Q 01/05

Which Pacific Northwest school won the first NCAA men's basketball tournament in 1939?

A) Oregon

B) Oregon State

C) Washington

D) Washington State

Answer · why

A) Oregon

Oregon beat Ohio State 46-33 to win an event of just eight teams, a field the NCAA has since stretched to 76 from 2027.

Q 02/05

From 2011 to 2026, how many teams, including the First Four, were in the NCAA men's tournament field?

A) 16

B) 32

C) 68

D) 136

Answer · why

C) 68

68 teams filled the bracket once the First Four arrived in 2011, and that very year VCU went from a First Four game in Dayton all the way to the Final...

Q 03/05

Which coach holds the record for the most NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championships?

A) Mike Krzyzewski

B) John Wooden

C) Adolph Rupp

D) Jim Calhoun

Answer · why

B) John Wooden

John Wooden won ten titles at UCLA, seven of them in a row from 1967 to 1973, yet all ten came in his final 12 seasons after 15 years there without on...

Q 04/05

Freshman Michael Jordan hit the winning shot in the 1982 NCAA final for which school?

A) North Carolina

B) Georgetown

C) Wake Forest

D) Notre Dame

Answer · why

A) North Carolina

North Carolina won 63-62 on his jump shot with 15 seconds left, which gave coach Dean Smith a first title after three lost finals.

Q 05/05

Which Notre Dame guard set the NCAA men's tournament single-game scoring record with 61 points in 1970?

A) Oscar Robertson

B) Austin Carr

C) David Robinson

D) Bill Bradley

Answer · why

B) Austin Carr

Austin Carr poured in 61 as Notre Dame beat Ohio 112-82, yet the Irish lost their next two games that March.