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The Sports Quiz
Thursday Morning Challenge, Sweet 16 Edition

By Dan Hargett
washingtonpost.com Staff Writer
Web Posted: Thursday, March 27, 2003; 10:57 a.m. EST

1) Maryland’s Steve Blake is closing in on the 1,000-assist plateau for his career. Which of the following former ACC point guards have not reached the 1,000-career assist mark?
John Crotty
Ed Cota
Chris Corchiani
Bobby Hurley

2) Which Georgia Tech player is featured hitting the game-winning shot against USC during the series of Pontiac commercials featured on CBS during the NCAA tournament?
Mark Price
Travis Best
Malcom Mackey
James Forrest

3) Which former local broadcaster did Maryland’s Gary Williams coach as a player at American University?
Johnny Holiday
Steve Buckhantz
Chris Knoche
Al Koken

4) Who was the Final Four most valuable player the last time national title contenders Kentucky and Arizona met in the championship game in 1997?
Mike Bibby
Loren Woods
Richard Jefferson
Miles Simon

5) Butler’s run through the first two rounds has many people thinking of the movie "Hoosiers." What famous play from that movie helped the tiny Indiana high school to its fabled state championship?
The Long Fence
The Combine
The Picket Fence
The Smoke Alarm

6) How many Washington Wizards (not including players on the injured list) participated in an NCAA Final Four while they were in college?
Three
Two
Eight
Five

7) Hollis Price may very well lead Oklahoma back to the Final Four, but can you name the Sooner point guard who led them to their first Final Four in 1988?
Mookie Blaylock
Scooter Barry
Brent Price
Fennis Dembo

8) What amusing nickname was used to describe Gary Williams’ volatile behavior on a recent edition of the "Sports Reporters" on WTEM?
Gary, Lord of Anger
The Roman God of Rage
Furious Styles
Poster Boy for Prozac

9) Kentucky coach Tubby Smith earned his nickname for his affinity for lingering in a bathtub as a portly youth in Maryland. What is his real first name?
Lionel
Orlando
Denzel
Marvin

10) Who is currently the NCAA tournament’s leading scorer through two games?
Kentucky’s Keith Bogans
Kansas’ Nick Collison
Marquette’s Travis Diener
Syracuse’s Carmelo Anthony

11) Which ESPN SportsCenter anchor would you most like to lock in a room with Maryland's Gary Williams after the officials cost him an important game?
Stuart Scott
Linda Cohn
The dude with glasses
The other dude with glasses

View results

Note: This is an unscientific survey of washingtonpost.com readers.

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