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100

If you did one complete revolution while dunking a basketball , how many degrees did your body rotate?

What is 360 degrees

100

What is the mascot name for UConn?

What is the Huskies

100

If you take a jumpshot and it's projectory is in the shape of a parabola, the vertex of that parabola is a maximum or minimum?

What is a maximum

100

If the perimeter of a regulation basketball court is 282 ft.  The perimeter of a scale drawing of the court is 47 ft.  What is the scale factor of the actual real life size of the court to the scale drawing? 

The scale factor is 282/47 = 6

100

A team was recorded running a fastbreak in accordance with following sequence (in seconds)

12, 9.6, 7.68

What kind of sequence is this? How fast will they run the fastbreak the 6th time?

What is geometric sequence 

They will run the break in 3.9 seconds

200

If Duke has 12 dunks out of  30 shots taken in their first tourney game and Villanova has the same ratio of dunks to shots taken , but their number of shots taken were 35, how many dunks did Villanova have?

What is 14 dunks

200

Name the team who is a #1 seed and is located in Durham, NC and whose mascot is the Blue Devils?

Who is Duke University

200

The three point arc on a basketball court resembles the shape of this type of function, name the type of function

What is a quadratic function

200

The perimeter of a basketball court is 288 ft.  , if the length of court is 44ft. longer than the width of the court find the dimensions (length and width) of the court.

What is Width = 50 ft. and Length= 94 ft.


288 = 2 (w+44) + 2w

W = 50

L = 50 +44= 94

200

Name three colleges who have the Wildcats as their mascot

Arizona, Villanova, Kentucky, Kansas St, etc.

300

If Marquette University has been averaging 3.8 dunks per game, how many total dunks would they have over 5 games in winning the national title? 

What is 19 dunks

300

University of Oregon plays in the PAC-12 conference, name their mascot

What is The Ducks

300

If the ratio of rebounds to points scored is 2:12, and UNC scores 96 points how many rebounds did they have? 

What is 16 rebounds

300

The free throw line is perpendicular to the free throw lane line , what is the relationship of their slopes?

Their slopes are opposite reciprocals

300

The leading scorer of Baylor University's women's team averages 19.4 points per game.  The ratio of points per game to rebounds per game is 2:1.  How many rebounds does she average per game?

What is 9.7 rebounds per game

400

Coach Calipari told his Kentucky squad that they must have no more than 12 turnovers in order to win , let t = number of turnovers.  Write the inequality for this scenario

What is t is less than or equal to 12

400

This team is playing in Hartford today and their mascot name is The Seminoles, name this college team

Who is Florida State

400

If Northeastern has a 3 percent chance of reaching the Final Four, write their chances as a fraction

what is 3/100

400

There is a 28 ft. coach's box which the coach must stay in during the game or receive a technical foul.  

Let c = length of coach's box 

Write the inequality representing this scenario

What is C is less than or equal to 28 ft.

400

What college did Steph Curry play for?  

Who is Davidson University

500

If Gonzaga averages 62 points per game over 10 games while Michigan St averages 71 points per game over a 9 game stretch.  Which team scored more total points?

Who is Michigan St with 639 total points

500

This college team located in Indiana is known for their math program and who happens to be a #3 seed in this year's tournament, name this college team.  Hint:  their nickname is The Boilermakers

Who is Purdue University

500

The coach of University of Tennessee states that his team's shooting percentage has grown exponentially, draw the shape of this graph

Display your answer

500

If the length of a basketball court I installed in my driveway measures 23.5 in length.  Compared to a regulation court of 94 ft. long, what kind of dilation did I perform?  What was the scale factor of regulation court to my court?  

What is a reduction with a scale factor equal to 1/4 or 0.25

500

What conference is Villanova (last year's champion) a member of? 

What is The Big East Conference

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