College Basketball Trivia Question and Answers
1.
Who was Patrick Ewing's college coach?
Answer:
John Thompson
2.
Which college did NBA superstar Grant Hill go to?
Answer:
Duke
3.
Bill Russell and K.C. Jones were teammates on which NCAA Championship Team?
Answer:
University Of San Francisco
4.
What college did Keith Van Horn attend?
Answer:
Utah
5.
What NCAA basketball team did Kenyon Martin play for?
Answer:
Cincinnati
6.
Which Kansas Jayhawk played on the USA College Select Team against the U.S. Dream Team in 2000?
Answer:
Nick Collison
7.
Which member of the Kansas Jayhawks was drafted in the first round of NBA Draft selected by the Chicago Bulls?
Answer:
Kirk Hinrich
8.
Isiah Thomas was drafted in 1981 by the Detroit Pistons; what college did he attend?
Answer:
Indiana
9.
James Worthy was drafted in 1982 by the Los Angeles Lakers; what college did he attend?
Answer:
North Carolina
10.
Sam Perkins was drafted in 1984 by the Dallas Mavericks; what college did he attend?
Answer:
North Carolina
11.
What college did Ed Pinckney, who was drafted in 1985 by the Phoenix Suns, attend?
Answer:
Villanova
12.
Which school did Detroit Pistons' draft John Salley attend?
Answer:
Georgia Tech
13.
Basketball's Rony Seikaly was drafted in 1988 by the Miami Heat from which college?
Answer:
Syracuse University
14.
Lionel Simmons was drafted in 1990 by the NBA's Sacramento Kings, from which college?
Answer:
La Salle
15.
Prior to being drafted by the NBA in 1991, what college did Kenny Anderson play for?
Answer:
Georgia Tech
16.
Christian Laettner was drafted in 1992 by the Minnesota Timberwolves, what college did he attend?
Answer:
Duke
17.
Eric Montross was drafted in 1994 by the Boston Celtics, what college did he attend?
Answer:
North Carolina
18.
Alan Henderson was drafted in 1995 by the Atlanta Hawks out of which college?
Answer:
Indiana
19.
What school did the Cleveland Cavaliers draft Bob Sura from in the 1995 NBA Draft?
Answer:
Florida State
20.
Paul Pierce was drafted in 1998 by the Boston Celtics, what college did he attend?
Answer:
Kansas
21.
Which First Team All-American played basketball for Ohio State in 1960?
Answer:
Jerry Lucas
22.
Which First Team All-American played for Georgia Tech in 1961?
Answer:
Roger Kaiser
23.
What University of Oklahoma basketball player was a First Team All-American in 1984?
Answer:
Wayman Tisdale
24.
What First Team All-American played for Maryland in 1986?
Answer:
Len Bias
25.
What First Team All-American played basketball for North Carolina in 1988?
Answer:
J.R. Reid
26.
Which First Team All-American played for Ohio State in 1992?
Answer:
Jim Jackson
27.
Which First Team All-American played for Connecticut in 1994?
Answer:
Donyell Marshall
28.
Which First Team All-American played for North Carolina in 1995?
Answer:
Jerry Stackhouse
29.
Which First Team All-American played for Utah in 1997?
Answer:
Keith Van Horn
30.
What school are the Falcons of the Mid-American Conference from?
Answer:
Bowling Green
31.
The Huskies of the Mid-American Conference are from this school?
Answer:
Northern Illinois
32.
Who was named the NABC Coach of the Decade for the 1990's?
Answer:
Mike Krzyzewski
33.
Which Gonzaga basketball player averaged 19 points per game in 2004?
Answer:
Adam Morrison
34.
What two Division I basketball schools are in Milwaukee?
Answer:
UW-Milwaukee and Marquette
35.
Who missed two of three free throws with no time on the clock, to allow Louisville to win the Conference USA Title in 2005?
Answer:
Darius Washington
36.
What Australian big man played for Utah?
Answer:
Andrew Bogut
37.
Who was the winningest coach in Indiana University basketball history in the 20th century?
Answer:
Bob Knight
38.
When did Roy Williams become head coach for the North Carolina Tarheels?
Answer:
2003
39.
How many NCAA basketball championships did the Kansas Jayhawks win in the 20th century?
Answer:
Two
40.
Who won a National Title for the Kentucky Wildcats in his first season as head coach in 1998?
Answer:
Tubby Smith
41.
Which University of Kentucky head coach was known as the "Baron of the Bluegrass"?
Answer:
Adolph Rupp
42.
Who became the head coach of the University of Louisville Cardinals in 2001?
Answer:
Rick Pitino
43.
Where did the University of Louisville Cardinal's play their home games during the 2006-07 season?
Answer:
Freedom Hall
44.
How many NCAA Championships did Louisville win in the 20th Century?
Answer:
2
45.
Which Syracuse freshman lead his team to its first National Title in 2003?
Answer:
Carmelo Anthony
46.
Which Syracuse great was also known as "The Pearl"?
Answer:
Dwayne Washington
47.
Purdue was knocked out of the 2007 NCAA Tournament by which eventual champion?
Answer:
Florida
48.
Who scored 711 points for Missouri in 2001-02 before joining the LA Lakers?
Answer:
Kareem Rush
49.
Who had over 600 points for Arizona State in 2002-03, 2003-04 and 2004-05?
Answer:
Ike Diogu
50.
Which school knocked Florida State out of the 2007 and 2008 ACC Tournaments?
