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Medium College Basketball Trivia Questions

42 medium College Basketball trivia questions. Not too easy, not impossible.

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  1. Texas Western's all-Black starting five won the 1966 title against which team?

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    Kentucky (1966)

    The story was told in the film Glory Road.

  2. UCLA won how many straight NCAA basketball titles under John Wooden?

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    7 (1973)

    UCLA won 10 titles in 12 seasons from 1964 to 1975.

  3. Bill Walton made 21 of 22 shots in the 1973 title game against which team?

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    Memphis State (1973)

    He scored 44 points.

  4. Which was the last men's team to finish a season undefeated?

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    1976 Indiana (1976)

    Bob Knight's Hoosiers went 32-0.

  5. NC State's 1983 title-winning dunk by Lorenzo Charles came against which team?

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    Houston (1983)

    Houston's Phi Slama Jama featured Hakeem Olajuwon and Clyde Drexler.

  6. Eighth-seeded Villanova shot nearly 79 percent to beat which team for the 1985 title?

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    Georgetown (1985)

    Villanova is still the lowest seed to win it all.

  7. Danny and the Miracles won the 1988 title for which school?

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    Kansas (1988)

    Danny Manning led the 11-loss Jayhawks.

  8. UNLV beat which team by 30 points in the 1990 title game, a record margin?

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    Duke (1990)

    Duke beat UNLV in the Final Four a year later.

  9. Chris Webber called a timeout his team didn't have in the 1993 final against which team?

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    North Carolina (1993)

    The technical sealed it for UNC.

  10. Bryce Drew's buzzer-beater in 1998 won a first round game for which school?

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    Valparaiso (1998)

    The play was called Pacer.

  11. Which 11 seed reached the 2006 Final Four?

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    George Mason (2006)

    It beat UConn in the Elite Eight.

  12. Which school won back-to-back men's titles in 2006 and 2007?

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    Florida (2007)

    The same starting five, including Al Horford and Joakim Noah, won both.

  13. Mario Chalmers' tying three in the 2008 title game came against which team?

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    Memphis (2008)

    Kansas won in overtime.

  14. Gordon Hayward's half-court heave nearly won Butler the 2010 title against which team?

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    Duke (2010)

    Butler lost 61-59.

  15. Ali Farokhmanesh's three helped Northern Iowa upset which top seed in 2010?

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    Kansas (2010)

    He took it with the shot clock running and a lead.

  16. Jimmer Fredette led the nation in scoring in 2011 for which school?

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    BYU (2011)

    He averaged 28.9 points.

  17. UConn won the 2011 title by beating which team?

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    Butler (2011)

    Butler shot 18.8 percent, a title game record low.

  18. Which team went from the First Four to the Final Four in 2011?

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    VCU (2011)

    Coach Shaka Smart's team was an 11 seed.

  19. C.J. McCollum's 15th-seeded Lehigh upset which school in 2012?

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    Duke (2012)

    Norfolk State beat Missouri the same day.

  20. Shabazz Napier led UConn to the 2014 title as which seed?

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    7 (2014)

    UConn beat 8th-seeded Kentucky in the final.

  21. Wichita State entered the 2014 tournament 34-0 and lost to which team?

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    Kentucky (2014)

    Kentucky reached the final as an 8 seed.

  22. Kentucky's 38-0 start in 2015 ended in the Final Four against which team?

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    Wisconsin (2015)

    Wisconsin then lost the title game to Duke.

  23. Which Minnesota native was Most Outstanding Player of Duke's 2015 title run?

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    Tyus Jones (2015)

    Jones grew up in Apple Valley.

  24. Kris Jenkins' title-winning buzzer-beater in 2016 came against which school?

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    North Carolina (2016)

    Villanova won its first title since 1985.

  25. Middle Tennessee pulled a 15 over 2 upset in 2016 against which team?

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    Michigan State (2016)

    Many had picked Michigan State to win it all.

  26. Who won Most Outstanding Player of the women's Final Four four straight years?

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    Breanna Stewart (2016)

    UConn won all four titles from 2013 to 2016.

  27. Which school ended UConn women's 111-game winning streak in 2017?

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    Mississippi State (2017)

    Morgan William hit the overtime buzzer-beater.

  28. UMBC became the first 16 seed to beat a 1 seed, defeating which school?

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    Virginia (2018)

    UMBC won by 20. Virginia won the title the next year.

  29. Which 11 seed reached the 2018 Final Four with Sister Jean cheering it on?

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    Loyola Chicago (2018)

    The team chaplain was 98 years old.

  30. Who came off the bench to score 31 and win 2018 Final Four MOP for Villanova?

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    Donte DiVincenzo (2018)

    Villanova beat Michigan.

  31. Arike Ogunbowale hit buzzer-beaters in the 2018 semifinal and final for which school?

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    Notre Dame (2018)

    She beat UConn, then Mississippi State.

  32. Zion Williamson's shoe blew apart in 2019 against which rival?

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    North Carolina (2019)

    Nike's stock dipped the next day.

  33. Virginia won the 2019 title in overtime against which team?

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    Texas Tech (2019)

    A year earlier it had become the first 1 seed to lose to a 16.

  34. Gonzaga entered the 2021 title game 31-0 and lost to which team?

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    Baylor (2021)

    Baylor won its first national title.

  35. Which 15 seed reached the Elite Eight in 2022?

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    Saint Peter's (2022)

    It was the first 15 seed to make it that far.

  36. Kansas came back from 16 points down in the 2022 final against which team?

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    North Carolina (2022)

    It was the largest comeback in title game history.

  37. Which school became the second 16 seed to beat a 1 seed, upsetting Purdue in 2023?

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    Fairleigh Dickinson (2023)

    FDU was the shortest team in Division I.

  38. Caitlin Clark broke whose NCAA Division I scoring record in 2024?

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    Pete Maravich (2024)

    Maravich had averaged 44.2 points per game at LSU.

  39. Which school beat Caitlin Clark's Iowa in the 2024 women's title game?

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    South Carolina (2024)

    South Carolina finished 38-0.

  40. Paige Bueckers won the 2025 women's title with which school?

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    UConn (2025)

    It was Geno Auriemma's 12th title.

  41. Who was Most Outstanding Player of the 2026 men's Final Four?

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    Elliot Cadeau (2026)

    The Michigan point guard scored 19 in the final.

  42. Michigan's 2026 title was its first since which year?

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    1989 (2026)

    Glen Rice led the 1989 team.

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