How well do you know your Madness?

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By: Austin Kintz, Special Project Editor
March 18, 2015

 

  1. In the 2011-2012 tournament, two 2-seeded teams lost to their 15-seeded opponents. What teams were these?
    1. Kansas and North Carolina
    2. Kentucky and Louisville
    3. Duke and Missouri
  2. What did the Hakeem Olajuwon, Clyde Drexler and the Houston Cougars call themselves, and who beat them in the 1983 Final?
    1. “The Trees”, Virginia
    2. “Phi Slamma Jamma”, North Carolina State
    3. “The Fab Five”, Michigan
  1. Playing in the 2012 Final, Kansas or Kentucky player was nicknamed, “The Brow”?
  1. Anthony Davis
  2. Thomas Robinson
  3. Jeff Withey
  4. Peyton Siva
  1. Who is the only team to go the entire season undefeated and win the national championship?
  1. Indiana
  2. Kentucky
  3. Duke
  4. Wichita State
  1. In the 2011 NCAA tournament, an 11-seed and eight-seed made the Final Four, who were they?
  1. UNLV and Missouri
  2. Butler and Missouri
  3. Butler and VCU
  4. VCU and Marquette
  1. Kentucky lost to both Louisville and Arkansas this 2014-2015 season.
  1. True
  2. False
  1. The 16-seed has beaten the one-seed only three times in NCAA Tournament history.
  1. True
  2. False
  1. Both North Carolina and Kentucky have made the Final Four over 15 times.
  1. True
  2. False
  1. This is UC Irvine’s first appearance at the “Big Dance”.
  1. True
  2. False
  1.  Two years ago, Harvard upset 3-seed New Mexico as a 14-seed, and upset the number one seed Virginia last year.
  1. True
  2. False