58 College Basketball trivia questions, from the easy ones every fan knows to the deep cuts. Tap a question to see the answer and a quick fact.
How many national titles did John Wooden win at UCLA?
10 (1975)
Seven of them came in a row from 1967 to 1973.
Magic Johnson's Michigan State beat Larry Bird's team in the 1979 final. Which school was it?
Indiana State (1979)
It is still one of the most watched college basketball games ever.
Freshman Michael Jordan's game winner in the 1982 title game beat which team?
Georgetown (1982)
Patrick Ewing was Georgetown's freshman center.
Christian Laettner's famous buzzer-beater for Duke in 1992 came against which school?
Kentucky (1992)
Grant Hill threw the full-court pass in the regional final.
The Fab Five played for which school?
Michigan (1992)
All five were freshmen starters in 1992.
Stephen Curry led which school to the 2008 Elite Eight?
Davidson (2008)
He scored 40 in a first round upset of Gonzaga.
Anthony Davis led which school to the 2012 title?
Kentucky (2012)
He went first overall in the NBA Draft weeks later.
Which 15 seed earned the nickname Dunk City in 2013?
Florida Gulf Coast (2013)
It became the first 15 seed to reach the Sweet 16.
Who has the most wins in men's college basketball history?
Mike Krzyzewski (2015)
Coach K retired from Duke in 2022 with 1,202 wins.
North Carolina beat which team for the 2017 title?
Gonzaga (2017)
It was Gonzaga's first title game appearance.
Which school won back-to-back men's titles in 2023 and 2024?
UConn (2024)
Dan Hurley's Huskies won all 12 tournament games by double digits.
Who am I? I starred at Iowa. I broke Pete Maravich's scoring record in 2024. I lost the 2024 title game to South Carolina.
Caitlin Clark (2024)
She went first overall in the 2024 WNBA Draft.
Which school won the 2025 men's title?
Florida (2025)
Florida rallied past Houston 65-63.
Which school won the 2026 NCAA men's basketball title?
Michigan (2026)
Michigan beat UConn 69-63, handing the Huskies their first ever loss in a title game.
Texas Western's all-Black starting five won the 1966 title against which team?
Kentucky (1966)
The story was told in the film Glory Road.
UCLA won how many straight NCAA basketball titles under John Wooden?
7 (1973)
UCLA won 10 titles in 12 seasons from 1964 to 1975.
Bill Walton made 21 of 22 shots in the 1973 title game against which team?
Memphis State (1973)
He scored 44 points.
Which was the last men's team to finish a season undefeated?
1976 Indiana (1976)
Bob Knight's Hoosiers went 32-0.
NC State's 1983 title-winning dunk by Lorenzo Charles came against which team?
Houston (1983)
Houston's Phi Slama Jama featured Hakeem Olajuwon and Clyde Drexler.
Eighth-seeded Villanova shot nearly 79 percent to beat which team for the 1985 title?
Georgetown (1985)
Villanova is still the lowest seed to win it all.
Danny and the Miracles won the 1988 title for which school?
Kansas (1988)
Danny Manning led the 11-loss Jayhawks.
UNLV beat which team by 30 points in the 1990 title game, a record margin?
Duke (1990)
Duke beat UNLV in the Final Four a year later.
Chris Webber called a timeout his team didn't have in the 1993 final against which team?
North Carolina (1993)
The technical sealed it for UNC.
Bryce Drew's buzzer-beater in 1998 won a first round game for which school?
Valparaiso (1998)
The play was called Pacer.
Which 11 seed reached the 2006 Final Four?
George Mason (2006)
It beat UConn in the Elite Eight.
Which school won back-to-back men's titles in 2006 and 2007?
Florida (2007)
The same starting five, including Al Horford and Joakim Noah, won both.
Mario Chalmers' tying three in the 2008 title game came against which team?
Memphis (2008)
Kansas won in overtime.
Gordon Hayward's half-court heave nearly won Butler the 2010 title against which team?
Duke (2010)
Butler lost 61-59.
Ali Farokhmanesh's three helped Northern Iowa upset which top seed in 2010?
