Presidential? Pardon?

Quiz time. Our POTUS claims to be a basketball guy, roughly same age as me.

OK. I got a quiz for him.

Starting.....NOW!

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1) Which basketball player would make a good POTUS?

a) Jim Sweeney
b) Shane Battier
c) Rich Shrigley
d) Bill Bradley


2) These are players Barry should know. Does he?

a) Tom Garrick
b) Matt Palazzi
c) Karl Hobbs and Vern Giscombe
d) Stu Primus
e) Mike Moses
f) Ronnie Perry, Jr
g) Butch Wade and Richard Rellford
h) the Little General
i) Benjie


3) What is Isiah's mother's first name?


4) Who is the only coach to cry during a game at the Final Four?


5) Name the second UCLA coach after Coach Wooden


6) Name two of the Jones Boys and why one of them is significant to me


7) Name David Thompson's point guard and center at State


8) Name the 5 guys on SIs preseason cover MJs freshman year


9) 3 Parts:

What high school did Patrick Ewing attend?

Who was his coach?

Who was the second best player he played with on those teams?


10) Who was on the front fold and who was on the back fold of SI: Patrick or Ralph?


Pac Ten time....

11) What was, within 4%, Steve Johnson's shooting percentage in 79-80?


12) How bad was Zona pre Coach Hair?


13) Who said "Michigan will be coached by a Michigan man!" about Bill Frieder, and why is he significant to me?


14) Who are the 2 Krauts who lifted U-Dub?


15) Who was the coach for only decent W-State team ever? And why is he significant to me?


Word Association - No right answers, but, man, there are wrong answers:

16) Cal --

17) UCLA --

18) USC --

19) Arizona State --

20) Arizona --

21) Stanford --

22) U-Dub --

23) Washington State --

24) Oregon --

25) Oregon State --

26) Is it spelled "MacArthur Court", yes or no?


70s NBA now....


27) Who was the backup to Cliff Ray on the 75 champs?

28) 1976 - How many games in the Finals and on whose court was the title won?

29) 1977 - How does Kobe relate to this team? (2X)

30) 1978 - Sonics v Bullets - Who won? And why is this significant to me? (several answers to that)

31) 1979 - Sonics v Bullets - Who won? And why is this significant to me? (only one answer to that)

32) 1974 - Kareem's hook won what game?

33) 1973 - Monroe or Barnett started next to Clyde?

34) 1972 - West's long one. Who won that game? Who won the series?

35) 1971 - How many rings did Oscar have at this point? (ha ha. no seriously)

36) 1970 - Who didn't write a book off the most beloved team in NBA history?

37) 1970 - How many baskets did Willis make in Game 7?


Back to College...

Name the National Champions from the following years. I'll provide hints.

38) 1975 - final

39) 1976 - second best

40) 1977 - tears in heaven

41) 1978 - glad that's over

42) 1979 - best and worst semis ever

43) 1980 - quote?

44) 1981 - if you don't know this....

45) 1982 - best final ever

46) 1983 - bus driver A/C

47) 1984 - big hug

48) 1985 - Nova high!

49) 1986 - shooting star

50) 1987 - haircut can shoot

51) 1988 - 50/50

52) 1989 - fuck you, ref

53) 1990 - upset? that's right, upset

54) 1991 - upset? that's right, upset

55) 1992 - mindboggling call by Verne and Lennie

56) 1993 - timeouts? ha ha ha ha ha ha

57) 1994 - Hogs win

58) 1995 - freshman balls

59) 1996 - best college team ever

60) 1997 - kids, man

61) 1998 - Tubby

62) 1999 - is this really happening?

63) 2000 - ankle


64) In the 1976 Championship, who hit his head on the backboard for Bobby?

65) Where was the 1977 Final played and why was that arena important?

66) Name Moses' first ABA team

67) Julius' first ABA team? And where did they play?

68) Name the two important guys that Julius played with at UMass

69) Who did UMass lose to in the NIT?

