March Madness Trivia Questions

How much do you know about the past history of the March Madness? Well, here at The Best Basketball Blog, we weren't sure how much we knew, so we came up with a list of March Madness Trivia Questions. Consider it your very own March Madness Quiz to test your knowledge of March Madness Trivia Facts. If you can answer a lot of the questions right (we set 12/15 as the expert fans benchmark) then you're a March Madness rock star! If not, then educate yourself (the answers are at the bottom of the article) and no one will know you weren't a March Madness fan expert to begin with. Enjoy!

1. Which team has won the most National Titles in the history of the NCAA Tournament?

3. Which team is the most recent team to repeat as National Champions?

1. Duke
2. Kansas
3. North Carolina
4. Florida

4. Which city has hosted the 2nd most Final Fours since 1939?

1. New York City (7)
2. Indianapolis (6)
3. Louisville (8)
4. Seattle (6)

5. Which team has made the most official Final Four appearances, with 18?

1. UCLA
2. Kentucky
3. Duke
4. North Carolina

6. Which team has won the most National Championships in the past 10 years?

1. Florida
2. North Carolina
3. Duke
4. Tie Between All Three

7. What is the lowest seed to ever make the Final Four?

1. 11 LSU in 1986
2. 12 Missouri in 2002
3. LSU in 1986 and #11 George Mason in 2006
4. 10 St. John's in 1979

8. Which of these cities has never hosted a Final Four?

1. Chicago
2. San Diego
3. Denver
4. Charlotte

9. Which player scored the most points in NCAA Tournament history for a single game?

1. Austin Carr
2. Kevin Durant
3. Bill Walton
4. Carmelo Anthony

10. since 1939, which city has hosted the most Final Fours?

1. Indianapolis
2. New Orleans
3. Kansas City
4. New York City

11. The first jump shooter in major college basketball led his team to the NCAA title. Who was he?

1. Hank Luisetti - Stanford
2. George Kaftan - Holy Cross
3. Bob Cousy - Holy Cross
4. Kenny Sailors - Wyoming

12. Who holds the record for most points scored in a National Championship Game?

1. Austin Carr
2. Carmelo Anthony
3. Bill Walton
4. Kevin Durant

13. Which national champ won both their semi-final and championship games in triple overtime, playing 110 minutes in the Final Four?

1. LaSalle in 1954
2. North Carolina in 1957
3. California in 1959
4. Cincinnati in 1962

14. Which school first made it to five consecutive Final Fours?

1. Kentucky
2. Cincinnati
3. Duke
4. UCLA

5. Who was the last "one-and-done" freshman to win the National Title before going to the NBA?

1. Greg Oden
2. Carmelo Anthony
3. Kevin Durant
4. O.J. Mayo

16. Which national champ placed nobody on their conference's all league 1st or 2nd teams, yet beat the teams with two best players in the nation and two of the best of all time in the semi-finals and finals?

1. Wisconsin in 1943
2. Kansas in 1952
3. Kentucky in 1958
4. California in 1959

17. Name those two great players and their respective teams that lost to the correct answer in

1. Wisconsin in 1943
2. Kansas in 1952
3. Kentucky in 1958
4. California in 1959

18. Which NCAA champ was the first to shoot better than 50% from the field for that season?

1. Ohio State in 1960
2. UCLA in 1965
3. UCLA in 1967
4. UCLA in 1972

19.What is the lowest seed to reach the national championship game?

1. No. 11
2. No. 10
3. No. 9
4. No. 8

20. What is the only year in which all four number 1 seeds made the Final Four?

1. 1950
2. 1990
3. 1999
4. 2008

21. The Villanova Wildcats beat the Georgetown Hoyas to win the 1985 NCAA Basketball Championship - what seed were they?

1. 6
2. 8
3. 5
4. 7

22.In 2006, arguably the most improbable Cinderella made it to the Final Four - who was it?

1. George Mason Colonials
2. George Mason Eagles
3. George Mason Patriots
4. George Mason Wildcats

23. During the opening round of the 1993 Tournament who did #2 Arizona lose to?

1. Princeton
2. Valparaiso
3. San Diego State
4. Santa Clara

24. How many times has a #11 seed reached the Final Four?

1. Once, George Mason in 2006
2. Once, LSU in 1986
3. Twice, LSU in 1986 and George Mason in 2006
4. Never, Villanova at #8 is the lowest final four seed in history

25. #1 Houston and Phi Slamma Jamma were upset by #6 N.C. State in the 1983 title game - who scored the winning basket?

1. Dereck Whittenberg
2. Sidney Lowe
3. Thurl Bailey
4. Lorenzo Charles

26. Which of the teams listed below wasn't featured in the Final Four of the 2009 tournament?

1. Villanova University
2. North Carolina State University
3. Michigan State University
4. University of Louisville

27. What active coach has the most tournament titles, with three to his name?

1. Roy Williams
2. Mike Krzyzewski
3. Billy Donovan
4. Jim Calhoun

28. What is the record for overtime games for one school in an NCAA Tournament?

1. UCLA
2. Syracuse
3. North Carolina
4. Duke

29. Which team has won the most National Titles in the history of the NCAA Tournament?

1. Kentucky
2. North Carolina
3. UCLA
4. Duke

30. Which team is the most recent team to repeat as National Champions?

1. Duke
2. Kansas
3. North Carolina
4. Florida

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