Kansas (2010)
He took it with the shot clock running and a lead.
Jimmer Fredette led the nation in scoring in 2011 for which school?
BYU (2011)
He averaged 28.9 points.
UConn won the 2011 title by beating which team?
Butler (2011)
Butler shot 18.8 percent, a title game record low.
Which team went from the First Four to the Final Four in 2011?
VCU (2011)
Coach Shaka Smart's team was an 11 seed.
C.J. McCollum's 15th-seeded Lehigh upset which school in 2012?
Duke (2012)
Norfolk State beat Missouri the same day.
Shabazz Napier led UConn to the 2014 title as which seed?
7 (2014)
UConn beat 8th-seeded Kentucky in the final.
Wichita State entered the 2014 tournament 34-0 and lost to which team?
Kentucky (2014)
Kentucky reached the final as an 8 seed.
Kentucky's 38-0 start in 2015 ended in the Final Four against which team?
Wisconsin (2015)
Wisconsin then lost the title game to Duke.
Which Minnesota native was Most Outstanding Player of Duke's 2015 title run?
Tyus Jones (2015)
Jones grew up in Apple Valley.
Kris Jenkins' title-winning buzzer-beater in 2016 came against which school?
North Carolina (2016)
Villanova won its first title since 1985.
Middle Tennessee pulled a 15 over 2 upset in 2016 against which team?
Michigan State (2016)
Many had picked Michigan State to win it all.
Who won Most Outstanding Player of the women's Final Four four straight years?
Breanna Stewart (2016)
UConn won all four titles from 2013 to 2016.
Which school ended UConn women's 111-game winning streak in 2017?
Mississippi State (2017)
Morgan William hit the overtime buzzer-beater.
UMBC became the first 16 seed to beat a 1 seed, defeating which school?
Virginia (2018)
UMBC won by 20. Virginia won the title the next year.
Which 11 seed reached the 2018 Final Four with Sister Jean cheering it on?
Loyola Chicago (2018)
The team chaplain was 98 years old.
Who came off the bench to score 31 and win 2018 Final Four MOP for Villanova?
Donte DiVincenzo (2018)
Villanova beat Michigan.
Arike Ogunbowale hit buzzer-beaters in the 2018 semifinal and final for which school?
Notre Dame (2018)
She beat UConn, then Mississippi State.
Zion Williamson's shoe blew apart in 2019 against which rival?
North Carolina (2019)
Nike's stock dipped the next day.
Virginia won the 2019 title in overtime against which team?
Texas Tech (2019)
A year earlier it had become the first 1 seed to lose to a 16.
Gonzaga entered the 2021 title game 31-0 and lost to which team?
Baylor (2021)
Baylor won its first national title.
Which 15 seed reached the Elite Eight in 2022?
Saint Peter's (2022)
It was the first 15 seed to make it that far.
Kansas came back from 16 points down in the 2022 final against which team?
North Carolina (2022)
It was the largest comeback in title game history.
Which school became the second 16 seed to beat a 1 seed, upsetting Purdue in 2023?
Fairleigh Dickinson (2023)
FDU was the shortest team in Division I.
Caitlin Clark broke whose NCAA Division I scoring record in 2024?
Pete Maravich (2024)
Maravich had averaged 44.2 points per game at LSU.
Which school beat Caitlin Clark's Iowa in the 2024 women's title game?
South Carolina (2024)
South Carolina finished 38-0.
Paige Bueckers won the 2025 women's title with which school?
UConn (2025)
It was Geno Auriemma's 12th title.
Who was Most Outstanding Player of the 2026 men's Final Four?
Elliot Cadeau (2026)
The Michigan point guard scored 19 in the final.
Michigan's 2026 title was its first since which year?
1989 (2026)
Glen Rice led the 1989 team.
Who holds the record for most points in an NCAA tournament game, with 61?
Austin Carr (1970)
He did it for Notre Dame against Ohio in 1970.
Who scored a record 184 points in a single NCAA tournament, in 1989?
Glen Rice (1989)
Michigan won the title with an interim coach, Steve Fisher.