Think you know your college basketball? Put your money, metaphorically, where your mouth is. Here are 10 questions to get you primed for the 2012 NCAA Tournament. If you get eight right, I’m impressed. Without further ado, here are Doc’s Sports 2012 March Madness trivia questions and answers (at the bottom).
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1. Since 1990, of the 76 teams to make their first NCAA Tournament appearance, only three have won a Round of 64 game, and just one in the past 19 years. Who was that?
a) Davidson
b) Hampton
c) Winthrop
d) Gonzaga
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2. Defending national champion Connecticut has only lost once in 17 tries under current head coach Jim Calhoun in the Round of 64. Who beat the Huskies?
a) BYU
b) Kansas State
c) San Diego
d) Washington
3. What is the only team to reach the Sweet 16 in each of the past three NCAA Tournaments?
a) Connecticut
b) Michigan State
c) Kentucky
d) Duke
4. What school has the most NCAA Tournament appearances without having ever reached a Final Four?
a) Missouri
b) BYU
c) Gonzaga
d) Wake Forest
5. What school has the longest current winning streak in Round of 64 games?
a) Purdue
b) Duke
c) Connecticut
d) North Carolina
6. What school had the most losses to ever get a bid to the NCAA Tournament?
a) George Washington
b) Princeton
c) Alabama State
d) Coppin State
7. The record for most losses by an NCAA champion was 11. What team was that?
a) Villanova
b) Connecticut
c) Kansas
d) NC State
8. A No. 16 seed has never beaten a No. 1 seed, but one game between the two has gone to overtime. Which was it?
a) Georgetown-Princeton
b) Murray State-Michigan State
c) East Tennessee State-Oklahoma State
d) Western Carolina-Purdue
9. Southland Conference teams have lost 25 of their 26 Round of 64 games, all but two of which have come by double figures. What school has that lone win?
a) Northwestern State
b) Lamar
c) McNeese State
d) Texas-Arlington
10. Only one current conference has never had a team win a Round of 64 game in the NCAA Tournament. Which is it?
a) Atlantic Sun Conference
b) Summit League
c) SWAC
d) Northeast Conference
Answers
1. b (in 2001)
2. c (vs. San Diego in 2008)
3. d
4. b
5. a (13 in a row)
6. d (Coppin State was 16-20 in 2008)
7. c (in 1988, led by Danny Manning, with 11 losses)
8. b (75-71 Spartans win in 1990)
9. a (Demons beat Iowa 64-63 in 2006; Lamar is in First Four this year)
10. d (LIU-Brooklyn is representative this year; conference is 3-30 overall, all three wins coming in what are considered preliminary rounds.)