70) Name UMass coach during Julius' time there

71) Name Notre Dame's starting five on the Final Four team in '78

72) Where did Danny get Digger?

73) Who on that BYU team looks like my father?


Ralph and Terry's Hoos section...

74) The Hoos won the 1980 NIT over who?

75) Name the three starting guards on Ralph's sophomore FF team

76) Name the attendance within 1,501 for Chaminade's win over Ralph

77) Ralph's senior year, UVA beat my boys in the tourney. Who are my boys?

78) Who is the real "Little Ball of Hate" for Hoos fans?

79) Essay: Which of these four Sampson teams was the best? Justify your answer

80) In the 1986 ACC Final, who was the most significant player on the floor to me?

81) Why is the 1986 Duke team one of the most beloved ACC squads ever to play? Essay

82) Do you remember what you were doing when Lo put that fucker home in '83? I was in the llving room in Wayland with Mom and Dad. Almost swallowed my tongue.

83) Make up your own answer: What did Coach John say to Freddie in 1984? And did you cry like me?

84) Essay: What is your favorite basketball memory?

85) Larry or Magic? You can only have one

86) Do you know who Jim McMillan is?

87) You graduated from Columbia and Harvard, yet to my knowledge have never set foot in their gyms since you left. Why? Amaker has Harvard playing great and Columbia is located in Manhattan, the heart of the game.

88) What would you say to my man John Wall if you could explain to him what is going on in your administration today and for the last three years?

extra credit Miami U question: Who is the best player in Miami University history?

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Answer Key

1
Jim Sweeney was, according to some, the mastermind of the BC betting scandal and my second cousin
Shane Battier never lifted a weight- would rather talk than do - not
Rich Shrigley is the correct answer because Tom Davis said of him, "We just play better with Rich on the court"
Bill Bradley - you're kidding, right? he wanted to be president his whole life, therefore shouldn't be

2
Tom Garrick - I watched him play on tv in high school when I lived in Wayland. He led Rhodie to a deep tourney run and had a good career with the Clippers
Matt Palazzi - father Togo was a great player, Matt a good one at Providence, shooter pre 3
Karl Hobbs and Vern Giscombe - point guard combo at UConn for Dom Perno, good teams, never made NCAAs but could play, I saw them play at the old fieldhouse and at the Civic Center vs Patrick his freshman year
Stu Primus - looked like a linebacker, good player for badass BC teams in the early 80s, on national tv in tourney several times a year
Mike Moses - started ahead of Mark Jackon Jackson's freshman year, a black lefty?
Ronnie Perry, Jr- man, if you don't know this one, played with Lucy's friend, they beat UM in the tourney one year
Butch Wade and Richard Rellford - bookend forwards for UM and Freider the year Nova came through Dayton
the Little General - Andre Fucking Turner, man. Got BC in the tourney in 85 when Skip had that turnover, otherwise, it's 4 Big East teams (because there's no Final Five)
Benjie - had the look of one of the greatest ever. For real

3
Mary

4
Al

5
Gene Cunningham

6
Caldwell Major ______
got the Cs in Game Seven in 82, all from the elbow

7
Tom Burleson, Monte Towe
8
Coach Smith, Jimmy Black, James, Sam, and Matt

9
Cambridge Rindge And Latin
Mike Jarvis
Karl Hobbs

10
front fold was Ralph
back fold was Pat

11
70%

12
pretty good sometimes

13
Bo
MU

14
Christian Welp and Detlef Schrempf

15
George Raveling
assisted Bobby on 84 Olympic team

Word Association answers I came up with. There are more.

