Trivia Today - Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Greetings Infomaniacs,

I'm sure many of you are enjoying the NCAA March Madness basketball tournament. I hope some of you will win big money with your brackets! I used to fill out a bracket in the past, but most of the time I had no clue what I was doing. Of course, I never won anything, but it was all in good fun.

Today's facts are all about March Madness so please read on for some interesting tidbits!

Enjoy!
Melissa

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WHO SAID IT?
QUOTE: "Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there."

HINT: (1910-2010), American basketball player and coach, as head coach at UCLA he won ten NCAA national championships in a 12-year period-seven in a row.


RANDOM TIDBITS
It's been a long tradition that NCAA champions have cut down the nets to take home, but since 1986, the winning school has also been given the hardwood court, too. Many sell and/or auction off pieces to fans.

The oldest coach to win a title was Jim Calhoun in 2011 at the age of 68. The title of the youngest coach belongs to Emmett McCracken who led Indiana to the championship in 1940 at the age of 31.

The record for most overtimes in a single game is four, and it happened twice, once in 1956 and again in 1961.

Three individuals have won an NCAA championship as a player and as a coach: Joe B. Hall as a player and coach of Kentucky, Bob Knight as a player with Ohio State and coach of Indiana, and Dean Smith as a player at Kansas and coach at North Carolina.

Kansas City, Missouri has hosted the most Final Fours to date with 10 since 1953. Indianapolis can overtake that mark in 2035. It is now an official rule that the Final Four take place in Indianapolis every five years. The city has hosted six times already.

In 1997, the NCAA made it a requirement that the Final Four must be held in a dome stadium with a seating capacity of at least 40,000. In 2009, the capacity minimum was raised to 70,000.

(msn.foxsports.com)


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WHO SAID IT?
QUOTE: "Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there."

ANSWER: John Wooden.

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