, S.D., Vinatieri attended the United States Military Academy for two weeks before kicking at South Dakota State. Following an illustrious career with the Jackrabbits, he kicked for the Amsterdam Admirals of NFL Europe (then World League of American Football) in 1995 before signing with the New England Patriots in 1996.

Hawaii: Bob Ballard

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Location: Honolulu

Enrollment: 18,865

Nineteen years after earning a Master of Science in Geophysics degree from the University of Hawaii, Ballard discovered the Titanic in 1985.

Buffalo: Wolf Blitzer

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Location: Buffalo, N.Y.

Enrollment: 29,117

Longtime CNN reporter and anchor Wolf Blitzer graduated from his hometown school Buffalo in 1970. He also has a master's from Johns Hopkins and began his career with Reuters, reporting from their Tel Aviv, Israel location.

UNC Asheville: Kenny George

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Location: Asheville, N.C.

Enrollment: 3,891

Kenny George, believed to be the tallest player in the history of college basketball at 7'7" played in Asheville for two years (2006-08), averaging nine points and 5.3 rebounds in 15 minutes per game.

Austin Peay: A.J. Ellis

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Location: Clarksville, Tenn.

Enrollment: 10,188

Ellis, a Missouri native, was an All-Ohio Valley Conference First-Team selection in all four years at Austin Peay. He was taken in the 18th round of the 2003 MLB Draft by the Los Angeles Dodgers.