16
Robo Guard

17
so many that if it took you more than .4 seconds, you aren't a decision maker

18
Westy, Cliff Robinson, LA Sports Arena, battles with the Bruins

19
scandal, Devils, James Harden, Bibby's sister's husband


20
"STEVE KERR!", "PLO PLO!",

21
Maples Pavilion, Tara Vanderveer, best athletic program in the country, Tiger Pile!, beat Rhodie to get to FF

22
Brock!, man, the Krauts

23
pitcher/"power" forward, MJ's first big NBA shot

24
Joey!, McArther Court

25
Ralph Miller, AC is a virgin and a rebounder, Payton: POY, really?

26
no

27
Robert Parish

28
6, in the Valley of the Sun

29
Jelly Bean and Mo Lucas

30
Bullets, I got sick of hearing that fucking announcer with his "EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" every time we played them in the playoffs

31
Sonics
DJ

32
5, in OT

33
Black Jesus did

34
Lakers lost that game, won series

35
none

36
the Pearl

37
2

38
UCLA

39
IU

40
AL

41
Kentucky

42
Indiana State over DePaul. Larry put on a show
M State crushed Penn like a WalMart employee

43
"The Ville Is Going To The Nap"
who said this? I think it was Wiley Brown, but the team adopted it

44
IU on the day that crazy fucker shot our President in the chest

45
UNC beat John's Hoyas. My Mom and sister wouldn't let me watch the first ten minutes,so I missed Pat's "blocks". I will never forgive them.

46
NC State

47
John's Hoyas beat Hakeem's Cougs. Big John gave big hug to Freddie

48
did this game really happen?
of course, if you look at it objectively, Nova had Ed, Harold, and a really talented 2 in Dwyane. The Hoyas had Pat and Reggie (Fuck it!) and on one else who had an impact at the next level.

49
Pervis and The Ville got Denny his second ring. Was The Ville the team of the 80s? Probably.

50
Alford and IU beat the Cuse on Senator Whoop De Damn Doo's missed freebies. Rony is still hot. I wish it was the Pearl instead of my man Sherm at the point: blind luck and DC

51
The best first half ever. Danny's Miracle Workers win it for Larry

52
Seton Hall gets robbed by a ticky tack call with 3 seconds left. Cambridge S&L kid hits them

53
Duke losing to UNLV? That WAS an upset at the time

54
UNLV losing to Duke? Big upset

55
Duke wins back to back. Stop crying, kid

56
Chris Webber: All talk and posing. Won nothing in college or the NBA despite great, great teammates. He is and was full of shit

57
Deeeeeeeeeep three by Scottie over Grant's Dukies

58
Ed O'bannon and Toby

59
UK with Antoine, Delk, Mercer, white kid who COULD SLAM (Jeff Shepard), Nazr, the Pope, Derek Anderson, and the Springfield Non-Rifle

60
Zona with Bibby, Mike, and Miles

61
UK in a fluke. Don't transfer, white boy!

62
UConn over a great Duke team

63
Mateen Cleaves sprains his ankle and I think Matt Bonner is actually going to win a National Championship for the Concord Y. Nope

64
Bobby Wilkerson

65
The Omni. Because Pete played there, asshole

66
Utah Stars

67
Virginia Squires at The Scope (its' still there and open for business)

68
Mike Flanagan and Rick Pitino

69
Marquette

70
Jack Leamann

71
John Paxson, Tracey Jackson (Cs pick), Kelly Tripucka, O, and Lamebeer/Kleine/anonymous white stiff

72
Providence Civic Center and it was beautiful

73
Fred Roberts

74
Kevin and Minnesota. Both teams really, really good

75
Lee Raker, Jeff Lamp, and Jeff Jones

76
1,500

77
BC - Second best BC team ever. Micheal Adams, Jay Murphy, and John Garris could really fucking play

78
Othell Wilson

79
My pick is the NIT team because of Lamp. Raker, and JJ

80
Steve Bucknall because he's from London, mutherfucker

81
Many reasons. Coach K's first great team. They play the game the right way. The ACC was bad. Great rivalry with Dean's Boys. Cameron was back. They knew they had a future because of guys like Quin. Great unis. Smart, coachable kids who wanted it bad.

82
?

83
You cost me a national title, negro. I know what, Freddie. You should coach

84
Mine? "They came from three to one down!"

85
justify

86
Columbia big man, won a ring with Jerry and Wilt

87
essay

88
sorry

bonus 3 possible answers. Wally, Wayne Embry, or Ron Harper