Answer:
North Carolina
51.
Xavier was eliminated from the 2007 NCAA tournament by what eventual runner-up?
Answer:
Ohio State
52.
Who had 568 points in 2007-08 for Washington without any three-point shots?
Answer:
Jon Brockman
53.
Who had his fourth straight 300+ point season for Butler in 2007-08?
Answer:
A. J. Graves
54.
Which division rival avenged a February 2009 loss to Missouri with a March win?
Answer:
Kansas
55.
Which 2008-09 Butler player was the first on the team to tally 400 points?
Answer:
Matt Howard
56.
North Carolina was scheduled to end the 2008-09 season against which rival?
Answer:
Duke
57.
Which non-conference opponent dealt Villanova their first 2008-09 loss?
Answer:
Texas
58.
Which was the first ranked team Memphis beat in 2008-09?
Answer:
Gonzaga
59.
Purdue's second 2008-09 win over a ranked team was against which #5 squad?
Answer:
Michigan State
60.
Illinois and which team combined for only 71 points in a February 2009 game?
Answer:
Penn State
61.
Which 2008-09 Seminole scored over 600 points?
Answer:
Toney Douglas
62.
Who was the first team to beat Pittsburgh in the 2008-09 season?
Answer:
Louisville
63.
Which team did the Sun Devils twice hold to 38 points in 2008-09 games?
Answer:
Oregon State
64.
Which 2008-09 Washington player was named for an NBA great?
Answer:
Isaiah Thomas
65.
Who was the first player to reach 600 points with Oklahoma in 2008-09?
Answer:
Blake Griffin
66.
Kansas recorded a late-February 2009 win against which then-#3 team?
Answer:
Oklahoma
67.
Which #1 ranked team did Louisville beat in January 2009?
Answer:
Pittsburgh
68.
Which Demon Deacon was in his fourth season with the team in 2008-09?
Answer:
Harvey Hale
69.
UCLA's first 2008-09 defeat of a ranked team came against which school?
Answer:
Washington
70.
LSU beat which conference rival twice from January 31 to February 18, 2009?
Answer:
Arkansas
71.
Who beat Connecticut in the team's first 2008-09 conference game?
Answer:
Georgetown
72.
Which Marquette player was the first to have 200 rebounds in 2008-09?
Answer:
Lazar Hayward
73.
Duke split a 2008-09 pair of games with which non-conference team?
Answer:
Michigan
74.
Who scored 63 points in a January 2009 game for Utah Valley?
Answer:
Ryan Toolson
75.
Which team knocked Wake Forest out of the #1 ranking in 2008-09?
Answer:
Virginia Tech
76.
Whose 17.5 points per game led the Big Sky Conference in the 2008-09 regular season?
Answer:
Anthony Johnson
77.
What was Indiana's 2008-09 regular season record against ranked opponents?
Answer:
0-8
78.
Who set the all-time record for wins in college basketball during the 2008-09 season?
Answer:
Don Meyer
79.
Manny Harris and DeShawn Sims each had over 200 rebounds in 2008-09 for which team?
Answer:
Michigan
80.
Boston College lost a 2008-09 game to which crosstown Ivy League opponent?
Answer:
Harvard
81.
Who had over 300 points for Ohio State in 2007-08 but missed most of 2008-09?
Answer:
David Lighty
82.
Who led Pittsburgh in scoring for the 2008-09 regular season?
Answer:
Sam Young
83.
Evan Turner was the lone 400 point scorer in the 2008-09 regular season for which Big Ten team?
Answer:
Ohio State
84.
Which team finished 2008-09 with a 2-13 record in-conference in the ACC?
Answer:
Georgia Tech
85.
Luke Harangoody had over 600 points in 2008-09 for which Big East school?
Answer:
Notre Dame
86.
Which team was #1 in both AP and ESPN pre-season 2008-09 polls?
Answer:
North Carolina
87.
In 2008-09 which team won the Big Ten outright for the first time since 1998-99?
Answer:
Michigan State
88.
In 2008-09, Lee Cummard had his third straight 300+ season for which team?
Answer:
BYU
89.
Darren Collison and Josh Shipp were top scorers in the 2008-09 regular season for which team?
Answer:
UCLA
90.
Who was the first SEC player to record over 700 points during the 2008-09 season?
Answer:
Jodie Meeks
91.
Minnesota reached the peak of their 2008-09 season by beating who for their 12th straight win?
Answer:
High Point
92.
Which team went 0-18 in Ohio Valley Conference play in 2008-09?
Answer:
SE Missouri State
93.
Which Big Ten team's leading scorer for 2008-09 was Manny Harris?
Answer:
Michigan's
94.
Which ACC team averaged around ten PPG more than any other in the conference in 2008-09?
Answer:
North Carolina
95.
Who had 60 points, including 30 on free throws, in a 2008 loss for his North Dakota State team?
Answer:
Ben Woodside
96.
Eugene Myatt was the 2008-09 regular season leading scorer for which team?
Answer:
Howard
97.
Who was the leading freshman scorer for Georgetown in 2008-09?
Answer:
Greg Monroe
98.
DeJuan Blair was the leading rebounder for which Big East team in 2008-09?
Answer:
Pittsburgh
99.
Coach Jim Calhoun recorded which milestone win during the 2008-09 season?
Answer:
His 800th
100.
Which school's Kevin Tiggs and Courtney Pigram were two of the top Atlantic Sun scorers?
Answer:
East Tennessee State's
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