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The Sports Quiz
Thursday Challenge, Final Four Edition

 Gary Williams won a national championship at his alma mater last year. Who is the other coach to accomplish that feat? (AP File Photo)
By Dan Hargett
washingtonpost.com Staff Writer
Web Posted: Thursday, April 3, 2003; 2:28 p.m. EST

1) Last season Gary Williams became the second coach to lead his alma mater to an NCAA title. Who was the first?
Kentucky's Adolph Rupp
Duke's Mike Krzyzewski
North Carolina's Dean Smith
North Carolina State's Norm Sloan

2) Which of the following lines actually appears in "One Shining Moment," the eagerly anticipated (ahem) anthem that accompanies the highlight montage after the national championship game?
You're running for your life, you're a shooting star.
You blew the game, you're headed for the closest bar.
You manipulated the spread, you came out real good.
Now you're infamous, you wish you'd never thrown that punch.

3) Only one team that went on to win the national championship entered the NCAA tournament unranked and with double-digit losses. Which team was it?
Kansas in 1988
Villanova in 1985
Louisville in 1986
Marquette in 1977

4) Which was the last team to arrive at the Final Four with an undefeated record?
Indiana
North Carolina
UNLV
Arkansas

5) Name the only school to win a national championship under three different coaches.
San Francisco
Kentucky
North Carolina
Indiana

6) What was the largest deficit Maryland faced during last year's Final Four?
15 points
Eight points
11 points
They never trailed.

7) Name the Syracuse player who missed the front end of a one-and-one in the closing minute that led to Keith Smart's memorable game-winning shot for Indiana during the 1987 championship game.
Sherman Douglas
Derrick Coleman
Howard Triche
Rony Seikaly

8) Which individual has the scored the most points in a national championship game over the past 15 years (since 1988)?
Danny Manning of Kansas
Steve Alford of Indiana
John Wallace of Syracuse
John Morton of Seton Hall

9) What team became the first to beat three No. 1 seeds on its way to the national championship?
Arizona in 1997
UNLV in 1990
North Carolina in 1993
Villanova in 1985

10) Patrick Ewing may have been named the tournament's most outstanding player after Georgetown beat Houston to win the 1984 title, but was not the featured Hoya on that week's Sports Illustrated. Who was?
David Wingate
Michael Graham
Reggie Williams
Ralph Dalton

11) Which of the following national champions missed just a combined 11 shots from the field and free throw line in the NCAA championship game?
Louisville, 1986
Duke, 1990
California, 1959
Villanova, 1985

12) How many points did recently ousted North Carolina head coach Matt Doherty score as Michael Jordan's backcourt mate in the 1982 national title game?
Six
15
Four
Zero

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