On March 12, NCAA President Mark Emmert made the decision to cancel the Division I men’s and women’s basketball tournaments. The Big Ten, SEC, Big East, ACC, Western Atlantic Conference, Atlantic-10, Conference USA, Big 12, PAC-12, The Sun Belt, The Big Sky, The Southland, The America East, and The Big West canceled their tournaments as well.
It's time for the mayhem in March to begin. The field of 68 is set. (It should still be 64 teams. I'm old school and hate play-in games.). So today, and for several days moving forward we will have a lot of college basketball trivia during Wiki-Pete-ia on the Shemon and Sheppard Show on ESPN Southwest Florida.
The annual college basketball tournament is tricky to predict. Since it is single-elimination and spread over three weeks, a great team can go cold and a team that isn't great can get hot. Anything can happen and it usually does. Some desperate teams will fight their way forward and surely, at least one top seed will fall! That means you: Alabama, Purdue, Houston, and Kansas.
So fill out your brackets and get ready for an adrenaline filled month. It's also time for college basketball trivia on the Shemon and Sheppard Show. We try to stump Pete every weekday at 4:45ish with Wiki-Pete-ia. Be caller number nine at 239-337-3776 or 239-337-ESPN and play Wiki for prizes. If you are not lucky enough to be caller number nine then feel free to play at work or at home against your family and friends. Below are the questions and answers to today's contest. Good luck!
1. WHO WON THE FIRST NCAA TOURNAMENT IN 1939?
A: OREGON
2. WHO WON THE SECOND NCAA TOURNAMENT IN 1940?
A: INDIANA
3. WHAT IS THE TRADITIONAL SONG PLAYED ON TV AFTER THE CHAMPIONSHIP?
A: ONE SHINING MOMENT
4. WHAT SPORTSCASTER FIRST USED THE TERM MARCH MADNESS ON TV?
A: BRENT MUSBERGER 1982
5. NAME THE FIRST 16 SEED TO UPSET A TOP SEED?
A: UMBC
6. WHO IS THE NCAA TOURNAMENT ALL TIME SCORER?
A: CHRISTIAN LAETTNER
7. WHO HIT THE GW SHOT TO GIVE DEAN SMITH HIS FIRST TITLE?
A: MICHAEL JORDAN
8. WHAT TEAM WON BOTH THEIR SEMI-FINAL AND CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES IN TRIPLE OT IN 1957?
A: NC
9. WHO IS THE YOUNGEST COACH TO WIN MARCH MADNESS?
A: INDIANA'S BRANCH MCCRACKEN 31 YEARS OLD IN 1940
10. NAME THE THREE PEOPLE TO WIN THE NCAA AS A COACH AND PLAYER?
A: BOB KNIGHT, JOE B. HALL, DEAN SMITH
