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1. Let's start with the basics. While there has been a huge legal dispute on this matter, which broadcaster is widely credited with coining the phrase March Madness?
Al McGuire
Brent Musberger
Billy Packer
Dick Vitale
 
2. Jennifer Hudson has made headlines recently with the announcement that she is the new singer of the NCAA Tournament's signature song, One Shining Moment. Who is the original artist who wrote and recorded it?
David Barrett
Teddy Pendergrass
Lionel Richie
Luther Vandross
 
3. Christian Laettner made arguably the most famous shot in the history of the tournament when he caught a hail mary pass then buried a turnaround jump shot. Which team was the unfortunate opponent in this unforgettable game?
Kansas
Kentucky
Maryland
Syracuse
 
4. Bryce Drew is famous for making a game winning buzzer beater that gave his father's team a shocking upset win. He celebrated with a victory slide afterward that is a viral video legend. For which team did Bryce Drew play and later become an assistant coach?
George Mason
Mount St Mary's
Richmond
Valparaiso
 
5. While a true freshman, Michael Jordan famously made the winning shot in the national championship game. Who was North Carolina's opponent in that game? Hint: a player on that team named Fred Brown made one of the worst decisions in tournament history on the next play.
Depaul
Georgetown
Memphis State
Villanova
 
6. Loyola Marymount superstar Hank Gathers died of a heart attack following a dunk. His teammate and best friend, Bo Kimble, honored him during the NCAA Tournament by shooting his first free throw of each game left handed. What was his free throw percentage on these attempts?
50%
66.7%
75%
100%
 
7. Phi Slamma Jamma, the Houston team starring Hakeem Olajuwon and Clyde Drexler, was upset by Jim Valvano's North Carolina State team. Who made the legendary winning dunk in the championship game?
Lorenzo Charles
Guy Lewis
Sidney Lowe
Dereck Whittenburg
 
8. We don't mean to pick on Georgetown, but it seems like a lot of legendary tournament stuff happens against them. When Villanova beat them in the 1985 championship game, how many shots did the Wildcats miss in the second half?
0
1
2
3
 
9. In what years did the tournament expand to 64 then 65 games?
1980/2004
1982/2008
1985/2001
1989/1999
 
10. Which of these legendary coaches has never won an NCAA Tournament?
Jim Calipari
Tom Izzo
Lute Olson
Rick Pitino
 
11. Which of these active coaches does not have multiple NCAA titles?
Jim Calhoun
Billy Donovan
Tom Izzo
Roy Williams
 
12. Undefeated teams have become a rarity in modern college basketball. Who was the last team to enter the NCAA Tournament undefeated?
Duke
Indiana
Indiana State
UNLV
 
13. Announcers looooove to use the phrase "Cinderella" to describe surprise winners during the tournament. In the 2000s, only one true Cinderella has made the Final Four. Who was it?
Butler
Davidson
George Mason
Gonzaga
 
14. In 1989, Bill Frieder accepted a job to coach Arizona State while still head coach at Michigan. His replacement at Michigan, Steve Fisher, unexpectedly went on to win the national championship primarily thanks to the Most Outstanding Tournament Player performance of:
Mookie Blaylock
Pervis Ellison
Chris Jackson (later Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf)
Glen Rice
 
15. Which member of Michigan's Fab Five freshmen called a timeout they didn't have to cost them a national championship against North Carolina?
Juwan Howard
Ray Jackson
Jalen Rose
Chris Webber
 
16. Duke is a one seed again this year. This is hardly new for Coach K. In the period from 1996 up to and including 2010 (15 seasons), how many times has Duke been a one seed?
6
7
9
11
 
17. A recent participant in the National Championship game had to forfeit their season including the postseason due to usage of ineligible player. Who was the team?
Indiana
Memphis
Ohio State
UCLA
 
18. 1979's championship game remains the highest rated of all-time. It featured Magic Johnson's Michigan State facing Larry Bird's team. For whom did Bird play?
Indiana
Indiana State
Marquette
Notre Dame
 
19. Kentucky is a historical powerhouse in the tournament and John Calipari will attempt to become the latest head coach of theirs to win a title. How many previous Kentucky head coaches have won national championships, the most of any school?
2
3
4
5
 
20. Which of these basketball powerhouses has not won at least five national championships?
Indiana
Kansas
Kentucky
North Carolina
 
21. This is always the stat that boggles the mind. How many consecutive national championships did UCLA win under coaching legend John Wooden?
5
7
9
11
 
22. Princeton almost pulled off the greatest upset in the history of college basketball. Their #16 seeded team almost beat #1 seeded Georgetown, losing by a single point. Who was their legendary head coach in that game who would later sign Georgetown's current coach, John Thompson III?
Pete Carril
Butch van Breda Kolff
Jim Phelan
Paul Westhead
 
23. How many times has a #15 seed beaten a #2 seed in the tournament?
1
2
4
8
 
24. Who was the first #15 seed to beat a #2 seed, thereby staking a claim to the greatest tournament upset ever?
Coppin State
Hampton
Richmond
Santa Clara
 
25. Even including the Princeton-Georgetown near-upset, only one time in tournament history has a #16 seed attempted a buzzer beater against a #1 seed. Which massive underdog missed a chance at immortality by one point when their final shot was partially blocked during the first round of the 1989 tournament?
East Tennessee State
Fairleigh Dickinson
Murray State
Western Carolina
 
26. Despite my adoration of Candace Parker, we have primarily focused on the men's tournament thus far. The women's tournament has one thing going for it that the men's tournament does not, the most shocking of all upsets. Who is the only #1 seed to ever lose a first round game, falling to Harvard in 1998 and on their home court, no less?
UConn
Duke
Stanford
Tennessee
 
27. Ric Flair always says that to be the man, you have to beat the man. Who is the only NCAA Tournament champion to knock out three different #1 seeds on the way to the title?
Arizona
Duke
Michigan State
North Carolina
 
28. Bad news, Kansas fans. Over the past 30 years since the introduction of seeding, most teams ranked #1 at the start of the tournament have not won the national championship. In fact, only 8 out of 30 (27%) have done so. How many teams in the 2000s have been among these 8?
0
1
3
5
 
29. If you hate the term 'chalk', give me an amen. Let's finish up the quiz with a pair of questions pointing out how rare chalk Final Fours actually are. How many times have all four #1 seeds simultaneously made the Final Four?
0
1
2
3
 
30. Conversely, how many times have no #1 seeds made the Final Four?
0
2
4
6
 
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